Things you're shocked to find out some people don't know.

You’re a braver man than I. I’d expect to get back results for things like Candy’s “Full Service” “Gas” Station, Where Your Gas Isn’t the Only Thing We Pump.

Well I Googled a number of variations of that… hey someone had to right… and didn’t find anything remotely risque. I’m kind of disappointed.

LOL I am not sure it is bravery as much as serious naivete. :wink: I am a google-aholic so I will search for whatever descriptive words come to mind, and I have been quite surprised by what words can instantly lead to the most…ummm…interesting results.

During one conversation at home, I started to google to find a data point, and I caught myself only seconds before hitting the search button after realizing that was running a search for the keywords “kiddie porn” shudder

So, not really bravery as much as irresponsibility. I probably shouldn’t be trusted with a search engine. :slight_smile:

I only knew he was among the living because I was following the trial regarding the “sequel” last year. While I respect Salingers’s right to protect his work, I think the decision to ban the book was flawed… but that is another thread.

I know tons of people who wouldn’t know this. :frowning:

I’m 52, I’ve never seen Escape From New York and I couldn’t tell you the plot…except for, you know, the need to escape from New York part.

I was surprised by an 18-year-old roommate of mine in college who didn’t know how to crack open an egg.

i can easily beat live aid… i can pull up band aid and name off of those too… but when the latest grammy’s come on i’ll be asking my daughter who’s that… etc lol…

At roll cal my sgt made the joke… Beuhler… beuhler… beuhler… only guys over 33 were laughing… the young guys were like wtf??

That reminds me of this infamous you tube clip of the View… wow… the look on Whoopi Goldberg’s face is priceless…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckb0Pwfpkbc&feature=related

I thought the majority of the profit at gas stations these days is from the bottle of pop and the candy bar you buy when you go inside to pay.

i have to tell this old joke…, two alabama state troopers are chasing a guy on 20 east… the bad guy crosses the state line into georgia , the first trooper slams on his brakes… the second trooper locks up his brakes to keep from hitting his partner… the second trooper asks the first… “why in hell did you stop??” the first trooper says… he’s in georgia… he’s an hour away from us…

Not long ago I was watching the modern version of PW. The contestant was giving clues to Craig Ferguson. The word was “Dallas”

Contestant: Texas
CF: State
Contestant: Capital
CF(without hesitation):Austin

I can’t remember where it went after that, but CF never did get that word, and the contestant was acting like he was an idiot, but hey I guess you can’t expect a Scotsman to be up on American Geography. CF was reasonably polite but did look at her a bit askance when told the answer.

I run into many people who have no concept of how eBay works, especially if you’re a seller.
Them: But what if you don’t get as much as you wanted for the item?
Me: I set a minimum price.
Them: Doesn’t the shipping cost you a lot of your own pocket?
Me: The buyer has to pay for that before I ship anything–the same way it works when you buy something from a catalog or online or whatever and have it delivered.
Them: What if they don’t pay and you’ve already sent the item?
Me: They have to pay before I send it.
Them: What if they don’t pay?
Me: Then I don’t send the item.

When the show started, in the 70s, they would have been 302s anyway. No American of that era would specify a car engine’s displacement in metric units unless it was a foreign car.

nAHH hawaii five oh is the answer on that. as also the reference to 12?? adam 12 the old cop show…

I hope I am getting wooshed here, but the reason Craig Ferguson very quickly answered Austin was because that is the capital of Texas. That is also why Craig was looking at her the way he did. While you probably shouldn’t expect the aferage Scot to know American geography, one that has taken the citizenship test and became a citizen of the US will, since state capitals are on the test.

That reminds me of a friend of mine freshman year of college who claimed she “didn’t know how” to make a PB&J sandwich. I say “claimed” because I’m quite sure she could have figured it out if I hadn’t told her. Her main point was that she’d never done it herself so didn’t know if the PB&J were both supposed to be spread on the same slice of bread or what; and while I prefer to put the PB on one slice, jelly on the other, and then squish together, the world won’t come to an end if it’s done differently, y’know?

Yeah, Kevbo is indicating the contestant was an idiot (I hope).

That’s what I got from it: the contestant was an idiot because she thought CF was an idiot, when he was actually correct and she was not.

That was what I was thinking originally, but his comments about Craig made me wonder.