Your silliest question
Submitted: Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:04
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Footloose
Just thinking about Willem's post.(55820)
I've asked some stupid questions in my travels, including;
"Do you live here?" (No, I live in
Sydney, this corrugated shed is my weekender)
"What's the weather doing?" (It's raining you idiot!)
"Where's the nearest public phone?" (1 km away through the snow...we have a private one here but you didn't ask so away you go..)
"Where are all the locals?" (in the only habitat within 200K, the pub)
"How far to ?" (ask in time not km ya dork)
"Are you Ok?" (Of course. We just sit here with the bonnet up so passing traffic will stop and ask stupid questions."
"What's on the menu?" (Try reading it you cretin)
"Does this track go to?" (that's what maps are for)
"Which way did you come?" (There's only one track, you stupid git)
What's the silliest question that you've asked while travelling ?
Reply By: Member - Axle - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:20
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:20
Footloose, I was travelling thru
Melbourne years ago, totally lost!!, I asked symbo if she would grab the map and see how far it was to Tynong? Her reply was " About 1/2 a 1nch", I don't ask, any one , anything, anymore!!, when travelling ....lol.
Cheers Axle.
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:22
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:22
hahahahah...that's funny :)
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Reply By: Member - Willie , Sydney. - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:27
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:27
Footie ,
At a Fishing Tackle Show a few years a go , punter asked me " How long is this six foot gaff ?"
Happy
Easter ,
Willie .
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:05
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:05
Hmm...so it's fishermen as
well . Happy
Easter .
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Follow Up By: Member - Littleborgy (SA) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:25
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:25
Willie, i hope u told him its 1830mm long :-)
Cheers, Brad
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Sydney. - Monday, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:20
Monday, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:20
Littleborgy,
The definitive , if slightly imperious answer .
Willie .
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Sydney. - Monday, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:21
Monday, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:21
No , that's wrong - I was the imperious one - too early - I slept in .
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Reply By: Bware (Tweed Valley) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:28
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:28
Q: Have you lived here all your life?
A: Not yet...
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:06
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:06
It just feels like it :)
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Follow Up By: Saharaman (aka Geepeem) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:15
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:15
Q: Whats the death rate in this God-forsaken town?
A: Same as everywhere else - one death per person !!
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Follow Up By: Bware (Tweed Valley) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:30
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:30
Hahaha I like that Saharaman
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Follow Up By: Twinkles - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 17:21
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 17:21
Asking an elderly gentleman: What's the secret to your longevity?
Elderly gentleman: I haven't died yet.
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Reply By: Member - Lost Dog(WA) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:33
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:33
Are they in the
camp ovens?
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Reply By: Dunco (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:45
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 15:45
Did you get a haircut ?
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:08
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:08
No I got my ears lowered.
Of course if it was SWMBO that you were asking I'd imagine the temp dropped 20C. LOL
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Follow Up By: Bware (Tweed Valley) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:27
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:27
LOL That's after she asks you, "Do you notice anything different?"
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Follow Up By: Member - Christopher P (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:52
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:52
No, i got my forehead raised and eyebrows and ears lowered!!!!
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Reply By: Member - barry F (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:31
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:31
Looks like we need to give very serious thought to what we are about to open up our gob about doesn't it!! I would have thought some such comments were maybe just as a way of getting a yarn going with a stranger or just having a general gas bag. LOL & cheers
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Follow Up By: Bware (Tweed Valley) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:43
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:43
You're not wrong Barry. Everyone's tolerance levels seem a lot lower these days. We still pride ourselves on our Ozzie attitude but sometimes it is hard to find. :-(((
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:58
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:58
Bus passenger gets on
What would you like
A return please
Where to
HERE.
nuf said
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Follow Up By: Member - barry F (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 18:23
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 18:23
Hello Graham, I dont travel by bus, but if I were to get on one to travel to another suburb & then back to my point of departure, then it would seem to me that the passenger response to "where to?" was simply indicating that he/she wanted to return to the point of departure.
My perception is obviously wrong, so what should the response to "where to?" have been. Maybe a "round trip please?"
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 19:04
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 19:04
Well if u buy a return we need to know where u r going, surely, so we can charge the correct fare.
All fares usually are in Zones or sections so the driver has to know where u r GOING before the fare can be worked out.
Seems logical to me.
Its pretty obvious if u want a return you are coming back to where u r, but where are u coming back from.
The answer normal people would give is a return to the city please or a return to surfers.
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Sydney. - Monday, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:18
Monday, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:18
Don't worry Graham, I thought it was funny .
I might try it sometime to have a chuckle at the response I get - those ticket sellers usually have a great sense of humour .
Willie .
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Reply By: Member - Kim M (VIC) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 17:27
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 17:27
Slightly off question.
My unit at work provides a business advice service. Two of the classics:
1. A client needed advice on starting a new business. We went through the preliminaries, then I asked what type of business was he was thinking about.
"That was the question I came here to ask you" he said. I sat there stunned for a couple of seconds, then suggested the obvious.
2. A little old Italian fella came in one day and wanted to talk about an invention that would change the World.
After a bit of a chat he got to the point. Appears he came up with the idea to dress motor cycle riders in a full body rubberized suit, and have that connected to the exhaust to keep warm in winter.
The vision of the "Michelin Man" full off carbon monoxide, immediately came to mind.
LOL
Regards
Kim
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Reply By: Tuftys Tours - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 18:27
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 18:27
Yo Footloose
Sorry about the not so stupid question but how about this for a stupid answer.....
I walked into an industrial factory store in Wales, once upon a time, during some very heavy rain, as i was a guest, the Boss told me to ask for some inclement
weather gear, so i did as he said and went in , i noticed only one set left on the rack, showed him the correct store docket and his answer to me was, Sorry mate this is the last one on site and someone else might need it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I came back in 15 secs and explained i was that someone else. and you guessed it he said the exact same thing......painful really . Tufts
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:42
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:42
Are you English? coz that would explain it
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Follow Up By: Tuftys Tours - Monday, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:53
Monday, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:53
No no no , I am welsh, and the storeman was a northener from geordie land i think.
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Reply By: Member - Glenn G (QLD) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 20:24
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 20:24
Not so much a stupid question but a stupid statement by some ! as a fireman I have turned up to a few house fires and flames are coming out of every window and some bloke in the middle of the road pointing to the house as we turn up ! makes me laugh,lucky he was there as we may have driven past !
Also swmbo and I were looking for a mates new house and stopped to ask for directions ,we ask bloke on side of road were is such and such street and he replies ,"Right there !" and points to street sign ! DOH
Cheers
Giffo
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Reply By: Hairy (NT) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:53
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:53
Gday,
A common one I get asked is..
Hey Bros. .....you got a smoke.
Ans. no $hiit Sherlock
or if it sounds more like a question than a statement......
Yeh mate...$hitiloads, but thanks for offering.
Another one,
The Mrs. is going inside from the shed to the house, I asked her to turn the stereo on....(Shed stereo is run from the house)
She says, "do you want some music on?"
I reply..."No I just like the look of the little lights on the front"
LOL
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Hairy (NT) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:58
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:58
Sorry,
The question was "have you asked"
Better own up I guess!
Its certainly not the silliest but the most recent!
Just out at the drags and bumped into a lot of people I havent seen for a long time.....
I asked "what are you up to"?????
The Ans. should have been...."Same as you ya peanut! watching far%$#g the drags!"
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