Stupidest Things You've Been Asked...

[quote]chinadoll wrote:
Oh yes…“Have you ever visited the United States?” (Hawaii is one of the US states).

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Yeah, I remember in middle school we had this kid who moved here (FL) from Hawaii named Sashi. He was a pretty big dude, spoke some kind of unga-bunga pidgeon form of English, and was a total prick who picked a fight with any and everybody. Even people who tried to be nice to him he called “Beech” (bitch). Hang on, there’s a point to this…

Me (age 13): Man, that Sashi kid’s a dick! And stupid, too!

Stupid Classmate: Well, he IS from another country.

Me: Uh, he’s from Hawaii…?

S.C.: Yeah…?

Me: Hawaii is a state? Hello? Same public school system, same text books we have here?

S.C.: Oh, I guess. But still, uh, they don’t have, uh…

I guess my peers pictured all Hawaiians living in grass huts, twirling flaming batons, and having nightly luaus on the beach a la the opening sequence of Hawaii Five-O. It was about this time in my life that I stopped giving people the benefit of the doubt when it came to intelligence.

[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
She really thought we sat on the porch on the bayou and played the hillbilly musical every night. Hilarious.[/quote]

We don’t? Guess I better hang up my moonshining jug I blow in. Our choice of instrument anyways is violin or accordion, not banjo. She must have us confused with hill people an not river rats.

I’ve been asked if it’s true it’s norm for ppl from La. to date cousins.

If we use words like “dis” and “dat” instead of “this” and “that”

If I had a canoe, which I eloquently corrected them an said no it is called a pirogue, and yes I have to use it to get to school when the bayou levels to high.

If it is true we eat any animal from the wild, (ex. squirrels, nutra, gators, turtles) I must admit I do however; 'cept Nutra.

If I know anyone that practices voodoo.

But I esp. like to break out into French mid sentence when speaking to someone & they are speaking down to me.

BTW Bigaroo, when you and MaryJanes turtles get big enough (25+lbs) bring them over, we’ll make a sauce piquante…esp if they snapping turtles, cause you know streakyheads aren’t as good a meat.
…j/k…but that remind me, I need to go check my traps.

“Heres my shoe… Whats my bodyfat?”

[quote]APE. wrote:
BIGRAGOO wrote:
She really thought we sat on the porch on the bayou and played the hillbilly musical every night. Hilarious.

We don’t? Guess I better hang up my moonshining jug I blow in. Our choice of instrument anyways is violin or accordion, not banjo. She must have us confused with hill people an not river rats.

I’ve been asked if it’s true it’s norm for ppl from La. to date cousins.

If we use words like “dis” and “dat” instead of “this” and “that”

If I had a canoe, which I eloquently corrected them an said no it is called a pirogue, and yes I have to use it to get to school when the bayou levels to high.

If it is true we eat any animal from the wild, (ex. squirrels, nutra, gators, turtles) I must admit I do however; 'cept Nutra.

If I know anyone that practices voodoo.

But I esp. like to break out into French mid sentence when speaking to someone & they are speaking down to me.
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Hahaha, great shit! Most people have no idea of what a pirogue is. And yea put away that moonshine jug. You’re giving us a bad name, haha.

Oh and add a “hoooo me cher!” after an exclamation.

And the aninmals…I don’t eat nutria or turtles, or snakes. Squirrels are tough, but a young rabbit is very tender and makes a great gravy.

[quote]APE. wrote:
BTW Bigaroo, when you and MaryJanes turtles get big enough (25+lbs) bring them over, we’ll make a sauce piquante…esp if they snapping turtles, cause you know streakyheads aren’t as good a meat.
…j/k…but that remind me, I need to go check my traps.[/quote]

Haha, we have two pond sliders (red ears). They are a couple pounds a piece. Actually I hear the spiny softshell is the turtle to eat.

[quote]APE. wrote:
BTW Bigaroo, when you and MaryJanes turtles get big enough (25+lbs) bring them over, we’ll make a sauce piquante…esp if they snapping turtles, cause you know streakyheads aren’t as good a meat.
…j/k…but that remind me, I need to go check my traps.[/quote]

hahahahaha–and they are red ears. oh well, no sauce piquante tonight!

make sure you go crawfishing tonight…oh wait, they’re out of season!

[quote]Drecappa wrote:
Questions like “What nationality are you?”
A: I’m American.
Q: But no, I mean like where are you from?
A: I was born and raised in the U.S.
Q: What race are you then?
A: Human

Q: Can I touch your hair?
A: No

Q: Is it true black people don’t have to wash their hair?
A: Yeah, sure, whatever.
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I got those, too, as a kid (except the answer was I’m Canadian). When I had an afro, people would ask me, “Do you need a pillow to sleep?”, “How do you get your football helmet on?”, even “Why do you wear a helmet, isn’t that padding enough?”.

(These were canadians, to whoever it is who was getting upset about the american bashing)

Also, I went to Utah for a long weekend.

Got the typical living in igloos and hunting penguins questions, convinced somebody you have to watch for polar bears at all times, but I was most surprised when somebody asked me if we have a national anthem. I told him it was O Canada, and he started singing O Canada repeatedly to the tune of “Mon Beau Sapin” (Maybe “O Christmas Tree” in english?) Then he asked me straight faced if that was it. It seems he’d “heard it before”.

(Those were americans, so by all means, continue being defensive)

[quote]1-packlondoner wrote:

That is awesome. Where do I learn this Asian?[/quote]

Well, there is a great school near me that teaches it. They can also teach you to speak European and North American.

I’m from Georgia. A few of my friends went to Oregon my freshman year in college and were asked if black people still rode at the back of the bus and if schools were still segregated.

[quote]WguitarG wrote:
I’m from Georgia. A few of my friends went to Oregon my freshman year in college and were asked if black people still rode at the back of the bus and if schools were still segregated. [/quote]

Were you a freshman in college 50 years ago?

I once flew from Maui to Oregon for a wedding…lot’s of stupid questions on that trip.

"Do you guys live in grass huts?

“Do you have electricity?”

“I heard that Hawaii has lots of Ornamental people” He meant oriental…which is still incorrect.

One Day I was working in the Lahaina Harbour and a fat tourist asked…“what elevation are we at?”

When I moved back to Colorado a friend of my fathers asked my wife (who is very obviously Black) if she was a Hawaiian. SHE WAS PISSED…it was kinda funny.

Ive had a few americans believe they’re no tvs or cars in ireland, the funny thing about this is, it was over the net lol.

People always ask about getting shot over here and if its dangerous to walk about.

As an Aussie living in the US I think I could write a novel on the comments made by Americans.

  1. Did it take you long to drive here from Australia?

  2. What state is Australia in?

  3. Australia. Wow, I’ve always wanted to go to Rio. Brazilians have the nicest skin.

  4. Do they have the internet in Australia or is that just an American thing?

  5. Do you speak American in Australia?

  6. Australia. Is that near New Orleans?

  7. Did you travel here via rail?

  8. Can you ride Kangaroos?

  9. Is George Bush president of your country too? (Could actually be true though!)

  10. Some idiot American tried to explain to me that Australia is actually 44 hours behind the time in America. When I explained to him that the earth spins once daily he said I was crazy then tried to burn me at the stake for Sorcery.

God Bless America.

I apologize ahead of time:

A stitch in time saves nine what?

After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of the water?

After they make Styrofoam, what do they ship it in? --Steven Wright

Are female moths called myths?

Are part-time band leaders semi-conductors?

Are there a lot of virgins in the Virgin Islands?

Are there any unguided missiles?

Are you breaking the law if you drive past those road signs that say “Do Not Pass”?

Are you telling the truth if you lie in bed?

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

Can a stupid person be a smart-ass?

Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawnshop?

Can you get cavities in your dentures if you use too much artificial sweetener?

Could crop-circles be the work of a cereal killer?

Crime doesn’t pay… does that mean my job is a crime?

Day light savings time - why are they saving it and where do they keep it?

Did Noah keep his bees in archives?

Do blind dogs have seeing-eye humans?

Do blind Eskimos have seeing-eye sled dogs?

Do boxer shorts box?

Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?

Do clowns wear really big socks?

Do crematoriums give discounts to burn victims?

Do files get embarrassed when they get unzipped?

Do fish get thirsty?

Do hummingbirds hum because they don’t know the words?

Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

Do jellyfish get gas from eating jellybeans?

Do mass murderers kill only in church?

Do people in Australia call the rest of the world ‘up over’?

Do pilots take crash-courses?

Do Roman paramedics refer to IV’s as “4’s”?

Do Scottish Terriers get Scotch Tape worms?

Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?

Do steam rollers really roll steam?

Do television evangelists do more than lay people? --Stanley Ralph Moss

Do vampires get AIDS?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Do witches run spell checkers?

Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?

Do you realize how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? --Steven Wright

Does a man-eating shark eat women, too?

Does an analyst have to be anal? --Adam Rifkin

Does killing time damage eternity?

Does that screwdriver belong to Phillip?

Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra?

Ever notice how irons have a setting for “permanent” press? I don’t get it. --Steven Wright

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

Have you ever seen a toad on a toadstool?

Have you ever talked into an acoustic modem?

Have you ever wondered?

How can someone “draw a blank”?

How can there be self-help “groups”?

How can you tell when it is time to tune your bagpipes?

How come chocolate milk doesn’t come from brown cows?

How come I can pick my ears but not my nose?

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

How dead is the Dead Sea?

How did a fool and his money get together?

How did the man who invented cottage cheese know he was done?

How do I set my laser printer on stun?

How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign?

How do they get the “Keep off the Grass” sign on the grass?

How do you get off a nonstop flight?

How do you know if honesty is the best policy unless you’ve tried some of the others?

How do you know when you’ve run out of invisible ink?

If bees live in an apiary, do apes live in a beeiary?

If blind people wear dark glasses, why don’t deaf people wear earmuffs? --Steven Wright

If cats and dog didn’t have fur would we still pet them?

If corn can’t hear, why does it have an ear?

If corn oil is made from corn, what is baby oil made from?

If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?

If everything is part of a whole, what is the whole part of? --Ashleigh Brilliant

If flowers don’t talk back to you, are they mums?

If Fred Flintstone knew that the large order of ribs would tip his car over, why did he order them at the end of every show? --Steven Wright

If God can do anything, can he make a rock so big he can’t lift it? --George Carlin

If God dropped acid, would he see people?

If humans get a charley horse, what do horses get?

If humans have nightmares, what do horses have?

If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet? --Steven Wright

If I save time, when do I get it back?

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

If man evolved from apes why do we still have apes? --Dennis Miller

If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?

If our knees were on the backs of our legs, what would chairs look like?

If peanut butter cookies are made from peanut butter, then what are Girl Scout cookies made out of?

If rabbits’ feet are so lucky, then what happened to the rabbit?

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

If space is a vacuum, who changes the bags?

If Superman is so smart why does he wear his underpants over his trousers?

If swimming is good for your shape, then why do the whales look like the way they do?

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

If the funeral procession is at night, do folks drive with their lights off?

If the product says “Do not use if seal is broken”, how are you supposed to open it and use it?

If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex? --Art Hoppe

If time heals all wounds, how come bellybuttons don’t fill in?

If tin whistles are made out of tin, what do they make fog horns out of?

If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi?

If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it?

If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?

If you can wave a fan, and you can wave a club, can you wave a fan club?

If you can’t drink and drive, why do bars have parking lots?

If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?

If you didn’t get caught, did you really do it?

If you get into a taxi cab, and ask the driver to drive backwards to your destination, will the cab driver owe you money?

If you had a million Shakespeares, could they write like a monkey?

If you jog backwards, will you gain weight?

If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?

If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?

If you throw a cat out a car window, does it become kitty litter?

If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

If you’re born again, do you have two bellybuttons?

If your car says Dodge on the front of it, do you really need a horn?

If you’re a kleptomaniac, is there something you can take for it?

If you’re in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?

In court, why do they ask if you swear to tell the truth? If you’re planning on lying, do they really think you’ll tell them so?

Instead of wasting time hunting and cooking, why don’t hunters just use flame-throwers?

Is “tired old clich?” one?

Is a castrated pig disgruntled?

Is a halfback more valuable than a quarterback?

Is a sleeping bull a bull-dozer?

Is a small pig called a hamlet?

Is an oxymoron a really dumb bovine?

Is drilling for oil boring?

Is duck tape made out of ducks?

Is it OK to use the AM radio after noon?

Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny?

Is that a flying saucer or a pie in the sky?

Is the nose the scenter of the face?

Is this bullshit or fertilizer?

Now that Microsoft is so big, should it be called Macrosoft?

Sexual harassment at work-is it a problem for the self-employed? --Victoria Wood

Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?

Since there is a speed of light and a speed of sound, is there a speed of smell?

The Scarecrow got a brain, Tin Man got a heart, Lion got courage, Dorothy got home, what did Toto get?

Was the pole vault accidentally discovered by a clumsy javelin thrower?

What are imitation rhinestones?

What do batteries run on?

What do chickens think we taste like?

What do penguins wear for play clothes?

What do people in China call their good plates?

What do sheep count when they can’t get to sleep?

What do they call a French kiss in France?

What do they call coffee breaks at the Lipton Tea Company?

What do you call a bedroom with no bed in it?

What do you call a male ladybug?

What do you call male ballerinas?

What do you say if you’re talking to God, and he sneezes?

What does Geronimo say when he jumps out of a plane?

What hair color do they put on the driver’s license of a bald man?

What happened to the first 6 UP’s?

What happens if you get scared half to death, …twice? --Steven Wright

What happens if you go on a survival course - and you don’t pass?

What happens if you take No-Doze and wash it down with Nyquil?

What happens to an 18 hour bra after 18 hours?

What happens when none of your bees wax?

What happens when you swallow your pride?

What if hell really did freeze over? What would we be using instead?

What if someone died in the living room?

What if the hokey pokey really is what it’s all about?

What if you’re in hell, and you’re mad at someone, where do you tell them to go?

What is “Soft Liquor”?

What is a “free” gift? Aren’t all gifts free?

What is a refried bean? Why do they have to fry it twice?

What is shaved ice? Did it have hair on it before it was shaved?

What is the diameter of a square?

What is the speed of dark?

What kind of fruit is in Juicy Fruit gum?

What makes cheese so confidential that we actually need cheese shredders?

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

Whatever happened to preparations A through G?

What’s the sound a name makes when it’s dropped?

What’s the synonym for thesaurus?

When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?

When cows laugh, does milk come out of their noses?

When day breaks who fixes it?

When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

I’m from Romania, mom was born in Transylvania. I was 15, freshman in high school, I’m at a X-Country camp for the school, and this senior, upon hearing where I’m from and all that, in all seriousness goes “Are there any vampires there?”

[quote]Professor X wrote:
a ton of hilarious shit[/quote]

Dude, I can’t catch my breath. That was fuckin funny. Thanks!

[quote]danmaftei wrote:
I’m from Romania, mom was born in Transylvania. I was 15, freshman in high school, I’m at a X-Country camp for the school, and this senior, upon hearing where I’m from and all that, in all seriousness goes “Are there any vampires there?”[/quote]

Hey man, I thought Dracula lives there.

All of the comments come from Yanks.

Do u guys have hamburgers.

How many Kangaroo’s do u have.

Do u know crocodile dundee?,i say he is close family friend and these stupid fuckers believe it haha

I like to confuse the Americans by walking up to them and saying a sentence like… Stone the flammin crows did u see that sheiler having a root over there near the dunny? Fair dinkum that wanker who was shagging her is a lucky chap. :smiley:

The problem with “some” American people is that they think America is the only country on this earth.Do they not teach Geography in the schools over there?

Peace

K of K

I was asked by Americans- ‘Do you have cities in New Zealand?’ ‘New Zealand…that’s near Iceland, isn’t it?’

When I first came to Japan a boss of mine pointed at an escalator and said ‘Look… moving stairs! Japan is very advanced.’ I laughed, and enjoyed my mental picture of suplexing the ignorant f*ck off said moving stairs down to the basement below.

And during my world travels I have had to explain to many Americans that the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere. Some thought I was pulling their leg.