And the stupid question award goes to.......

[Amsay]

In Year 9 physics class, our teacher asked us why walking on big rocks would hurt more than walking on sand. One of the girls said:

"Because rocks are stones."

No joke...

 

[Martymer]

This was in history class, in (the equivalent of) the 11th grade I believe, and we were talking about the 30-year war (don't know if it's actually called that in English, but it was a war in Europe between Catholics and Protestants during the 17th century). This girl -- yes, she was blonde -- asks: "A war that lasted for 30 years!? Did America drop bombs on people every night for 30 years!?" Total silence. Everyone's looking at each other. The teacher sat there, stupified, and after like 10 looooooong seconds actually did a facepalm and just cracked. Man, we were falling out of our chairs!

 

[P1p3s]

my cousin (who was studying for a degree in micro-biology, specialising in bacteriology at the time) phoned me from uni to ask "how the f&$# do you fry an egg" this was after 6 attemps (yup a whole box of eggs) and burning the arse out of 2 frying pans.

Incidently, his mum trained as a chef.

Also, I had taken some American clients to Windsor to see the castle and the "quaint englishness" we'd been there about 2 hours when one asked why the queen had built the castle so close to the airport
*FACEPALM*

 

[TopHatTim]

"did you see that?"
in the cinema
common, i know theres alotta stupid people in the world. whats the stupidist question youve ever been asked?

no i paid 10 dollars to watch the f*cking cieling.

 

[TopHatTim]

"hey whats today"
"monday babe why?"
"oh just wondering...whats tomorrow?"
"are you shitting me right now?"

 

[ultimateownage]

When I was in 5th grade (I'm going to be laughed at for this) I forgot how to write the letter P and asked my brother which side the bubble was on.

I had the same experience, in year 2 I went to one of my "special" lessons (they thought I was stupid in my primary school, know I'm top of my class, they insisted I went to these gay lesson clubs, the bastards)I had to write something and I forgot how to write and hold a pen. And when I was in year 1 I though d's where o's and l's very close together, I was writing something in year 1 and I bet it was crap because it probably had all the o's l's and d's mixed up.
I've also burnt myself on the car lighter, I picked it up and fiddled with it when the car was off, when I put it back in I realised it could click down, later when the car was on I clicked it down then took it out and played with it and put my finger on the end, I've still got a crescent moon scar on my thumb where I've burnt of the finger print. (seriously, there's no fingerprint there any more.)

 

[SomeBritishDude]

"Did you get a hair cut?"

No, most of my hair crawled off my head.

 

[bobayoga]

The French are pretty stupid, yes. Just Today, I was in this French forum that I usually don't go to, and I ask the following question on a Final Fantasy XIII board:

Do you need to have played the previous games to understand this one's scenario/plot (whatever)?

and this is the answer I get:

"Hey! You could say Hi, you know! And the answer you are looking for is not here, it's in the other thread, yeah, the one labeled "ask your questions here", jerk!. Don't bother coming in this forum again."

I know it's more mean than stupid but... nah, they're just dumb.

 

[sneak_copter]

First time my friend visited The Escapist > "How do I read stuff?"

Me > "You look at the vowels and constants that create words and interpret thier meaning in sequence."

 

[ultimateownage]

I've got another one, a while ago on css I had the choice to play on two servers, both exactly the same, one based in Canada, one based in Australia. I asked my friend "which is closer to England, Canada or Australia?" she responded by telling me to search it up on Wikipedia, I searched it and then I realised.

 

[Biek]

I once tricked one of my female colleagues into saying the dumbest thing ever. She asked what time it was, I looked outside to the sun and said 3:15. (I snuck a peek at someone elses watch)

She asked me how I knew, so I told her I could tell the time by looking at the sun.

"Well see about that, i'll ask again in 5 minutes."

 

[ultimateownage]

"Remember, there is no stupid question, just stupid people"- Mr garrison, south park.

 

[P1p3s]

One of my classmates in my chemistry class asked if it was possible to drink hydrochloric acid *face-palm*

to which my teacher replied: "yeh you can drink it, it'll kill you but you can drink it"

there was a thirsty girl,
alas she is no more,
for what she thought was H20,
Was H2SO4

You are a freakin genius my friend - much appreciation for that!!!
Wrong acid, but still, genius

 

[Dr.Poisonfreak]

My friend's brother once asked if feathers were contagious. My friend replied, "Yes they are, symptoms include itchiness, clucking and flight."

I believe he meant to ask if they carried diseases, but I was laughing too hard to hear his reasoning.

lmao, i nearly fell off my bed laughing at this

 

[P1p3s]

oooh and this...i cannot get over this.

http://failblog.org/2008/08/19/geography-fail/

 

[Dr.Poisonfreak]

oooh and this...i cannot get over this.

http://failblog.org/2008/08/19/geography-fail/

win squared

 

[Foyfighter]

So random story but i was discussing about world war 2 and the invasion of poland with my friend and she suddenly asked
Nat - "so how did Hitler take on the polar bears?"
Me - "Huh??
Nat - "like did he just kill them?"
Me - "Polar bears don't come from poland they come from the north or south pole i forget which!"
Nat - "But why are they called POLarbears if they don't come from poland?"