Ask a Stupid Question...

[IndieSinger]

Examples of ridiculous questions, please. F'rinstance, my sister once asked, "What time does the 24-hour garage close?" and she asked my dad what his brother's surname was. In a video shop yesterday, a member of staff was explaining The Bourne Supremacy to me. She said, "It's really good - it's the sequel to the first one." Really?

[The Tiggster]

When on holiday in Spain I was asked by a friend if the moon was the same one as we see at home. Mmmmm, let me think...

[kempie]

The Tiggster - I'm pretty certain that the Spanish have their own satellite they call La Luna.

[spiff]

A friend once asked me "What day is Friday 13th this month?"   Oh dear...

[Kay]

Me in a pound shop asks assistant " How much is this please" duh.

[sddsddean]

Heard an American woman on a cruise ask one of the stewards "What time is the midnight buffet?"

Another American (why are they always American!?) in Stratford asked me the way to the Shakespeare Theatre. Unfortunately we were in Stratford, East London!

[Philtaz]

Before mobile phones, my mum once phoned my house and when I answered she asked "Are you at home?"

Er, yes Mum.............

[brachiopod]

Being another inhabitant of E15, sddsddean, I've had the way to the 'Shakespeare Theatre' question asked by Americans in East London.

I just point them towards the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Then helpfully point them towards some other points of interest, like Shakespeare's birthplace above the Stratford Sauna, and Ann Hathaways cottage is now Hammers Kebabs on the Romford Road.

[simont]

When I was in france on a school A'level trip, many moons ago, we saw some street performers when we stuck in traffic one day.  They were so good we all hung out of the coach windows to applaud them.  Unfortunately my friend said in a loud voice "what is french for Encore?"...

She didn't actually pass her french A'level, needless to say.

[Marsh]

How about the question on the left of ssdean's posting?   There are some unwarranted assumptions there!

[IndieSinger]

The talk of Americans reminded me of when I heard one exclaim (loudly) in the middle of Edinburgh that wasn't it great that they "built the castle so close to the shops."

[amarillis]

I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean with my sister when she asked where it was set... ummm, the Caribbean perhaps?

[kempie]

simont - not meaning to be pedantic (well okay I am really) the french for "encore" is "bis".

[spudqueen]

A friends mother once turned to her and said ' Lucinda, how old were you when you were 7 '?

[IndieSinger]

I actually once asked a little kid how old he was. "Five." came the reply. "Oh," I said, trying to think of some way to relate to the child, "I was that old when I was your age." Luckily, he was most excited by this "coincidence"!

I've also just remembered another one of mine. My sister owned a pub and obviously knew a lot of the customers. When I worked there, I got to know them too. One day, a customer said something which showed she didn't realise my sister and I were related.

Customer: Can you just get Louisa for me?
Me: My sister?
Customer: Is that your sister?!
Me: Yeah!! I'm my sister's brother! 

[ginger 69]

I once asked a friend 'if i sit in the sun will i get sunburned?'

[bernardo]

I first heard the age joke when I went to a pantomime when I was eight.  When the children went on stage, the actor asked one of them how old she was.

"Six."
"Six?!  I was only five when I was your age!"

Akshly, the Bourne Supremacy is only the sequel to the Bourne Identity in the sense that it comes after it.  Otherwise, watching BS doesn't really depend on knowing what happened in BI.  Both films depend mostly on the same premise of the things which happened before the first film.  I liked both films because they have Matt Damon in, but other than that it's probably not the sort of film I would normally be interested in.

[Glossopswift]

On a visit to Chicago I was asked where I was from, to which I replied "England". This was followed by "so what language do you speak?". I replied that I spoke English and this was met with a look of amazement, "you mean like us?".

[Zen]

Whilst in Tenerife a friend wanted to know the English football results,so was told he could listen to them on BBC World Service Radio to which he replied," Can you get that out here? !!"

[qaswqasw]

my wife once asked me where do the brighouse and rastrick band come from

[Clare A]

I was next to someone at the bar when they asked for a pint of Guinness. The barman asked 'Ordinary or extra-cold?'. And the customer replied 'What's the difference?'.

A friend was describing her new coffee table. 'It's wood', she said. 'You know, real wood, from a tree'. (She meant it was one of those that look like a slice across the trunk, bark and all).

I'm not immune to putting my foot in my mouth,although this wasn't a question, but a silly comment. Years ago my boyfriend & I were watching a nature programme about some kind of burrowing rodent - mole rats, or some such. A fibre optic camera followed the little creatures down their tunnels, whereupon I exclaimed delightedly 'Look - they even make little pit-props to hold the tunnels up!'. When my boyfriend stopped laughing, he explained that the 'pit-props' were in fact plant roots that happened to be growing through the soil.