Stupid questions

[Alonzo]

We all know that the phrase "There are no stupid questions" is bullshit. So what are your favorite stupid questions?

One of my favorite ones has long been "How would you feel if your mother had aborted you?"

[Keith Hamburger]

What's the difference between a giraffe?

There are no stupid questions, only stupid people.

Keith$

[Pookie]

I'm a security police officer, and one of the most stupid things I've ever been asked was:
"Oooooo!! How does it feel to be a lady guard?"
Purrs,
Pookie

[Elrathin]

All the below are stolen from unknown sources.

Asking someone that has a watch if they have the time? Just ask them for the time you idiot. If they don't give it then you know they are an asshole and move on.[hr]Asking someone that just got hit by a car "Are you alright?" Of course they aren't alright they just got hit by a fucking car.[hr]If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he naked or homeless?[hr]If you mated a bull dog and a shitsu, would it be called a bullshit?[hr]If an ambulance is on its way to save someone, and it runs someone over, does it stop to help them?[hr]Why is Grape Nuts cereal called that, when it contains neither grapes, nor nuts?[hr]Why is it called a "drive through" if you have to stop?[hr]Why are Softballs hard?[hr]Do the minutes on the movie boxes include the previews, credits, and special features, or just the movie itself?

If the professor on Giligan's Island can make a radio out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but people don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why is an electrical outlet called an outlet when you plug things into it? Shouldn't it be called an inlet.

Why do we scrub Down and wash Up?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

Can blind people see their dreams?

Why do most cars have speedometers that go up to at least 130 when you legally can't go that fast on any road?

Why do they call it "getting your dog fixed" if afterwards it doesn't work anymore?

Why do they call it taking a dump? Shouldn't it be leaving a dump?

Where in the nursery rhyme does it say humpty dumpty is an egg?

Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?

Why do banks leave the door wide open but the pens chained to the counter?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he comes out of the shower, when he doesn't usually wear any pants?

How come you press harder on a remote control when you know the battery is dead?

If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow?

If a cat always lands on its feet, and buttered bread always lands butter side down, what would happen if you tied buttered bread on top of a cat?

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why's it still #2?

What color would a smurf turn if you choked it?

Where's the egg in an egg roll?

Why aren't blue berries blue?

Where is the lead in a lead pencil?

Why is Greenland called green when it is covered in ice?

[Pookie]

Here's a couple:

If Teflon is non-stick, how do they get it to stick to the pan?

Why do we park in our driveway and drive on the Parkway?

Purrs,
Pookie

[Elrathin]

Why do we call packages that are carried by road..... "Shipment"

And packages carried by boat..... "Cargo"?

[Pookie]

That works, El!

If cats use their tails for balance, how do we explain Manxes not falling over all the time?

Purrs,
Pookie

[ECW]

Why do cat people have so many questions about cats if they are so smart?

[Drocket]

Something I've never gotten a satisfactory answer for: Batteries have a positive end and a negative end. To power a device, you connect the positive end to the negative end. So how come things take 2 or more batteries? Wouldn't/shouldn't the inner positive/negative terminals instantly discharge into each other?

[Pookie]

That's a good question, Drocket! I hadn't thought of that.

ECW, we cat people ask questions about cats just to piss people like you off. Geez, what a stupid question!
Purrs,
Pookie

[ECW]

ECW, we cat people ask questions about cats just to piss people like you off. Geez, what a stupid question!
Purrs,
Pookie


Here's another stupid question. Why do we allow annoying act people on this forum?

[Truth_and_Power]

For the greenland question, I heard it was an old viking trick, to call the nice place to go iceland and the frozen place greenland.