Stupid Questions

AmoroAgain · August 2010

We've all had them, but what are some of your winners from this week? Something that just made you want to reach out and pat someone on the head and tell them they're special.

salt78 · August 2010

I asked my husband how many 1/3 cups are in 1 cup last night.

Most of the stupid questions usually come from me.

temerityjane · August 2010

I know I know I KNOW it's not from this week, but my favorite stupid question of all time is,

"my ceremony is at 11am. On the invitations, should it say eleven in the morning or eleven in the afternoon?"

As for this week, I don't think anyone has asked me anything stupid, though people have made plenty of stupid statements in my direction.

JenO24 · August 2010

I had a lady call to get our address (work addy)...
the street were on is Middle Ground Blvd.

She asked how to spell MIDDLE!!!

AmoroAgain · August 2010

There was a girl on the Travel board who was asking questions about going to the Maldives, and her first question was, "What's an atoll? Is it like an island?" Um... yeah. Google that shiit.

squirrly · August 2010

Please review the Invitations & Paper board.

I know, I know, there are some reasonable things on there, but there are some that make me question the overall intelligence of the English speaking population of the world.

AmoroAgain · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_stupid-questions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:2b5385b0-1c86-41e0-b8e4-1604cae4e163Post:c562f1ae-395e-48a5-af9a-6489bcf793b9">Re: Stupid Questions</a>:
[QUOTE]I know I know I KNOW it's not from this week, but my favorite stupid question of all time is, "my ceremony is at 11am. On the invitations, should it say eleven in the morning or eleven in the afternoon?" As for this week, I don't think anyone has asked me anything stupid, though people have made plenty of stupid statements in my direction.
Posted by temerityjane[/QUOTE]
OHMYGODWTFBBQ That was the BEST.

FutureMrsTR · August 2010

This won't annoy anyone but me because you don't know this man, but I got a sign invoice and it didn't say what property it was for so I e-mailed the broker with all of the information on the invoice and asked what property to bill it to.

His response? "Do you have more specifics?". Oh actually, yes I do, but I'm playing this game where I give you as little information as possible to see if you know the answer in an effort to make it take as long as possible to do my job. Fuucking idiot.

vallyhoo · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_stupid-questions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:2b5385b0-1c86-41e0-b8e4-1604cae4e163Post:6436d042-0e80-4502-a91f-a9cea9760213">Re: Stupid Questions</a>:
[QUOTE]I asked my husband how many 1/3 cups are in 1 cup last night. Most of the stupid questions usually come from me.
Posted by salt78[/QUOTE]

I say things like this all the time.

a-bride-to-be! · August 2010

The best stupid question I got asked was:

"Oh I don't want a 12 inch..don't you guys have footlongs?"

mags0607 · August 2010

My Fi's mother is the sweetest lady in the world but last week, we were discussing the wedding and she asked me this...

"Were you able to get the whole day off of work for the wedding?"

She was serious, and we live two hours from where the wedding is.

Mrs.B6302007 · August 2010

While holding Julia who was wearing a pink and white outfit and with a pink love bug blanket over my shoulder: "Your baby is so cute! Is it a girl or boy?"

laurenclaire1386 · August 2010

FI was carving a roasted chicken last week. He got to the wings, and goes, "This is the part we eat when we go out for wings, right" Me: yup. FI: "Well where are the tiny little drumsticks? I mean, I see the big ones, but are the little ones anywhere over here ::gestures to wings again::" I told him that he was in fact asking me if chickens had two sets of legs. And laughed my head off because he NEVER says stuff that dumb.

damaless · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_stupid-questions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:2b5385b0-1c86-41e0-b8e4-1604cae4e163Post:6436d042-0e80-4502-a91f-a9cea9760213">Re: Stupid Questions</a>:
[QUOTE]I asked my husband how many 1/3 cups are in 1 cup last night. Most of the stupid questions usually come from me.
Posted by salt78[/QUOTE]

It's not so much questions from me, but often I will fail to realize that the same word with two meanings is actually the same word. Or that compound words whose meanings are clear when you split them into their smaller words are actually made of those smaller words (e.g. that toothpicks are called toothpicks because they pick teeth).

georgia_bride09 · August 2010

Apparently I have the attention span of a gnat, because I know I hear stupid questions all the time, but I can't remember any.

I can tell you that I sometimes keep another window open that displays the current time in Sweden so I know what time it is where you are, Amoro. I just feel weird when I don't know. I can figure out all the continental USers and Canooks out. For instance, I know it's 9:37 there right now. In the afternoon.

akhensley81 · August 2010

This wasn't recent, but a few years ago I had a job applicant who asked me, while he was filling out his job application, "how do you spell marijuana?"

georgia_bride09 · August 2010

I also just figured out I can just add six hours. Huh.

louisvillebride21 · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_stupid-questions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:2b5385b0-1c86-41e0-b8e4-1604cae4e163Post:80f6b325-be9c-46c8-9a6b-ee16512a6af4">Re: Stupid Questions</a>:
[QUOTE]FI was carving a roasted chicken last week. He got to the wings, and goes, "This is the part we eat when we go out for wings, right" Me: yup. FI: "Well where are the tiny little drumsticks? I mean, I see the big ones, but are the little ones anywhere over here ::gestures to wings again::" I told him that he was in fact asking me if chickens had two sets of legs. And laughed my head off because he NEVER says stuff that dumb.
Posted by laurenclaire1386[/QUOTE]

Dude. I don't think chickens have 4 legs or anything...but where DO the drummies come from?

ETA: Yes, that sounded dumb too. But I mean the drummies you get from BW3 vs the drumstick you get at KFC. They're so tiny!

laurenclaire1386 · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_stupid-questions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:2b5385b0-1c86-41e0-b8e4-1604cae4e163Post:4be0a815-4bc2-4bec-92e6-4f80e9467752">Re: Stupid Questions</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Stupid Questions : Dude. I don't think chickens have 4 legs or anything...but where DO the drummies come from?
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]
Tiny little chickens.

georgia_bride09 · August 2010

They slaughter baby chicks. That's why they taste so tender.

[Deleted User] · August 2010

I had to go to the doc last week for a follow-up to a foot thing I had done, and the doc asked "So did your husband spoil you while you couldn't walk? Or was he a baby and complain about you not being able to be on your feet and cook for him? Men can be like that, you know."

I didn't know if she was joking around or projecting her own crappy husband onto my own. Either way it was an odd question.

akhensley81 · August 2010

On the subject of chicken... FI once asked me where the boneless ones come from. Hehe.

nda_roxybabe · August 2010

I was at a different office than my coworker and she called me to ask if my credit card machine was working. I was like yes....and she's like "oh, well mine isnt!"
I wanted to be like they're not connected! yours not working does not effect mine!

shellydiane820 · August 2010

Last week I was off roading in the mountains with my aunt and uncle, and my aunt asks him "Are we going up the mountain?"

My uncle's reply: "What do you think? What kind of question is that? I don't get your questions sometimes."

Her reply back: "I'm sorry I don't know five syllable words like you!"

It was so hard to not laugh.

laurenclaire1386 · August 2010

In high school, I used to think that gas stations were strategically placed over oil formations

Nevermind that the oil has to be refined into gasoline. Given that refining crude oil is one of the biggest parts of LA's economy, it was a really dumb idea to have. My brother still hasn't let me forget this.

tldh · August 2010

I work part time in a home decor store. I can't tell you how many people, when asked the size of a window or door, respond with, "It's a standard size." Really? So that's why shades and blinds come in so many different widths; I guess they'll all magically fit your "standard" size window.

damaless · August 2010

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[QUOTE]I work part time in a home decor store. I can't tell you how many people, when asked the size of a window or door, respond with, "It's a standard size." Really? So that's why shades and blinds come in so many different widths; I guess they'll all magically fit your "standard" size window.
Posted by tldh[/QUOTE]

Not at all related to what you said, and possibly a stupid question, but every time I see your username I think it means "too long; didn't hear", as a variant of tl;dr ("too long; didn't read"). Am I just making stuff up? :P

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_stupid-questions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:2b5385b0-1c86-41e0-b8e4-1604cae4e163Post:7dc289a1-16ec-4ac9-ab68-0faa2c02154b">Re: Stupid Questions</a>:
[QUOTE]On the subject of chicken... FI once asked me where the boneless ones come from. Hehe.
Posted by akhensley81[/QUOTE]

HOW DO THEY MAKE SEEDLESS WATERMELON?!

Sing2phins · August 2010

Um, well, since people are confessing silly things they thought, I will tell you that I only just learned (from rewatching The Perfect Storm this weekend) that Bermuda is in the Atlantic, due east of South Carolina. I thougt it was down in the Carribean.

And it was only two years ago that I learned the Philippines is in the Pacific, not hanging around somewhere down by the Carribean.

Geography is not my strong suit.

ETA: Apparently the Carribean is my catch-all when I don't know where something is.

akhensley81 · August 2010

Don't worry, Sing2phins... I recently had to explain to my FI that Washington (the state) and Washington, D.C. are two entirely different places.

georgia_bride09 · August 2010

[QUOTE]Um, well, since people are confessing silly things they thought, I will tell you that I only just learned (from rewatching The Perfect Storm this weekend) that Bermuda is in the Atlantic, due east of South Carolina. I thougt it was down in the Carribean. Posted by Sing2phins[/QUOTE]

Well, I learned something new today.

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