Topic awaiting preservation: what is the most stupid question you've been asked? (Page 1 of 3)

Once , while working for a developer just outside of Atlanta, I was laying out foundation for a building with a new crew member. I was becoming upset over the fact that we could never seem to come up with the same measurement two times in a row and asked the new guy what the problem was. Was the length twenty five feet 2 and 5/8 inches or 2 and 3/16 inches?

He stared blankly at me for a moment, examined the tape measure for a bit, then looked back up and asked " Exactly how many eighths would you say are in an inch?"

Without missing a beat, or batting an eye, I told him that there were 10 eighths in an inch, as we had converted to metric back in the '70s.


Ok, let's hear some really good ones...

You gonna eat that?

"How do I get to Chicago?"

This was asked while I was working in a gas station 70 miles south of Minneapolis... (which for those who don't know quite where these locations are, the two places are about 8 hours apart)

"can i borrow a cigarette?"

....like i want it back when you're done with it....

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"You awake?"
- What, like I'm going to say "no?"

"Hey, do you plug tires?"
- Asked while I was at a former job, plugging a tire for another customer...

"What do you mean I can't smoke here?"
- Same job. I refused to fill a customer's propane tank until he put out his cigarette.

"Do you like mountain dew?"
- ...

"Do you play guitar?"
- No, I keep two guitars in my room because they look good.

My personal favorite: "What about hockey, do you play that?"
- Nope. I think it's cool to wear a full set of hockey gear around campus.

I could go on forever with more of the same...



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"Is that gun real?"

While working the drive-thru at KFC:

"How many pieces of chicken are in a 15 piece bucket?"

Also while working the drive-thru:

*gives order then...* "I'd like that to go please."

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My buddy calls me on the phone and says:
"Hey, where are you at?"

"Did you cut your hair?"
-duh, it was so obvious.
"Did you get new shoes?"
-Duh again.

i have a whole list of them right here.





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^^ HEH

:::krets.net:::

LOL reitsma haha...*wipes tears*

reitsma, you are the both the hard core and the cutting edge. I salute you!

Bwah!

"A whisky on the rocks, please. Oh, could I get some ice in that as well?"

Actually happened when I was working in a bar several years ago. Poor silly guy...

A superadministrator who called up and asked 'How do I logon to my system?'

How in the hell did you get into a position of superadministrator without knowing how to logon to your own system??!!??

Customers that call me up 'Am I by SAP?'...where did you get this number? Crackerjack?

that's the most stupidiest question that I've ever heard...except for mine.

that wasn't funny Reitsma, hahaha.

Oh, I've got two more.

We got these emails to the webmaster mailbox at work with these terrific questions:

"What is the URL to www.spray.se?"
Well, take a wild guess!!

"I can't recieve any emails. What's wrong with my computer?"
This email did not contain any contact imformation besides her email address. If she's right about not being able to recieve emails, it makes it a bit hard to respond to...

Customer: "My computer crashed!"
Tech Support: "It crashed?"
Customer: "Yeah, it won't let me play my game."
Tech Support: "All right, hit Control-Alt-Delete to reboot."
Customer: "No, it didn't crash-it crashed."
Tech Support: "Huh?"
Customer: "I crashed my game. That's what I said before. Now it doesn't
work."
Turned out, the user was playing Lunar Lander and crashed his spaceship.
Tech Support: "Click on 'File,' then 'New Game.'"
Customer: [pause] "Wow! How'd you learn how to do that?"

f888888 he's a tech. support...
LOL...

When I worked as a telephone operator in college:
"What's the number for 1-800-COLLECT?"

And, although not technically a question:
"Yes, I'd like to make a collect call to my daughter, but I'd like to reverse the charges back to me."

I used to write all these down. I've always mean to create a Web page out of them.

'Are you a man or a woman?'

Variants I've overheard include:

'Mummy is that woman?'
'Well, of course, it... oh shhhhhhhh'

or a favourite:

Guy walks up behind me and asks:
'Have you been served yet love?'

I'd love to have a witty remark like 'No I'm standing here at the bar without a drink for fun - and don't call me love!!' but by the time I've turned my head and opened my mouth to start talking they are already backing away and apologising

etc.

I would have thought the beard and being built like a brick outhouse might be a give away (this side of the Russian womens shotput team) unless the circus was in town and there were an awful lot of bearded ladies around.

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FAQs: Emperor

Emperor...u sure made Suho's day....im sure right now he is catching a flight over there...

What are you talking about, binary? Just because I have a naked picture of Emps set as my desktop background doesn't mean I'm in love with him... geez.

However, if you were to tell me that you were home alone, wearing silk lingerie, then I would be catching a flight. Stop fighting it, binary. You know you love me.

Should I give him my pills?

Wakkos: Thats probably the stupidest question I've been asked when the him=you

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Him=me, not you......
So, stop taking credits, MY credits :P

ME=WAKKOS=JENI DIFFERENT THAN EMPS

Should I give you the pills?

you=Wakkos=Jeni=Doc != (Emperor | | (Micahel = taxon))

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Should I give you the pills?

I=Shiii=Nurse=Doc != Wakkos

You = Wakkos = Jeni = Me = You != Doc

Pills = Ahhhhhhhhhh

Rubber Pill = Ouch!

and I'm back.....

quote:

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and I'm back.....

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Woooooooo - now I can put some clothes back on.

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Hmm...there've been so many that are off the charts....to bad it's so hard to remember them now.

hmm...similar to raptor's - "how come I can't smoke on the forklift...we're outside...."
hm, maybe because you're strapped to a propane tank? (this has been a commonly recurring question...not a one time thing...)

the driver of the car in which I was a passenger - "I don't understand why I need to use a blinker....I already know which way I'm turning"

What?

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"Are you cooking with that stuff that smells like cinnamon again?"

Yes we were useing cinnamon in the panckes.

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Eagles may fly high, but beavers don't get sucked into get engines.

I work in the Cashiers Office of a state university:

A student calls our office at 10 minutes to 5 on the final payment deadline:

"What's the latest I can pay this bill?"

Right now...


Bodhi - Cell 617

We have the dumbest servers at work. They'll ring in orders like

"Beef nachos with no beef" --> when we have cheese nachos on the menu...
"Garlic bread with cheese, no cheese" --> again, simply garlic bread...

I figure they're either stupidier than dirt, or just crooked.

"Question?"
Guy I work under starts of with "Question Sib?" He pauses then - looks into the air for a few seconds then asks me the question. Then he carries right on and answers it the way he thinks the answer should be.

Guess that is why he is a manager and gets the big bucks.

sib

I went to the movies this one time with a bunch of friends, and the ticketmaster was a person I knew from school we talked a few times. So I order my ticket and then when she gave us all our tickets she asked me,
"So what movie are you guys going to see?"
Hello I just bought the ticket from you! Sometimes I think people are just her on earth to make a fool of themselves.

BiGCaC

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"Does anybody what cartoons here?"

^^heheheh^^

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