# My wife is an idiot, I think I have no choice but to divorce her **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174 "2008-06-25T08:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/21 "2008-06-25T14:56:01Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I respectfully submit that you should die in a fire. Love, Your wife [/QUOTE] I’ll never be your pizza burnin’ ~Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/22 "2008-06-25T14:57:47Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] … Oh, by the way - which one’s Pink? [/QUOTE] OMG! (sigh) The _pink_ one. Duh! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/23 "2008-06-25T15:01:21Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] Oh, I am NEVER going to let her live this one down. On my deathbed, I’m going to look at her and say “Bob O’Riley”? At least she didn’t call it Teenage Wasteland. “Bob O’Riley” _snort_ Made my whole week, if not month, if not life. “Bob O’Riley” [/QUOTE] Might as well face it, you’re a dick with a glove. ~Robert Palmer ETA: [http://www.kissthisguy.com/](http://www.kissthisguy.com/) (The Archive of Misheard Lyrics) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/24 "2008-06-25T15:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Might as well face it, you’re a dick with a glove. ~Robert Palmer ETA: [http://www.kissthisguy.com/](http://www.kissthisguy.com/) (The Archive of Misheard Lyrics) [/QUOTE] No, no, in Ginger’s case, she would be singing these words: _ **Might as well face it, you’re a dickhead, my love…** _ ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/25 "2008-06-25T15:09:43Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] No, no, in Ginger’s case, she would be singing these words: _ **Might as well face it, you’re a dickhead, my love…** _ [/QUOTE] Even better. As long as we get those Euromodels playing air guitar in the background, that’s all I care about. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/26 "2008-06-25T15:11:07Z")
Face it, Ginger, he’s come undun. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/27 "2008-06-25T15:18:23Z")
I’d cut her a break. Like naming a song after Meher Baba makes any sense anyhow. Good song. Dumb name. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/28 "2008-06-25T15:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, by the way - which one’s Pink? That would be Alice O’Moore. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/29 "2008-06-25T15:24:21Z")
“he’s just a poor boy from a poor family spare him his life for a warm slice of cheese” ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/30 "2008-06-25T15:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] In your defense, I thought the song was called “Teenage Wasteland” for an embarassingly long time. [/QUOTE] So did I. Fortunately that time has now ended. …I mean, that time has _now_ ended. :o Ignorance fought… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/31 "2008-06-25T15:46:31Z")
_Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a car and garage…_ ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/32 "2008-06-25T15:47:35Z")
OK, I may now be an idiot, especially since I don’t watch the show and am not sure, but isn’t the CSI theme “Who Are you?” > [@Incensed](#): > > _::Adds GingerOfTheNorth to comprehensive list of people it would behoove one not to f_\*\* with. ::\* Dude, you have no idea. 😛 (she’s actually a sweetheart) ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/33 "2008-06-25T15:59:27Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] OK, I may now be an idiot, especially since I don’t watch the show and am not sure, but isn’t the CSI theme “Who Are you?” [/QUOTE] That’s Vegas. You have a plethora of CSIs (and Who songs) to choose from these days. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/34 "2008-06-25T16:03:45Z")
Hey how do you both manage to be online at the same time (Thus making it hard for us guys to chat up Ginger)? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/35 "2008-06-25T16:05:32Z")
And now I am wrong. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/36 "2008-06-25T16:06:15Z")
We’re magic. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/37 "2008-06-25T16:56:05Z")
This reminds me of the hilarious thread posted several months ago wherein the Doper (can’t remember who just now) was astounded to realize that his wife had no idea that Mr. Magoo was blind as a bat. She had been watching Magoo cartoons all her life, and thought his stumbling around was merely funny. It took the Doper and his son to reveal to her that the reason for his antics was that he was shortsighted. She had no clue. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/38 "2008-06-25T17:02:15Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] In your defense, I thought the song was called “Teenage Wasteland” for an embarassingly long time. [/QUOTE] So did I. And when I say “embarassingly long time,” I mean, right up to this second when I read the thread. On the first day I met Ivylad’s parents, who are HUGE Ohio State Buckeye fans, I, trying to be pert and sassy, asked, “Oh, yeah? If they’re so great, how come they’ve never been to the Super Bowl?” :smack: 20 years of marriage later, and I still haven’t lived that down. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/39 "2008-06-25T17:32:45Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] This reminds me of the hilarious thread posted several months ago wherein the Doper (can’t remember who just now) was astounded to realize that his wife had no idea that Mr. Magoo was blind as a bat. She had been watching Magoo cartoons all her life, and thought his stumbling around was merely funny. It took the Doper and his son to reveal to her that the reason for his antics was that he was shortsighted. She had no clue. [/QUOTE] Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky situations as a result of his nearsightedness, or latent myopia, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem. Underlining mine. > **[Mr. Magoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Magoo)** > > Quincy Magoo, referred to as Mr. Magoo, is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced for many years by Jim Backus, Mr. Magoo is an elderly, wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comical situations as a result of his extreme near-sightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem. However, through uncanny streaks of luck, the situation always seems to work itself out for him, leaving him no worse than before. Bystander... ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174/40 "2008-06-25T18:05:39Z")
I love my sister. She’s very smart. I say that second bit because sometimes you wouldn’t guess it from the things that come out of her mouth. Years ago I mentioned that because Boston is a few hundred miles east of Rochester, NY, the Sun goes down earlier here. “Oh yeah?”, she countered. “Then how come it doesn’t go down at different times all around the world?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-an-idiot-i-think-i-have-no-choice-but-to-divorce-her/454174.md?page=3)