# "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:** 6
**Author:** ![Dollar\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@Dollar\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dollar_Llama)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/101 "2004-09-02T21:22:15Z")
My neighbor’s fiancee rang my doorbell one day. When I opened the door I found her holding her cellphone in one hand and a cordless phone in the other. She was clearly frantic, and eventually she was able to explain that when she opened her beloved’s front door she smelled smoke and she didn’t know what to do. “Call 9-1-1?” I suggested. “Oh, right! What’s their number?” “Um, 9-1-1.” “Can I borrow your phone?” (Turned out the smoke was from forest fires 20 miles away. I learned later that she’s a pediatric emergency nurse.) ---
**Author:** ![altiod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@altiod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/altiod)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/102 "2004-09-02T21:25:32Z")
From my seafood restaurant days: How is the whole grilled fish prepared? What’s the difference between the steak and the steak with shrimp? How many shrimp do I get in the dozen shrimp platter? Worst question in higher education: While studying Plato in Philosophy 101 (in community college, why, Og, why?!): I heard that Plato and Socrates was homosexual…uh… (I guess it was supposed to be a question) Also in the non-question, stupid question department: An older “gentleman” while on a free public tour of the Rodin museum with ten of my middle school students: Uh… I see that Rodin liked the “backs” of women more than the “fronts” uh… uh… why? (With accompanying hand gestures) I nearly turned him to stone with the look I gave him. Followed by getting the kids far away from the dirty old man. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/103 "2004-09-02T21:27:33Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > Justin case anyone thinks it’s funny to read here goes. ano… Who’s Justin Case, and why does it matter if he thinks the joke’s funny? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/104 "2004-09-02T21:38:07Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > I just finished showing the “Badger Badger Badger” video to my group of new-hires in training. Chastain86 is one of the following: A. a professor of Psychological Torture B. a web designer C. very strange D. all of the above E. A and C F. B and C G. none of the above sturmhauke is C. very strange. Any excuse to spread the gospel of [badgerbadgerbadger](http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/) is a good excuse. Also [bananaphone](http://www.filmbuffs.net/bananana/). ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/105 "2004-09-02T21:56:06Z")
> [@Dollar Llama](#): > > My neighbor’s fiancee rang my doorbell one day. When I opened the door I found her holding her cellphone in one hand and a cordless phone in the other. She was clearly frantic, and eventually she was able to explain that when she opened her beloved’s front door she smelled smoke and she didn’t know what to do. > “Call 9-1-1?” I suggested. > “Oh, right! What’s their number?” > “Um, 9-1-1.” > “Can I borrow your phone?” > > (Turned out the smoke was from forest fires 20 miles away. I learned later that she’s a pediatric emergency nurse.) Remind me not to let my hypothetical children have an emergency where she works. Sheesh. I overheard the following at the grocery store a while ago: little girl: My friend doesn’t celebrate Christmas, she has Hannukah instead. grandmother: Oh, is she Hawaiian? ---
**Author:** ![alimarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@alimarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alimarx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/106 "2004-09-02T22:28:21Z")
“Where’s the Mardi Gras this year?” “How come they never have it near where we live?” ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/107 "2004-09-02T23:01:11Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Chastain86 is one of the following: > > A. a professor of Psychological Torture > B. a web designer > C. very strange > D. all of the above > E. A and C > F. B and C > G. none of the above > > sturmhauke is C. 😃 Close. I’m a systems trainer for a computer manufacturer. I just like to break up the sessions with a lil’ levity. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/108 "2004-09-03T00:00:42Z")
> [@Bimble](#): > > Oh, and the CLASSIC - which all vegetarian Dopers can relate to - is when upon telling someone that you are vegetarian, you are met with the response: > > “Oh… so do you eat chicken/ham/fish, etc?” If I wasn’t personally aquatinted with a large (more than 10) number of people who call themselves vegetarians but really eat fish, or fish and fowl I’d consider this a stupid question too. There’s lots of people who say they are veggie when they really mean they don’t eat quadrupeds or they are trying to stay vaguely kosher. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/109 "2004-09-03T00:29:52Z")
Just a couple of hours ago: “So, where are you at?” This was said to my friend after calling her on her land line. :smack: To my credit, she is in the middle of moving all of her stuff to her new place, as well as moving all of her f\*\*kpuppets stuff from his old place, so she could have been anywhere! Right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/110 "2004-09-03T00:42:06Z")
Ahhh…my users. Og bless their tiny brains. > [@](#): > > I was able to log in and change my password a little while ago. Does this mean that my password has now been changed? Another one that pops up with dismaying regularity is when I issue a temporary password to a user. At their next login, the system says “Your password has expired. You must change it now.” At least once a week, I’m asked “Does this mean I need to change my password?” ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/111 "2004-09-03T11:50:02Z")
So…is theresuch thing as a stupid question? 😕😃 ---
**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 3, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/112 "2004-09-03T21:39:45Z")
> [@tschild](#): > > I’ll have to admit I ask that question sometimes (and do not consider it stupid). After all phone numbers are assigned to phones not persons. Most people that I call answer the phone with their name, but otherwise I am wary of assuming that when I have X’s phone it is X who answers. When Mr. Hello or Mrs. Yes answer the phone I almost always ask who is speaking. I ALREADY KNOW WHO _I_ AM, WHO THE &%#@!!!\* ARE YOU?! 😉 Sorry, it’s just that the first peron who kept doing this was a pushy, bossy least-favorite relative. Also it’s an opening that crank callers sometimes use. Oddly enough, I had a thought to point out that this question at least makes some sense. (Compared to _ **arguing** _ (“Are you sure?”) when one is told that one has the wrong number and no such person is at it!) 🙂 * * * ``` 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 3, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/113 "2004-09-03T21:41:53Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > So…is theresuch thing as a stupid question? > > 😕😃 Uh, what was the question?! * * * ``` True Blue Jack ``` ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/114 "2004-09-04T00:33:51Z")
Why is _abbreviated_ a long word? Why isn’t _inflammable_ the opposite of _flammable_? **Why** are there no stupid questions? ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/115 "2004-09-04T05:00:35Z")
What is my name? I used to get this one quite often. The users were logging into Lotus Notes. It asked for your name and it meant it. First Last. Customer: What is my name? Me: What is your name? Customer: Lotus wants my name. What is it? Me: Type in your name, your actual name. Customer: What name is that? ---
**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 4, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/116 "2004-09-04T19:12:20Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Can I ask a question? Uh, did you mean that humorously? 😕 * * * ``` True Blue Jack ``` ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/117 "2004-09-04T19:16:18Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > Uh, did you mean that humorously? 😕 Did you mean _that_ humorously? Did _I_ mean that humorously? What does humorously mean? Who are you? Where are my milk bottles? Where am I? What do you mean “medication”? ---
**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 4, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/118 "2004-09-04T19:23:03Z")
> [@altiod](#): > > From my seafood restaurant days: > > How is the whole grilled fish prepared? > > What’s the difference between the steak and the steak with shrimp? > > How many shrimp do I get in the dozen shrimp platter? > Worst question in higher education: > > While studying Plato in Philosophy 101 (in community college, why, Og, why?!): > > I heard that Plato and Socrates was homosexual…uh… > (I guess it was supposed to be a question) > Also in the non-question, stupid question department: > > An older “gentleman” while on a free public tour of the Rodin museum with ten of my middle school students: > Uh… I see that Rodin liked the “backs” of women more than the “fronts” uh… uh… why? (With accompanying hand gestures) > I nearly turned him to stone with the look I gave him. Followed by getting the kids far away from the dirty old man. Uh, what sort of hand gestures would THOSE be? 😕 * * * 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 4, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/119 "2004-09-04T19:27:49Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > ano… > > Who’s Justin Case, and why does it matter if he thinks the joke’s funny? :rolleyes: 😕😕😕 Uh, does that mean I made two words run on into one?! * * * True Blue Jack ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466/120 "2004-09-04T21:29:45Z")
Not a question exactly, but I had a roommate who thought she was being pretty clever when she ordered Chinese food she’d add: “oh, and don’t use any MSG, I’m diabetic.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-stupid-questions-well-that-sounds-like-a-challenge-to-me-game/262466.md?page=7)