# No such thing as a stupid question??? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-a-stupid-question/188712 "2003-07-15T18:53:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-a-stupid-question/188712/61 "2003-07-24T18:20:45Z")
> [@](#): > > “Like… how does the bathroom know that people are in there?” Guess they thought it was one of [these](http://www.atkielski.com/inlink.php?/PhotoGallery/Paris/General/SanisetteSmall.html) or [these](http://www.mistersf.com/notorious/index.html?nottoilet.htm). Some of my favorite stupid questions I get at work: “I changed my password but forgot it. Can you tell me what I changed it to?” “Our printer’s empty. Can you get some more paper to me right now?” Err…no. Whatever gave you the idea a data security administrator in San Francisco would have extra paper and be able to get it to you in Minneapolis? Try calling OfficeMax. Tourists, as a category, forget to pack their brains. I work near the Powell Street cable car turnaround, which is a magnet for the brainless: “Can this go anywhere or does it have to stay on the tracks?” And, despite what I see in the mirror, I must look like a map as I get a lot of questions from people wanting to know where this or that is, or what bus they need to get wherever. ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-a-stupid-question/188712/62 "2003-07-25T15:09:39Z")
Some years ago, I was talking to several coworkers and the topic turned to pets. One of them said, completely seriously, “my dog’s been shitting blood and he keeps fainting. Should I take him to the vet?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-a-stupid-question/188712.md?page=3)