# Stupidest Question Ever! (this week) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951 "2005-04-25T02:06:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/61 "2005-04-27T12:55:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The best question I ever got asked was in a Freshman English class, where a certain young lady (Erin, you know who you are!) raised her hand and asked “Mr. Silenus, how do you spell _illiterate_?” 😃 When kids ask me to spell words that I think they could have taken a shot at, I do this one: "How do you spell “cation”? “c-a-t-i-x-q-p-t-r-z” They get all ruffled because “You’re the teacher!!!” ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/62 "2005-04-27T14:01:12Z")
We Used to have a running bet each week on who could get the best “Dumb Question”. I won 5 bucks one week on this one… (This is in a Starbucks-style coffee bar). Young lady comes to bar with 2 friends/cowerkers. Steps up to bar and asked me… “Is your Iced Cafe Mocha, _Iced_ ?” Fortunately, Her friends Dope-smacked her for me…so I dinna have to. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/63 "2005-04-27T16:20:06Z")
> [@davmilasav](#): > > Mudslides go well with cake. And I promise not to leave it out in the rain. 😉 [hijack] YOU! YOU can help me! I bought a card game recently, lot of fun, won’t go into details. One of the cards is titled “Starved in a Storm,” and some text at the bottom says, “Too bad you didn’t leave the cake out in the rain.” I have no idea what this means, nor do any of my friends. But apparently you do! Please help. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/64 "2005-04-27T16:52:42Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > [hijack] > YOU! YOU can help me! I bought a card game recently, lot of fun, won’t go into details. One of the cards is titled “Starved in a Storm,” and some text at the bottom says, “Too bad you didn’t leave the cake out in the rain.” I have no idea what this means, nor do any of my friends. But apparently you do! Please help. > [/hijack] It’s from a song, MacArthur Park. Try [this link](http://dav4is.8m.com/Music/macarthur.html) for a little more insight into some deeply impenetrable lyrics. Originally performed by Richard Harris, it also was made into a disco version (God-awful, IMHO) in the late 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/65 "2005-04-27T17:16:42Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > There was a similar scene in _Bananas!_ with Woody Allen Great scene. Four wheelbarrows of [Emo Phillips]Cole slaw[/Emo Phillips] Okay, maybe not on par with the rest of you, but as a training manager I got a call from one of our trainers saying that we needed an Index in the WordPerfect manual. I had to explain it had one, but, see, we had put it in the back of the manual. ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/66 "2005-04-27T17:35:33Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > Received by e-mail last weekend: > > “How did the Earth get to be as old as it is?” A: One day at a time… -DF ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/67 "2005-04-27T18:35:40Z")
> [@Glassy](#): > > (snip)…This one customer asked the usual question, and was as usual informed that the liquid glass is around 2000 degrees F. He looked at the mask and said, “Wow, can you imagine how tough that person had to be to hold still while the molten glass was being molded onto their face?” > > I was struck dumb for about ten seconds. I gotta tell you, I can’t believe the guy was serious. I say things like this all the time just to get a laugh. Like the other day at the supermarket checkout, I took out a five dollar bill and started running it through the credit card reader over and over again, hoping it would finally register. I kept my best concerned face on the whole time, really playing it up. “Why isn’t it working?” I’m sure it was the talk of the breakroom that afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/68 "2005-04-27T19:17:09Z")
I must [amend my earlier statement about horses in movies](http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005042700180002660890&dt=20050427001800&w=RTR&coview=). Although there are monitors, accidents do happen. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/69 "2005-04-27T21:55:53Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > [hijack] > YOU! YOU can help me! I bought a card game recently, lot of fun, won’t go into details. One of the cards is titled “Starved in a Storm,” and some text at the bottom says, “Too bad you didn’t leave the cake out in the rain.” I have no idea what this means, nor do any of my friends. But apparently you do! Please help. > [/hijack] Sorry for continuing the hijack, but was it Apples to Apples? Kinda sounds like it. ---
**Author:** ![randomlyblanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@randomlyblanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomlyblanks)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/70 "2005-04-27T23:10:46Z")
During the gawd-awful movie “Troy” just as the Trojan Horse appeared on screen, my friend leaned over to me and excitedly asked, “Is that a trick!?” I think it was one of the best moments of my life. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/71 "2005-04-28T16:34:42Z")
> [@LindyHopper](#): > > Sorry for continuing the hijack, but was it Apples to Apples? Kinda sounds like it. No, though I’m a HUGE A2A fan. It’s called “Gloom.” A card game in the style of Edward Gorey. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951/72 "2005-04-28T18:30:29Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > No, though I’m a HUGE A2A fan. It’s called “Gloom.” A card game in the style of Edward Gorey. Sounds cool. I’ll have to keep an eye out for it (we’ve got a _great_ game store in town). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-question-ever-this-week/300951.md?page=3)