Stupid Things People Say

[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.

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!

The girl was singing karaoke, too! I walked out from the kitchen and heard her singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

It would have bothered me less if it hadn't been midnight. 4-year olds should be sleeping at midnight.

 

[RoJoHen]

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.

Along those lines, somebody carved the N-word in giant letters into the wall of the bathroom stall at my restaurant. Classy.

 

[John Picard]

The bible is all true in historical context and is directly from God.

 

[Mistral]

"Well, of course, everbody knows..."

If we all know-why are you saying this?

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

"No offense, but..."
"Bless your heart."
"Now, I don't mean anything by this, but..."

 

[Zulu Romeo]

"Calm down."

 

[SeerSGB]

"It could be worse."

"Well if I was you..."

"Oh, it can't be that bad."

"I'd never do that, I'm above that sort of shit work" (used by people refusing to take a job offer, or co-workers/staff that don't want to do their assignments)

"I'll do <insert assignment/policy> when you make <insert coworker> do it too."

 

[Mistral]

"That's not my job."

 

[tharpdevenport]

I had someone tell me yesterday that they wanted me to slown the burning speed down for a CD-R copy, 'cause otherwise it would decrease the life of the CD-R.

That's like saying running real fast will make the day shorter, or washing a car will extend the life of your car. I tried explaining the reality to him (who fed him that bunk???) but he ended his reply with "Still" and insisted I slow it down; translation: he didn't get it.

NOTE: I'm not slowing it down. I'm not dumb.



Other good ones:

"The war is about oil!"

 

[TheBrew]

"Obama is a socialist/communist."

People too stupid to even use a dictionary as toilet paper.

 

[Chaos Descending]

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?"

Just out of curiosity, how would you have preferred that a gringo pronounce "quesadilla"?

From where I'm sitting, "kaysedea" looks an awful lot like the (more or less) "correct" way to say it, but simply without any Spanish accent.

Obviously, he was very stupid for asking about the cheese. That's about as bad as asking if a cheeseburger has cheese.

 

[Caliburn24]

While in the Army, my Troop of some 250 soldiers was gathered after lunch for an outdoor formation. First Sergeant prowled through the ranks, stopping here and there to ask a question or correct a uniform.

He got to my squad and asked one of my Privates(The one from West Virginia naturally...) where he had had lunch. The Private responded in a loud and proud bellow, "Class-6 First Sergeant!"

By which he met he had had lunch at one of the PXs(On post shops or stores). A fairly common and natural thing for soldiers to do.

However, a Class-6 PX is one that is allowed to sell alcohol. The only reason you would go to a Class-6, as opposed to a normal PX is for alcohol.

So basically my brilliant Private had just admitted to going drinking during duty hours, while in uniform.

But here is the kicker. First Sergeant than asked, "How old are you?"

To which Private Einstein said, truthfully, "17 First Sergeant!"

Mmm, stupidity and underage drinking, its a winning combination.

 

[Kestra]

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?"

Just out of curiosity, how would you have preferred that a gringo pronounce "quesadilla"?

From where I'm sitting, "kaysedea" looks an awful lot like the (more or less) "correct" way to say it, but simply without any Spanish accent.

Obviously, he was very stupid for asking about the cheese. That's about as bad as asking if a cheeseburger has cheese.

I don't even get why it's stupid. What if you don't know what a quesadilla is? Maybe you've had it before but don't know that cheese is a staple ingredient of it? What if you don't know what queso means?

Sorry, I'm just not into threads like this. Several of the quotes people have posted don't seem that stupid or deserving of scorn, and in the cases where people are clearly ignorant, they're seemingly being met with snide remarks rather than an attempt to educate a person. I don't get that mentality.

 

[RoJoHen]

"Calm down."

I say this all the time, except I do it when it's totally uncalled for, so people find it funny. Although usually, what I actually say is, "Calm the fuck down. You're out of control."

 

[Owain Taggart]

I was out visiting the D.C area a few weeks ago, and we're walking around in Annapolis, and we stop into one of those joke stores that sells lots of jokey merchandise, and they had those head massagers; the spider-like things. I asked one of the clerks, "Do you have a demo model for this?", to which she responded, "No, that would be unsanitary." And then I couldn't believe I actually asked that and I felt so stupid for it.

 

[Chaos Descending]

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?"

Just out of curiosity, how would you have preferred that a gringo pronounce "quesadilla"?

From where I'm sitting, "kaysedea" looks an awful lot like the (more or less) "correct" way to say it, but simply without any Spanish accent.

Obviously, he was very stupid for asking about the cheese. That's about as bad as asking if a cheeseburger has cheese.

I don't even get why it's stupid. What if you don't know what a quesadilla is? Maybe you've had it before but don't know that cheese is a staple ingredient of it? What if you don't know what queso means?

Sorry, I'm just not into threads like this. Several of the quotes people have posted don't seem that stupid or deserving of scorn, and in the cases where people are clearly ignorant, they're seemingly being met with snide remarks rather than an attempt to educate a person. I don't get that mentality.

Although I see your point, I should point out that there are simply some things that pretty much EVERYONE (in certain circumstances, places, or groups) ought to know.

For someone from Oklahoma, it's virtually unfathomable that someone wouldn't know that a quesadilla without cheese is simply a tortilla.

Yes, the right reaction to the situation would have been to say, "Yes sir, all quesadillas have cheese. It's what makes them quesadillas". Now if he went on to say, "Not true. I once had a non-cheese quesadilla in ,,, blah blah", then yeah, he would REALLY deserve scorn.

 

[Mary Ann]

I've heard and said a lot of stupid things in my time, but one of my favourites is when people mess up common sayings. I remember a woman talking very loudly on her mobile phone in a shop, saying, "Yeah, he's totally changed. He's done a complete 360!".

He must have been dizzy after that.

 

[John Clark]

I've heard and said a lot of stupid things in my time, but one of my favourites is when people mess up common sayings. I remember a woman talking very loudly on her mobile phone in a shop, saying, "Yeah, he's totally changed. He's done a complete 360!".

He must have been dizzy after that.

Whenever my mates or I hear someone say that, we usually remember Charles Dance in "Last Action Hero"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL135uL2XZA

 

[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?"

Just out of curiosity, how would you have preferred that a gringo pronounce "quesadilla"?

From where I'm sitting, "kaysedea" looks an awful lot like the (more or less) "correct" way to say it, but simply without any Spanish accent.

Obviously, he was very stupid for asking about the cheese. That's about as bad as asking if a cheeseburger has cheese.

I don't even get why it's stupid. What if you don't know what a quesadilla is? Maybe you've had it before but don't know that cheese is a staple ingredient of it? What if you don't know what queso means?

Sorry, I'm just not into threads like this. Several of the quotes people have posted don't seem that stupid or deserving of scorn, and in the cases where people are clearly ignorant, they're seemingly being met with snide remarks rather than an attempt to educate a person. I don't get that mentality.

There was a two foot picture of the item on the menu. Clearly labeled. And perhaps I struggled to spell his pronunciation-trust me, it was far from correct.

 

[Trekker4747]

"Is this pork kosher?"