# Some folks are just dumber than a box of hammers.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349 "2005-10-08T22:31:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/1 "2005-10-08T22:31:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Nearly 100 18-wheelers formed a convoy on a Houston freeway to protest rising diesel prices, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday. > > Diesel is averaging $3.21 a gallon. > > The truckers circled the 610 Loop in the fast lane at speeds of 20 to 30 mph Friday shortly before noon. [Full story](http://news.yahoo.com/s/kprc/20051008/lo_kprc/2984510) Fuel is expensive. So what do you idiots do? You drive around the Loop **WASTING FUEL** and slowing other drivers down and making them waste fuel as well!! Buncha friggin’ morons… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/2 "2005-10-08T22:58:03Z")
Because making everybody else late really rallies people to your side. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/3 "2005-10-08T23:20:35Z")
Is a box of hammers more dumb or less dumb than a single hammer? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/4 "2005-10-08T23:25:07Z")
Maybe they sold their irony meters to pay for fuel. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/5 "2005-10-08T23:27:35Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Is a box of hammers more dumb or less dumb than a single hammer? More hammers = more dumber ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/6 "2005-10-08T23:56:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Because making everybody else late really rallies people to your side. I’ve never understood why protestors have never been able to understand this. Blocking traffic only makes everyone hate you and, by extension, your cause. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/7 "2005-10-09T00:07:51Z")
[Protesters: why must you distrupt rush hour?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171272) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/8 "2005-10-09T01:19:01Z")
I thought it was “\*\*Bag \*\*of Hammers” and “Box of **Rocks**.” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/9 "2005-10-09T02:18:13Z")
Well if ya wanna get hyper-technical, it’s _sack_ of hammers. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/10 "2005-10-09T03:48:51Z")
I’m not going to make any stupid references, but I presume you are aware that some very annoying protests have been very effective, both here and abroad. (If you want to accuse me of equating truckers with anyone else, here is your chance. It won’t come again. :rolleyes: ) The problem with this protest is that there’s nothing anyone can do. Nobody can be lobbied to reduce fuel prices, nobody can be shot to immediately solve the energy crisis, nobody can be impeached to bring gas down to under a dollar a gallon again. Protesting high gas prices is as dumb as staging a sit-in to end a drought. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/11 "2005-10-09T06:01:15Z")
Maybe the “problem” is **clothahump** doesn’t think anyone but the administration shouldn’t have any say in anything… ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/12 "2005-10-09T06:02:39Z")
and you take the lead… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/13 "2005-10-09T06:22:46Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Nobody can be lobbied to reduce fuel prices. Well, various legislators could be lobbied to reduce fuel _taxes_… ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/14 "2005-10-09T06:58:14Z")
> [@if6was9](#): > > Maybe the “problem” is **clothahump** doesn’t think anyone but the administration shouldn’t have any say in anything… Or maybe he thinks that people can make their point without adversely affecting a bunch of other people who suffer from the same situation. ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/15 "2005-10-09T07:24:14Z")
Well, it’s better than last year where thirty truckers parked their rigs on the interstate just outside of LA at 730 in the morning, (to protest the recent increase in fuel prices ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/16 "2005-10-09T09:34:57Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Well, various legislators could be lobbied to reduce fuel _taxes_… That is true. However, it won’t magically put oil in the ground or increase the efficiency of our oil recovery methods. And anyway, if fuel was suddenly untaxed consumption would go up, contributing to the real problem. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/17 "2005-10-09T12:16:20Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Well, various legislators could be lobbied to reduce fuel _taxes_… [sarcasm]Wait a minute. I thought they alrady reduced everyone’s taxes. Oh just for the extremely wealthy.[/sarcasm] ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/18 "2005-10-09T12:38:44Z")
Lowering or even eliminating fuel taxes wouldn’t have much effect, either. Taxes are what, maybe 20% of the cost of a gallon of gas? That’d bring prices back to where they were a few months ago, when everyone was still complaining about high gas prices. ---
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/19 "2005-10-09T13:57:03Z")
Driving slower actually saves fuel. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349/20 "2005-10-09T17:21:29Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > (If you want to accuse me of equating truckers with anyone else, here is your chance. It won’t come again. :rolleyes: ) At LAST!! I’ve been waiting for _years_ for the opportunity to accuse you of equating truckers with anyone else!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-folks-are-just-dumber-than-a-box-of-hammers/325349.md?page=2)