I might have shared this before.
Years ago we were sitting around talking about my sister’s pregnancy and whatnot, my college friend mentioned that she would never want to breastfeed “because it would hurt too much to poke all those holes with the needle”
cue blank looks and a few beats of silence from the rest of us…
We then asked her what she thought wild animals did when they gave birth.
“well, the just gnaw the end off don’t they?”
I believe there is an at least humorous rivalry between Alaska and Texas abut being the largest state. I’d think everyone in Texas would know Alaska was a state just as everyone in Arkansas knows that Mississippi is a state. 
Um, yeah. sure. Why not? 
Yeah, leave me alone. But I wouldn’t want to make a UN case out of it.
When I lived in Albuquerque, some magazine ran a collection of folks’ anecdotes about people elsewhere in the US not realizing New Mexico was a state. Stories such as they would not ship to New Mexico because they said they did not ship internationally. Like that. There were quite a few.
Considering Hawaii is in Asia, it’s easy to understand why a lot of people don’t realize it’s a state.
At the risk of hijacking the thread, isn’t the birthers’ issue with Obama their belief that he was born in Kenya and not in Hawaii at all? I’m sure they would have no issue with it if they accepted Obama’s birth certificate stating he was born in Hawaii.
We are discussing stupid people, not paranoid people. My comment about people not knowing that Hawaii has been a state since 1959 was intended to humorous.
I once overheard two people talking about collecting all the state quarters. They were wondering how much a complete set would be worth.
Just a wild guess . . . but I estimate somewhere around $12.50.
I guess that one went over my head. Humor doesn’t always translate well in text.
Whenever my husband talks to a customer service person, he asks where they are, how the weather is there and so forth.
He then tells them about the polar bears in the yard, the glaciers creaping into the yard, and the dog team in the garage. We live in Seattle. :rolleyes:
It’s amazing how many believe him.
I was standing on the lawn outside the U.S. Capitol, in the shade of the rotunda, when two people came strolling down the path. One asked the other, “Where is Capitol Hill anyway?”
A kid I once knew asked his father how much static electricity would build up in a car if not for the shock absorbers. In my (I mean his!) defense, I was only a kid, but not all that young, and certainly old enough that my (his!) father just gaped in response.
A coworker and her husband were planning to visit friends in Montreal. She was going on and on about all the winter clothing they’d have to take with them.
It was July.
An acquaintance (an old friend from my youth) who’s a Luddite, to put it nicely, asked me whether I could pull up her high school website. I asked, what for? She said she wants to change somethings on her high school record. I told her something like that is not possible as if it is, everyone would change their record/grades etc… to that she angrily replied, “Then why would I buy a computer for!!” (I was trying to get her to get her own computer so she won’t bother me with all her asinine little tasks). This was a few years ago but I was flabbergasted.
But then, when I told her I can’t connect to internet with my laptop unless I’m subscribed to a mobile broadband plan etc. She said, “Then what good is (the portability of) a laptop!!”… I kinda agree in a way though… when are we getting free nationwide WiFi coverage?
There was a variety of birtherism that claimed Obama was not a citizen because his father wasn’t a USA citizen(despite his mother being a USA citizen and being born in the USA), they somehow believed US citizenship passes through the father only. :smack:
I might have to use that. When asked how I’d like a steak cooked, I’ll occasionally answer “Grilled, please.” (I got this from an actual customer whose order I once took.)
Another from when I worked in a dining hall back in college, I had two separate occasions on which a customer asked if a quarter chicken or a half chicken was bigger.
The posts about Troy remind me of another one. I once heard a person complain about having had the “twist” in the movie Titanic “spoiled” for her; she had no idea the ship was going to hit an iceberg until someone “spoiled” it. I also knew a guy who had Apollo 13 similarly “spoiled”.
My daughter was in junior high when Apollo 13 came out, and she went to see it with some of her friends.
When I picked her up after the movie, she asked, “Why did they change the ending for the movie? Didn’t they die in real life?”
This is true, especially people who travel for business. Distance is measured in hours, not miles, so you can end up with a very odd sense of geography, depending on your company’s preferred airline’s hub.
Reminds me of a friend in law school who had just talked to an older relative about the importance of prostate exams. My friend told us she planned on getting her prostate examined regularly when she got older to catch any problems early.
Once was out grocery shopping with my mom. The lady in front of us was buying two half-gallon cartons of milk, mom was buying a gallon. My mom remarked to her that it was something like, $4.50 for two half-gallons of milk, but only $3.75 for the gallon. The woman replied “Oh but we can’t drink that much milk.”
When I was a kid we found a pair of jeans on the 1/2 off rack and went to purchase them. They were originally $14. Mom mentioned to the cashier that they were half off. She went 
. My mom said: “$7?” She replied “$7 off or $7 is the price?”
These people are breathing my air.
Foreign Tourist: “Excuse me, but could you tell me where the Hoover Dam is?”
Me: “Um, actually you are standing on it.”