# "There ARE no stupid questions!" Well, that sounds like a challenge to me. (game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466 "2004-08-31T20:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/21 "2004-08-31T22:07:00Z")
what does time taste like? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/22 "2004-08-31T22:08:43Z")
Who shit in my underwear? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/23 "2004-08-31T22:24:53Z")
This one actually happened to me. \ \*\*Friend: \*\*the sun is a star, right? \*\*Me: \*\*Yes, the sun is a star. \ \*\*Friend: \*\*Which one? ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/24 "2004-08-31T22:30:29Z")
Uh, Chastain86, who is the OP of this thread?! (Inquiring minds want to know.) * * * ``` True Blue Jack ``` ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/25 "2004-08-31T22:32:30Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > Uh, Chastain86, who is the OP of this thread?! > > (Inquiring minds want to know.) I…I think the universe just collapsed upon itself. 🙂 Gold star. ---
**Author:** ![Torpor\_Beast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@Torpor\_Beast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torpor_Beast)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/26 "2004-08-31T22:37:55Z")
I’m taking a Java course and some time a go a fellow student asked me: “Have you seen this error before?” When I looked at his workstation screen, the only thing visible on the desktop was an ICQ contacts window. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/27 "2004-08-31T22:38:37Z")
Is it still ice if I leave the tray out over night? What color is an orange? ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/28 "2004-08-31T22:42:54Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > I…I think the universe just collapsed upon itself. 🙂 > > Gold star. Uh, is that a GOOD thing? \* And I’ve heard a lot about the Straight Dope Message Board. Can you please direct me to it? * * * ``` True Bue Jack ``` - I mean this “gold star” thingee. Not the Universe collapsing on itself. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/29 "2004-08-31T22:44:49Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > - I mean this “gold star” thingee. > Not the Universe collapsing on itself. Because everybody knows the other thing would be positive. Uhh, don’t htey?! ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/30 "2004-08-31T22:45:11Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > - I mean this “gold star” thingee. > Not the Universe collapsing on itself. Because everybody knows the other thing would be positive. Uhh, don’t they?! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/31 "2004-08-31T22:50:44Z")
Hey! How come I didn’t win? ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/32 "2004-08-31T22:57:20Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#): > > Hey! How come I didn’t win? Awwww. Cheer up. We’re all winners in here. 😉 does the Eddie Izzard head-shaking, head-nodding bit ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/33 "2004-08-31T22:58:35Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#): > > Hey! How come I didn’t win? Here’s a question for you to make you feel better. Who the heck is this TRUE BLUE JACK person?! I see his name pop up almost everytime I come to this site. Well, maybe only about half the time. It seems to coincide with times when I have forgetten to log out the last time I was here. Or… IS IT a coincidence? Hmmmmmmmm? * * * ``` True Blue Jack ``` ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/34 "2004-08-31T23:24:33Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > From my own mouth after my then teenager had given a particularly lame excuse for something: > > “What kind of idiot do you think I am?” > > His response: > > “Mom. Does the kind really matter?” Man, I almost fell out of my chair laughing at that one! This is my favorite: (_from my friend, after watching the movie Titanic_)… “Did that really happen?” ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/35 "2004-08-31T23:32:23Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > My mom got a big laugh out of \*her \* mother when she asked “What day of the week is Easter Sunday on?” Well tell us! What day of the week \*is [\*Easter Sunday on? Signed: Breathless in California. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/36 "2004-08-31T23:44:08Z")
My ex (who really _isn’t_ dumb) once asked, just after we bought transit tickets at the **ED** monds station, “Why does it say **ED** on the ticket?” (I told her “Because **AL** couldn’t make it.” Sometimes I’m quick! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/37 "2004-09-01T00:53:49Z")
> [@lezlers](#): > > Man, I almost fell out of my chair laughing at that one! > This is my favorite: > > (_from my friend, after watching the movie Titanic_)… “Did that really happen?” Another true story, miss. While I was still living with my folks a certain local parish priest told a joke about a job-seeking dog. Quick encapsulation – Oh, heck, why risk ruining it? Justin case anyone thinks it’s funny to read here goes. (little old lady’s very intelligent question follows…) Dog comes into a small business office, carrying “Help Wanted” sign from window in mouth. “Woof!” Company Owner: What? What do YOU want little fellow? Dog: (drops sign, pats it for emphasis) WOOF! CO: WHAT?! You can’t apply for a job; you’re a DOG! D: (Sits up, broad smile, wags tail) WOOF! CO: Look, fella’ that sign says you must be able to use a word processor, use the computer to make spreadsheets & send e-mail, AND that being BILINGUAL is also necessary for the posit- D: …woof, Woof, WOOF! CO: (pointing, skeptical smile) Okay, okay. Go over to that word processor and show me what you’ve got! D: Woof!!! (And then trots over to the word processor. Starts typing from nearby notes. 200 words a minute, no errors. CO: (almost fainting, recovers) Wow! Good job! I AM impressed. – But let’s see how you handle e-mail and spreadsheets. the PC is over there- D: (is already on his way… “WOOF!” CO: Amazing! (shakes head slowly) You ARE perfect for the job- But wait, I really need my employee to be bilingu- D: MEEEOOOOW… * * * Okay, there may or may not be someone here that thinks my version is funny enough in “print”. My apologies if you think the joke is dumb… HOWEVER— * * * ``` True Blue Jack ``` ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/38 "2004-09-01T00:56:56Z")
Remember, I saisd that there was a follow up question from a liittle old lady type. This was a friend of my fols, BTW. See if you can guess her question… * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Was that a story about a real dog?! Priest: :rolleyes: * * * TBJ ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/39 "2004-09-01T01:31:13Z")
“Gosh, officer! Is it ethical for you to give me a ticket for doing 75, when I was actually doing 95?” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/40 "2004-09-01T01:36:31Z")
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