Always ask that the pizza be cut into 4 pieces because you’re not hungry enough to eat 8. :eek:
I almost asked that one but caught myself: “How bi… I mean how many does a 18” usually serve?"
Not really. So some other property about a different number that is not actually ambiguous causes confusion … how? (And keep in mind the context. Your example would be like upper class Math majors not knowing if one was prime or not. If a senior in Math asked a prof if one was prime or not, the prof would definitely classify it as a dumb question.)
A “less bad” example the fact that 0 is neither positive or negative somehow, mysteriously, by some weird thing, causing confusion. But still, it’s Computer Science where they’ve been taught all sorts of stuff about binary numbers.
It is incredibly dumb to not know this is that major at that point in college. Incredibly dumb. Hence why my fellow profs didn’t believe me when I mentioned this. They had to see it for themselves. And did.
It just seemed goofy to me. Motorcyclists wearing hi-viz riding jackets aren’t terribly rare these days; it struck me (both times) as a question asked by someone who just hadn’t been very observant prior to that.
Not a dumb question if they think you might be forwarding your calls.
Because heavy items with handles are more comfortable to be carried by the handle instead of by a plastic bag?
I see where you are coming from but they asked me if I was sure after I told them not to bag it. I tell them this prior to them asking if I want it bagged. To me that would be like ordering a Big Mac at McDonalds and being asked if I’m sure. No personal snark intended.
And also are a waste of a bag.
Depending on how the question, asking whether a blank input should be treated like an even-lengthed input is a fair question. I’ve done lots of stuff where blank/zero inputs are treated special.
Asking whether zero is an even number is a mixed up way to ask that question, but it’s still a fair question.
I always forget the question that prompts it but with at least 3 different people through my life I’ve gotten into serious arguments with people who claim you can’t have a “high ego but low self-esteem” since both terms were contradictory. I say both terms aren’t contradictory but I’ve literally had a person I was only somewhat friends with start shouting in my face how that can’t happen in real life. It really is the dumbest debate I’ve had with people.
When telling someone about my spinal cord injury, I often include the fact that I’ve retained full physical sensation throughout my body. Amazingly, I’ve had numerous people stare at me dumbfounded, poke or push my thigh and say, “so you can feel that?”
Double post
Is your name pronounced (or spelled) ___________?
The name they usually cite is wildly different from mine.
Another: Where do you get the ideas for your art?
Not when you’re carrying several other plastic bags, at least for me. If I carry a gallon of water by its handle, that’s all I can comfortably carry in that hand, whereas if its in a plastic bag, I can easily add those handles to several other bags’ handles. Does that make sense?
Oh my, that is silly!
And why exactly is that a dumb question? I mean we do of course, but is that obvious. It always precedes US Thanksgiving by exactly 45 days, incidentally.
The dumbest question I got asked more times than I can count is, “Is this going to be on the exam?” I always say that it might be. Even dumber, “What will be on the exam?” “Everything we did.”
Now that’s a valid question.
My standard answer for the How Big is an 18" pizza is 254.47 sq inches.
Why yes, I can be a smart ass.
Twice in the past few weeks, I went to a bakery/cafe chain (Panera and Atlanta Bread) and asked for a whole loaf of bread, nothing else. And the cashier asks me, “Is that for here or to go?”
I suppose they are trained to ask that to every customer, and it becomes automatic, but still… Next time I should say “for here” and see if they’d put it on a plate.
Being born on Christmas must suck since you don’t get two sets of presents.
IMO those aren’t as dumb as “How many questions will be on the exam?”
I could maybe give you a number, but I don’t see how you would find it useful, since a “question” could be anything from a quick multiple-choice test of knowledge to a long multi-part problem to work out.