Strange/Stupid Things People Say...

[hermit_king]

I thought this would be a good topic for laughs. And, I can't get over this one thing in particular that I've heard sometimes. Anyways, I find it funny/stupid when an aetheist says, "oh my God!"Post strange/stupid things that you hear.

[Bubu]

I swear my post would be the longest if I posted every stupid thing I hear during the day. But I'll start with my favorite thing to ask people:If you were a hotdog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?It's a good question! One of my co-workers responded back saying "well first of all, hot dog's don't have mouths..." And then basically gave me one of his intelligent and well thought out answers, saying he would eat the bun first. Another one was a ditzy girl back in school asking if the sea was the ocean.Those are a couple of my favorites.

[Guest]

I love all the blond things ppl say. My sister told me about a girl that thought that the prince of whales was the prince of the animals, not the country.There is a girl in one of my classes who, if the teacher says, write your name on your paper, she writes "Name", and she is not even doing it to be funny.It's just those funny little things that keep me going...

[Rachel]

At work today, I found this big beetle with these pincher things on it's head, and someone said that they thought it was a Japanese Beetle. One of the receptionists says, "here in America??"I know...not too funny, but I was cracking up!!

[newhermiemami]

I was taking a bus to the airport in Houston to catch a flight to London, England. This girl was chatting to me at one of the layovers between buses and she was telling me her final destination was Houston itself and asked where I was going. I told her I was going to England, she then asked me if you could catch a bus to there. MAN!!! Here's your sign!!One other time I was explaining to my children that some cuss words werent really bad if used in the correct context. Like the "h" word is a place and you can say it if your refering to it. I also explained that we say the "b" word when we are talking about a female dog. My son jumped in and said oh so the "f" word is a female duck??!!! LOL. << Just thought I'd throw that one in there cuz I thought it was funny.

[Guest]

I get plenty of fun things. I am disabled. I have a lot of trouble walking more than 20 -25 feet so I ride a Rascal Mobility Scooter. I am also a large (read extra pleasingly plump) woman (part due to beign disable, very painful to exercise). Here's some of the brillant things strangers have said to me:"You know, if you get off that thing & walk more you'd lose some weight.""Wow, they give out handicapped placards for being fat?""Are you actually disabled or just lazy?"And my personal favorite:"My son wants a Scooter like that. Did you get that at Toys r' Us or what?"I laugh at this stuff and then say," I'm actually disabled & severly emotionally imbalanced. I'm out on a day pass from the ward. They say I'm criminally insane. I say insane is too harsh a word."

[Froggz37]

Holy cow Val, People are real... um.. anal spincters where your at! Thats one thing I love about Iowa, is alot of the people are actually really nice. Not too smart sometimes, but nice.Not having anything to add yet on the stupid remarks bit, but I did have the neighbors truck in my driveway last night and had to snap a few pics of the gas pump handle sticking out from the side of his truck! I'll have to post those later on today when I download them

[Hercule]

This is going to be an interesting discussion. My funny contribution is "One day my sister and I were in the mall on our way to go see a movie. Well, we had to go from the 2nd floor to the 1st floor (you walk in from the parking lot onto the 2nd floor and go down to the 1st floor) So, Instead of taking the stairs we decided to ride the elevator because it was closer, and right before the doors closed to go downstairs, this guy comes running up and asks me if this was the elevator that goes up and down...

[TheGreyRonin]

Valerie's right, South Dakotans have driven out 99% of all nice people from the state. (No, that doesn't include her. Nor me; I'm an import...and still not nice. LOL) Working in a farm supply store, you hear some good ones. Customers ask things like: "DO you have an oil filter for my truck?" Of course, I ask what kind they have, and I usually get: "It's red/blue/insert color." Then they get upset when I fail to rattle off the one they need based on their amazingly detailed description. We daily get calls asking our hours. The store has been there for literally a couple decades, the hours only change from summer and winter by one hour for closing, and never for opening. Care to guess which time we are asked for most? My personal favorite moment so far has been the two men who drove up in a bright white 2005 Lumina last year to buy creosote posts. We carry the GOOD posts, that practically DRIP creosote. The interior of the van was a bright aqua, and they had thoughtfully removed the seats to carry the posts...but didn't think to bring anything to put them ON. It gets worse. As I was loading, wearing heavy gloves, (creosote can also be rather caustic when fresh), one of them men offered to help instead of watch, and started to pick up one end of the post. He immediately started wiping his bare hand on his WHITE shirt, and asked, "What IS this stuff?" I'm proud of my ability to keep a straight face, when I told him: "Creosote."

[MusicalMeg]

Haha. I love it when people say stupid things.One time I was talking about star testing at school. Now if you don't take a math class, you don't have to take the math test. I said, "Wow. If I have to take the math test, I think I'll fail." (I didn't have a math test.) This girl says, "Do you have a math class?" "No." "Then you don't have to take it." "Well I know that," I said, "but IF they made me take it, I'd flunk it." So she insisted, "But you don't have to take it." "I know," I said, "but, hypothetically, if they made me take it--" "But you don't have to take it!" she insisted. No, this girl obviously does not understand the idea of a hypothetical statement. lol I just gave up in the end and moved on to a different topic.Also, I have Manic Depression, so I have to be on medication, and I mean HAVE TO. There is someone I have known for 3 years now, and has known almost the whole time about this issue, and he STILL asks me, "Are you sure you need your medication?" I smack my head and say with sarcasm, "No, I don't need my medication. I will live perfectly happy with the depression, hallucinations, and racing thoughts." That one's always fun.A friend of mine, who was in my first period class this year, asked me, "Do you have first period?" Yes, we do live in a world full of morons. Isn't it lame?And here's a note to Valerie: I promise you I am NOT trying to be mean in what I'm saying. I know it must be hard for you to walk very much. But it might be a good idea to do a little bit of walking, maybe just 20 feet around your house, maybe just once a week. I know that if you challenge your body to do something it doesn't like to, it usually adjusts so that it's not so difficult. Maybe you will lose weight and maybe be able to walk without your scooter more often. I know when my mom lost weight, it was less painful for her to walk. It's just a suggestion, though, not a criticism, I promise.

[Dawn38]

Valerie I know what you mean about people and the things they say!I, too an disabled and over weight(plump as you put it lol). I was injured in an elevator accident 3 years ago, and I have trouble walking now. I try to push myself to walk more but then the next day I can barly walk at all. I am only 30 years old and I hate haveing a handicap placard. People say all the time,"If you get up and do something you'll lose weight and feel better." If these people had any idea of what we go through they wouldn't be saying that.We plump girls have to stick together!! lolDawn

[Katy]

Ok, I said a stupid thing this morning. A co-worker comes up to me and says "Katy, did you see the new tanning salon down the street?" I said no. She then says "1995 unlimited". I thought that was the name of the salon so I wrote down on a piece of paper "1995 unlimited".I then ask her "do they have any specials going on?" Another co-worker who doesn't tan turned around and said "Katy, that IS the special"...$19.95 unlimited tanning"WHAT?? that could be the name of a salon! I've heard worse!Sadly, I have alot of moments like that but my coworkers think it's funny. Their outlook is...she does the work right and that's all that matters. I sometimes don't think before I speak.

[Guest]

I think I can speak openly here, especially after hearing some of the rude things people have said about a couple of our handicapped members.I live in a pretty tough little city. People aren't afraid to spew whatever racist ideas they have out at anyone they think is Caucasian. I am Puerto Rican, and it doesn't show. I don't have an accent or a tan, but I have curly hair and a round face--that's about it. I hear many things that were not meant for my ears.A co-worker of mine started talking about Hispanics in a not-so-nice way. After a while it was just rediculous, and I was becoming offended. "You know, this is becoming a Hispanic state. I mean, they're everywhere, and they don't even speak English. I know I'M not learning another language." She went on and on. Eventually I said to her, "Oh, I know. It's rediculous! I mean, sometimes I'm on the phone with my uncle in San Juan, and I'm like, 'Tio Tony, you have to slow down or switch to English, because I can't understand you." That woman doesn't really talk to me anymore... I still feel like I handled the situation the right way.Another co-worker started talking about "their" (meaning Hispanics') cars, since I had just bought a new car. Not knowing my nationality, she said, "You could stencil your name on the back windshield--Oh, wait, that's what those Puerto Ricans do." Well, I looked at her and smiled, and in my very sweetest, calmest voice, I laughed and said, "Oh, I know, I keep telling my husband I won't do that, but I know I've just gotta have 'Boricua' on my window." Funny, she stopped smiling and got back to work pretty quickly.I like to do my part to end that kind of talk when I can. It makes for good conversation at home, though!

[Guest]

I think its really funny to see how ignorant people are about animals... i love it... i always bring my animals (including crabs) into petco.. ill bring my jumbo crab, vitara and carry her around with me. people will always stop me and ask to hold her... as they do they ask "do they bite"....... and i just stop and say "no... no they dont" they look at ease at this piont and i add... "but sometimes they pinch" and they will quickly give her back to me... my friend and i always laugh at that...

[Guest]

Ooo, here's a good one:The other night I was on the phone ordering pizza from a new pizza place. The guy I talked to was having a hard time taking my order. "I'll get six wings--" "Wings?" "Yes." "How many?" "Six..." "Will you be getting anything else?" "Yes, I'll--" "I'm sorry, we can't deliver for less than $10." "But I'm getting more..." "Oh, ok, go ahead." I continued with my order, and when I was done, he transferred me to someone else, who took my order again and rang it up. Luckily, it only took 25 minutes for the pizza guy (who, by the way, was the same guy I spoke with on the phone) to show up. As I paid, he said, "I hope you don't think I was being rude over the phone, because I didn't mean to sound that way." I though that was very nice, but he just had to continue: "There were garbage trucks running over our phone lines."I told this to my husband, who responded, "It's strange that he would say that... I mean, everyone knows that garbage trucks are diurnal and do most of their flying during the day. 7 at night is a little late for them to be out flying." I just about died laughing.