Stupidist things youve heard people say

[Eddie the head]

Oh, forgot this one. My friend one time asked me what the capital of South America was. Yep. Me my brother and her sister made fun of her for that for a long time.

 

[Bravo 21]

Well, first would have to be "Are there stars in space?" coming from an otherwise perfectly normal high school student.
A close second would have to be when a friend of mine claimed that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused the Second World War to begin.

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

"What is Obamas last name?"
God that one is sooo bad.

 

[StBishop]

I dont mean this to be a hate thread...people both smart and dumb somtimes say the most hilarious things

my example is from my mum a couple of days ago....we were in the city and I met up with her and dad after visiting the comicbook store, I took one out while we were waiting for my brother and she casually asked

"do you read them?"

I had to pause and then say "no...I throw them in the trash" she then said "well I dont know mabye you just looked at the pictures" she then addmitted it was a pretty dumb thing to say

Which store?
I'm quite partial to Empire Toys, but my brother swears by Quality Comics.

OT: I can't think of a specific example. There are so many.

I've got two good one,

These were in a Yr 10 Biology/Physc class (One half year was one, the other ect.)

Teacher makes an analogy to a lighthouse
Girl: 'What's a lighthouse?'
Rest of class facepalms
It took 30 minuets to explain to her what the function of a lighthouse is

Another one she said
Teacher explains how the internet made it easy for scientists to share data, because before 1980/70s they had to fax or phone call or mail
Same girl: Wait, they didn't have internet back then? What did they do on their laptops and phones then?
She also didn't believe the TV was a 20th century invention

So many facepalms, I honestly don't know how she passed Primary School -.-

Most administrations will avoid keeping a child back or putting them up as they conceive the purpose of school as socialisation and education hand in hand, not education first. Children are kept with their year cohort at all costs, occasionally to the detriment of the student's learning.

 

[Vault101]

Which store?
I'm quite partial to Empire Toys, but my brother swears by Quality Comics.

I love empire toys! though I keep forgetting they have comics too...I find their range isn't as big as quality comics

that day I went to both Comiczone (which moved) and Quality comics, I think Quality comics has the best slelction of trade paperbacks and older stuff where Comiczone is better for new issues (generally speaking of coarse)

 

[blackrave]

10*10=10
In grade 4 all my classmates and teacher argued with me about that for about 5min
I was only one who said that it is 100
After 5min teacher finally snapped from this mob consensus and agreed that I was right
I stared at them all with my most hateful look for a full minute
That day I realized that world is full of morons and that democracy is overrated

Also
"You can't get STD's from oral sex"
I wasn't surprised anymore though.

*sitting on a bus in Honolulu when a tourist gets on and asks the bus driver*

"Do you take AMERICAN dollars?"

What is so dumb about this?

 

[StBishop]

Which store?
I'm quite partial to Empire Toys, but my brother swears by Quality Comics.

I love empire toys! though I keep forgetting they have comics too...I find their range isn't as big as quality comics

that day I went to both Comiczone (which moved) and Quality comics, I think Quality comics has the best slelction of trade paperbacks and older stuff where Comiczone is better for new issues (generally speaking of coarse)

Yeah, you're definitely right about Empire's range being smaller. They have interesting stuff though. I've actually never been to Comiczone, I'll go check it out, I use to always go to this one place in Brisbane (ACE Comics and Games) but I haven't found a place I like as much over here.

 

[Ryan Minns]

A friends sister heard a Metallica song playing and immediately said "Wow these guys are so bad! They'll never last"

 

[mlbslugger06]

A classmate once asked me
"Does mint tea help clean and whiten your teeth?"

I guess she thought it was the mint flavor of toothpaste that did the actual cleaning part and so naturally anything with a minty flavor would do the same.

 

[Subscriptism]

My nephew was about 4 or 5 I think when I hear him ask a question. It was the first time he had ever seen a black man, he asks "What's that?"

BTW I also read this thing on youtube saying that people from the British Isles aren't European. He said that the only Europeans are people from places like Denmark, France, and so forth. His reason being that they drive on the other side of the road and use the GBP as a currency instead of the EURO and no one living in the British Isles consider themselves to be European, at all.

As a Brit that is horribly cringe worthy. Whoever said that is a moron of the highest calibre.

A friends sister heard a Metallica song playing and immediately said "Wow these guys are so bad! They'll never last"

Oh GOD WHY? Please tell me you told her off.

 

[Ryan Minns]

A friends sister heard a Metallica song playing and immediately said "Wow these guys are so bad! They'll never last"

Oh GOD WHY? Please tell me you told her off.

We both just looked at her before breaking out in laughter. It was too funny not to. Though we explained her error while bad mouthing her music choices subtly

 

[Krantos]

*sitting on a bus in Honolulu when a tourist gets on and asks the bus driver*

"Do you take AMERICAN dollars?"

What is so dumb about this?

Honolulu is the Capital of Hawaii. Hawaii is a State in America. Thus, Hawaii's official currency is the US Dollar, just like the rest of the states. Short Version: Honolulu is in the US.

 

[Padwolf]

"I don't like Metal Gear Solid, I just hate First Person Shooters."

I tried so hard, so very hard not to facepalm. This was coming from someone who had actually tried an MGS game, Twin Snakes on the gamecube, and has seen me play the other MGS games.

 

[Subscriptism]

A friends sister heard a Metallica song playing and immediately said "Wow these guys are so bad! They'll never last"

Oh GOD WHY? Please tell me you told her off.

We both just looked at her before breaking out in laughter. It was too funny not to. Though we explained her error while bad mouthing her music choices subtly

I can be calm again. Thank you paragon of all that is good.

 

[Malkav]

we don't have mouses here

We have a new one straight from the thread - its MICE man, not 'mouses', frickin' genius.

Damn, knew it! Fair enough. But cut me some slack, it was really really late and I don't use or learn English outside of the internet, since I'm not a native speaker. If you couldn't tell after reading that wall of text, it can't be too horrible.

 

[Mau95]

One man once asked me: "How long does it take to upload a video on Youtube?"
Me: "This is the most stupid thing I've ever read."
He: "Why?"
Me: "This is the second most stupid thing I've ever read."

So someone asks you something and you answer "This is the most stupid thing I've ever read"?

Van Surfing
Cool captcha, captcha.

 

[Legion]

If you want some gems look at the average 1 star Amazon review. My God some people should not be allowed internet access.

So many people who give the product a 1 star review purely because Amazon delivered it late, or it got damaged during delivery. Bearing in mind that reviews on Amazon are meant for the product itself not the service.

 

[blackrave]

*sitting on a bus in Honolulu when a tourist gets on and asks the bus driver*

"Do you take AMERICAN dollars?"

What is so dumb about this?

Honolulu is the Capital of Hawaii. Hawaii is a State in America. Thus, Hawaii's official currency is the US Dollar, just like the rest of the states. Short Version: Honolulu is in the US.

Oh, THAT.
I've heard that even amongst unitedstatians (I refuse call them americans) Alaska and Hawaii are considered as "not real" states.
If that tourist was non-US resident then it might make things even more complicated.

 

[DataSnake]

Teenage girl describing her relationship with her boyfriend: "we're going to live happily ever after, just like Romeo and Juliet". I don't think she's seen that play all the way to the end.

 

[charliesbass]

"I have a strong hatred for fat people" - A prick at my school.