Stupid Things People Say

[MetalPants]

Ok, so I work at Wal-Mart. Most workers there are not known for being at the pinnacle of academia. There is however one lady that I work with that takes the cake when it comes to asking stupid things.

Example 1. "Is Russian like German? You know, like Spanish is like Mexican?"

Example 2. "Where is London? Is it in Paris?"


What are some of the stupidest things you folks hear?

 

[Finn]

"Are snails bugs or animals?"

 

[propita]

When I was around 10 or so, my 13yo sister asked during dinnertime conversation, "Who won World War 2?" I asked, "Do we speak German?" Her "No" didn't sound like it answered her question but only mine, so I asked "Who are the good guys in 'Hogan's Heroes'?" "We are." "We won."

We didn't think she was serious at first. Her asking that question has not been forgotten in may family. That was 1973.

 

[John Picard]

Oh, the stories I could tell of the "good folk" of Oklahoma --

During the 2008 Presidential campaign, every goober with access to a telephone would call the local afternoon talk radio show and utter some of the following profound statements:
"Ah think thayut that Barrack Bin Ladin feller iz th' anntee Cry-st. He don't worship Gawd like a good Criss-chun. Th' bah-bull talks'bout tha end uv dayz and he's gonna take us down if'n he'z Prez'dint."

"Mitt Romney ain't a Christian. Ah'm sure he's a nice man and all, but since he practices a heathen religion Ah cain't vote fer him."

A lady where I once worked was absolutely convinced that the airbags in her car would deploy if she slammed hard on the brakes.

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

I once heard someone on NPR who was being interviewed for the last US presidential election say, "I can't believe anyone would vote for Obama. It's the end of the world if he's elected! You know, he wants to get get rid of all the churches?"

 

[Deckerd]

I was once talking about a quadriplegic I had seen in a documentary and described him as paralyzed from the neck up.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

When i hear people that don't have kids talk about how they wouldn't yell at their kids or lose patience with them if they had them.

You don't have kids? Then shut the fuck up and don't tell me what kind of a parent you would be. Get back to me when you have them.

 

[John Picard]

When i hear people that don't have kids talk about how they wouldn't yell at their kids or lose patience with them if they had them.

You don't have kids? Then shut the fuck up and don't tell me what kind of a parent you would be. Get back to me when you have them.

Ooooh, oooooooohhhhh -- that ties in to something posted about children on THIS VERY FORUM as well as real life:

"How can you and your wife *not* want children? That's very selfish of both of you."

Or

"You don't have children? You don't know what you're missing. What? Just because you're and aunt/uncle isn't the same. What do you mean you don't want children? You should have them anyway because you'll feel different then."

 

[Yeoman Randi]

^ Exactly. Kids aren't for everyone. Plain and simple.

And the person who told me that she would never yell at her kids or lose patience with them if she had them .... well, my answer should have been, "if you would have been such a great parent then why the fuck didn't you have any?"

Seriously. Don't have kids? THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT HOW YOU'D RAISE YOURS IF YOU HAD ANY.

This is beyond stupid. I find it absurd and insulting to those who have kids and have dealt with all the heartaches and difficulties involved.

Can you tell this pisses me off verily?

 

[Shazam!]

I was once talking about a quadriplegic I had seen in a documentary and described him as paralyzed from the neck up.

That reminds me of the time my mate thought Parallel Olympics meant Paraplegic Olympics (this is also a Ricky Gervais tale, but it actually happened to me as well).

 

[iguana_tonante]

Stupid things people say? "Iguana, you are wrong."

 

[DeafPoet]

When i hear people that don't have kids talk about how they wouldn't yell at their kids or lose patience with them if they had them.

You don't have kids? Then shut the fuck up and don't tell me what kind of a parent you would be. Get back to me when you have them.

I don't have kids but I've dated a woman with a kid and I remember what I was like as a kid.

Won't catch me arguing that yelling at kids is a terrible thing. To be avoided when you can help it? Sure. But something you'll never do? No fucking way

 

[Deckerd]

Is this changing from stupid things people say to 'people who irritate me'?

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

I think they're pretty much one in the same.

I once had a supervisor ask me, "Do you know why my Outlook doesn't know my email address anymore?" After we gave her a new computer. It wasn't auto-completing, and she had no idea what anyone's emails were or how to find them.

 

[RandyS]

Stupid things people say? Easy. Pretty much anything that comes out of everybody's mouth.

Except me of course. I never say anything stupid.

 

[Mistral]

Working at Taco Bell, a guy from(yeah, seriously) Oklahoma pulls into the drive thru.
He asks, "Do your kaysedeas(that's how he said it) have cheese in them?"

I admit, it took a second to answer. I replied, as politely as I could, "Well, queso is Spanish for cheese and tortilla is Spanish for, well, tortilla so yes, our quesadillas have cheese."

He replied, "Thank you. I'll have 6 tacos."



One of my all-time teeth grinders was working drive-thru and people would order "whatever" and add "to go". "Could I have two burritos to go?" Like I was going to let them sit in my DT and eat?

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Well, I'm man enough to admit that I've said many stupid and wrong things, and may well continue to do so despite my best efforts.

Most stupid thing I've ever said? Most definitely "I love you."

 

[RoJoHen]

^ Exactly. Kids aren't for everyone. Plain and simple.

And the person who told me that she would never yell at her kids or lose patience with them if she had them .... well, my answer should have been, "if you would have been such a great parent then why the fuck didn't you have any?"

Seriously. Don't have kids? THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT HOW YOU'D RAISE YOURS IF YOU HAD ANY.

This is beyond stupid. I find it absurd and insulting to those who have kids and have dealt with all the heartaches and difficulties involved.

Can you tell this pisses me off verily?

I don't have kids, but I know they can be a giant pain in the ass sometimes. The only things that really bug me about parents are the ones that are too strict and hit their kids in public and the ones that aren't strict enough and let their kids run all over the place while not paying any attention.

Oh, and the lady last night who brought her 4-year old to the bar to sing karaoke.

 

[Mistral]

^ Exactly. Kids aren't for everyone. Plain and simple.

And the person who told me that she would never yell at her kids or lose patience with them if she had them .... well, my answer should have been, "if you would have been such a great parent then why the fuck didn't you have any?"

Seriously. Don't have kids? THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT HOW YOU'D RAISE YOURS IF YOU HAD ANY.

This is beyond stupid. I find it absurd and insulting to those who have kids and have dealt with all the heartaches and difficulties involved.

Can you tell this pisses me off verily?

I don't have kids, but I know they can be a giant pain in the ass sometimes. The only things that really bug me about parents are the ones that are too strict and hit their kids in public and the ones that aren't strict enough and let their kids run all over the place while not paying any attention.

Oh, and the lady last night who brought her 4-year old to the bar to sing karaoke.

I've taken my kid to a few bars-but on the beach/boardwalk and never to a place that doesn't serve food-always get him some fries or pizza. Certainly not so I can sing karaoke!

 

[SeerSGB]

Don't know if this will offend a lot of people, so I'm going to spoiler code the actual remark made:

During an argument over evolution being taught to kids, one of the "redneck and proud" members of the crowd chimed in that "he didn't want good christian white children exposed to a bunch of <n word> garbage, cause the whites were descended from god not a bunch of monkeys. But it was okay to teach to the blacks cause...

Spoiler: racist comment

blacks were just animals, monkeys until the Europeans domesticated them for household use, that's why they still have dark skin and big lips cause of their monkey blood.

He was banned from future community meetings, thankfully. Considering that was his average sort of idiocy, you can see why. He was real fun (not) to run into going to town when the election was going on in '08.