The world's most ignorant question

[milehiscott]

What is the most ignorant question you have ever been asked?

I used to live in a ski town, so I have an unfair disadvantage over most people in this area. Tourists tend to be an effervescing pool of stupidity, especially at high altitude.

I'll save my favorites untill after some of your responses. However, to get the ball rolling:



At what altitude do the deer turn into elk?

If I park in the blue lot, does that mean I can only ski on the blue runs?

What do you do with the man made snow in the summer?

When does the forest service plant the wild flowers (pointing to the forest)?

:--) :--) :--) :--) :--) :--)



How about the rest of you? Surely I'm not the only one who has encountered the common sense challenged.

 

[DarrellB]

I got one

This come from a guy at the DIESEL pumps just last Sunday while I was adding FUEL for my run up to Nashville.



The guy asked "Is that a diesel" I about I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER my pants right there at the pumps. I politely responded "Yep, it's a Cummins with a Strait Pipe exhaust" Poor guy must have been his first DIESEL truck or something.



That is by far the dumbest thing I think anyone has ever asked me. :{



Darrell

 

[klenger]

My brother and his girlfriend met us a Rocky Mountain National Park on a 4th of July weekend.



1) Who mows all the grass up here?



2) That snow in the hills will be gone in a couple of days, won't it? The next day we drove to the top of Trail Ridge Road and I showed him that the snow was still over 12' deep in places.



I love my brother. He even has a masters degree and is a pretty smart guy (most of the time).

 

[dodgenstein]

I recently went to a job interview for the Union Pacific Railroad. The human resources rep asked me what I am currently doing. I told her I work on as a farm hand. We raise 1500 head of hogs farrow-to-finish annually and have 400 acres of row crops. She asked me if I worked much outside!!!!

 

[LSMITH]

Another Colorado one: How old is a deer before it turns into an elk?



From a little blonde girl I used to date: What keeps the electricity from running out on the floor (looking at an outlet)? I miss her .



There could be volumes written on this subject.

 

[DHRA]

What all have you done to your truck?



Well, I kept the seats, and some of the dash, not too many frame alterations, other than that, it's all different!

 

[Cliffman]

Hey DarrellB,



Maybe the guy was just trying to make conversation

 

[The patriot]

Kind of hard to explain this one.

I was food shopping with my wife in a mostly senior citizen area food store.

It was winter, and snow was predicted for the next day.

As per usuial, the Sr citizenry was going crazy, buying up everything in the store.

I spotted two very good looking young ladies standing there in awe at what was going on. It was winter, and they were well tanned, I figure thay were visiting grandma, and grandpa.

Well, being a sociable guy, I walked up and struck up a conversation. We spoke about the crowds in the store.

When they asked me why the people were acting so crazy, I told them "Yea, we lose a lot of folks every winter here due to the horrible weather..... starvation. " Jokingly.

They took it hook, line and sinker.

When my wife was at the checkout I returned to her. (she wasnt amused at the story) :-laf :-laf



"Just being neighborly" I told her. This wasnt effective.....

Eric



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[JSchooley]

Had some visitors to the San Diego area during a Southern California draught.



We took a walk after dinner next to the bay. There was a very low tide and I refered to the draught causing the lack of water. She said "boy, it really is bad. " Her husband just rolled his eyes.

 

[BFC]

As a skydiving instuctor I get asked this almost every week.



"Have you ever landed WITHOUT an open parachute?"



Glenn

 

[DarrellB]

BFC, Well have ya? :--)



Darrell

 

[klenger]

I was going to ask the same thing.

 

[lgibson]

When I volunteered at Lake Mead in Nevada, The number one question was "Where is lake Mead". This was at the visitor center with a great view of the lake only 1/4 mile away. In Alaska the most asked question is "When do you turn on the Northern Lights.

Had a city girl visiting me on my farm once. I raised Game Cocks, you know the fighting chickens. Well I also had a bunch of Pekin and Malard ducks. There was a couple doing their thing and this lady asked are they fighting. I said "yep those are Pikin fighting ducks". She believed me and she tells everyone that I rasie fighting ducks along with my chickens.

 

[Sled Puller]

I picked up a cajun at Cleveland Airport for a construction job, and he asked,



" What OCEAN did we fly over before we landed?"



(maybe some of you guys would ask that too?)





Guy at Kentucky farm show to Steve, Briar, Stacked, Bullwagon, jeff Gordon, etc... after they all park together--



"Any of you guys turned up?'

 

[Greg Boardman-RIP]

I work as a tattoo artist and the world's most ignorant question:



Is this gonna Hurt??????????

 

[illflem]

" What OCEAN did we fly over before we landed?"

Gene, I want to know also

 

[Sled Puller]

That would be LAKE Erie, Bill!



Sheesh... ... ...

LOL

 

[gitchesum]

Originally posted by Sled Puller

I picked up a cajun at Cleveland Airport for a construction job, and he asked,



" What OCEAN did we fly over before we landed?"

I swear guys, That was NOT me.

Besides, I'm a Texan now.

 

[Skydiver]

Hot water ain't working.

Working at this surface water treatment plant the boss figured that the company could save the cost of paying the answering service by giving the plant operators 2-way radios and forwarding the after hour calls to the filter plant.

About 2 or 3 times a year people will call to complain that:

"I don't have any HOT water but my cold water comes out just fine. What did ya'll do to my HOT water".

Tim

 

[Pit Bull]

At the induction center. Marine Corp Sgt. walks to the front of the room and tells all of the draftees that the Marine Corp is short this month on enlistments and then asks the draftees to please raise their hand if they would like to be in the USMC. This was in October of 1968 during the Vietnam war No body raised their hand so he had to pick out some volunteers