# The thread of stupid questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868 "2017-04-06T04:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/1 "2017-04-06T04:21:01Z")
Stupid because they are either A) unanswerable or because B) the answer is contained in the question. I’ll start: Why does it take Social Security more than 6 weeks to change the bank to which they will directly deposit your check, when my pension can do it in one week? This is definitely a B). Because it’s Social Security, of course. What’s your stupid question? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/2 "2017-04-06T04:45:29Z")
The other day, I’m driving down the road. Mile after mile of big, blue pipe is stacked up on the side of the road, some of it assembled into sections hundreds of yards long. There is this big machine, with a big ol’ claw-like thing, picking up sections of pipe and lowering it into dug trenches. _Somebody_\* asks me, "What do you think they’re building there? :smack: \*I’m not saying, but they _really_ should have known better ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/3 "2017-04-06T05:05:12Z")
Why are Banks never open at convenient times outside of 9-5 hours? Indeed they will usually run 9.30am to 4.30pm, and have too few tellers at lunch time. Answer: because they can. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/4 "2017-04-06T10:30:49Z")
The answer to all questions about life in America beginning with “Why . . . ?” is “Follow the money”. Or, more precisely, you can find your own answer to all such questions by tracing the cash flow directly to the causation. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/5 "2017-04-06T14:38:12Z")
Do you know where I left my keys? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/6 "2017-04-06T14:57:00Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > The answer to all questions about life in America beginning with “Why . . . ?” is “Follow the money”. Or, more precisely, you can find your own answer to all such questions by tracing the cash flow directly to the causation. …except for, you know, the many things in life in America that have nothing causally to do with money. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/7 "2017-04-06T15:05:37Z")
Should I take off my skis before going through a revolving door? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/8 "2017-04-06T15:28:41Z")
Why do companies send out emails from a “no-reply” address saying “If you have any questions please contact us”…without providing any contact information? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/9 "2017-04-06T15:31:42Z")
I thought this was going to be a list of all the stupid threads people post when they could have just Googled it. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/10 "2017-04-06T15:51:45Z")
Why don’t they invent something that makes it easier/ faster to shave? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/11 "2017-04-06T15:57:32Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Do you know where I left my keys? Where is the last place you had them? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/12 "2017-04-06T16:00:13Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > …except for, you know, the many things in life in America that have nothing causally to do with money. Name one. Everything you do requires an enabling mechanism, which will not come into existence without a profit to be made. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/13 "2017-04-06T16:02:15Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Name one. See post #7. How does "follow the money answer that question? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/14 "2017-04-06T16:04:05Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Name one. Everything you do requires an enabling mechanism, which will not come into existence without a profit to be made. That makes about as much sense as “Every question involves water, because no one would ask any questions if they didn’t have water in their body.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/15 "2017-04-06T16:16:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Where is the last place you had them? Do you where the last place I had them was? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/16 "2017-04-06T16:21:36Z")
Stupid question to _answer_-“Dos this make me look fat?” [Link.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4qzPbcFiA) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/17 "2017-04-06T16:27:59Z")
“What’s that guy’s name, in that movie?..” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/18 "2017-04-06T16:30:10Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > “What’s that guy’s name, in that movie?..” “…you know-the guy with that thing?” ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/19 "2017-04-06T16:51:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > See post #7. How does "follow the money answer that question? Question #7 does not begin with “Why…?” as is the condition stated by **Jtur88** that leads to the answer “Follow the money.” So, fail. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868/20 "2017-04-06T17:34:34Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > “What’s that guy’s name, in that movie?..” When my wife and I were watching the first episode of Designated Survivor and I saw Virginia Madsen, I said “Is that…” And before I could even finish the question, my wife said “That woman from that movie? Yes.” The funny thing is, we both knew exactly which movie she was talking about. Sideways [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-stupid-questions/783868.md?page=2)