It’s a good thing she got solid medical advice and that question. Ignorance fought.
I was “helpdesk” for many years. Not surprisingly I voted yes.
also: (same job) a co-worker’s girlfriend asked in my presence if “unicorns were endangered or extinct” and I had to leave the room not to laugh in her face.
Any question asked out of laziness is dumb. For a pertinent example, see: people who post on message boards without using easily-accessible web resources like Google or Wikipedia. I never post in GQ here without researching my question online first.
I also get exasperated at work (call center) by people who ask stupid questions. Not understanding the basic purpose of work comp insurance, or not googling a basic question before calling your insurance company. I can understand if you’re having trouble interpreting your policy language. I can’t understand why you don’t google “statename Labor Board” before calling me with questions about what a Labor Board is or to find their phone number.
And of course, questions which demonstrate a *sweeping *lack of common sense.
Just got our iPhones here at work. One of my users couldn’t figure out how to answer an incoming call… :rolleyes:
I actually had an argument with my wife where she asserted there was a third type of twin beyond identical and fraternal, but she could not define it any further.
I also have a terminally uneducated aunt who once claimed whales were not animals because they were mammals instead. She has a big enough ego that she will make stupid statements instead of asking stupid questions, however.
Yes, my sister has asked the only two or three truly dumb questions I have ever heard…
The one that takes the cake though was when she (I think she was 29 years old at this point) asked my other sister, “How many legs does a chicken have?”
Background, our dad started chicken farming when she was 10, prior to that we raised free range chickens, ducks, geese, bantam hens, etc. There was no excuse for that question 
We still mock her for it, whenever we can
Isn’t that one of those statements that has a tricky answer though ? If identical twinning is defined as the split of a fertilized egg/embryo, I believe it is possible for there to be a later issue with cell division such that the Y chromosome is lost from one twin, resulting in a normal male twin and a turner syndrome female twin, ie as described here: Are Identical Twins Always the Same Sex?
When I was teaching a Business Calculus course, I had a review session on reading and Review day’ which was a 1 day break between the semester and the start of Finals.
So, I had a review period for a Business Calc course. One student asked "What is the squiggly line before all your equations?
{he was asking about the Intergral symbol}
So, yes, there are dumb questions. Ones that immediately show you learned NOTHING all semester
Reminds me of Jessica Simpson eating out of a can of Chicken of the Sea tuna asking her husband, “Is this chicken or fish that I’m eating?”