# Whats the stupidest question ever asked? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433 "2000-03-03T20:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/41 "2000-03-05T12:54:00Z")
The “are you back from vcation?” question. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/42 "2000-03-06T03:13:00Z")
From me - Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday night: “Did you do/finish your homework yet?” ---
**Author:** ![Wood\_Thrush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@Wood\_Thrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wood_Thrush)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/43 "2000-03-06T03:33:00Z")
Hmm…What’s the stupedist question ever asked? Well, I don’t know, but its probably one that someone repeated before giving a reply. * * * “Whenever a man hears it he is young, and Nature is in her spring; whenever he hears it, it is a new world and a free country, and the gates of heaven are not shut against him” –Thoreau, on the song of the wood thrush ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_J\_Cunningham\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@Edward\_J\_Cunningham\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_J_Cunningham_1)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/44 "2000-03-06T03:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > oh no, it definitly has to be one that my friend asked me when we were fifteen. > > “if i dropped this candle in the water, would the whole lake start on fire?” Good think you didn’t do that in Lake Erie! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/45 "2000-03-06T03:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > What is the third name in this series: 1. John, 2. John Quincy 3. ? Gomez? * * * Leslie Irish Evans [http://leslie.scrappy.net](http://leslie.scrappy.net) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_J\_Cunningham\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@Edward\_J\_Cunningham\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_J_Cunningham_1)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/46 "2000-03-06T03:47:00Z")
How about this one? A local reporter asked this to some Redskin during a Super Bowl press conference. [quote] If you were a tree, what type of tree would you be?[/would] Maybe it isn’t the stupidest question ever asked, but it was **definitely** the stupidest question ever asked during a Super Bowl. (Note: Some people would claim that question would be one said to Doug Williams: “How long have you been a black quarterback” , but that was a misquote. The actual question is smarter. “Doug, it’s obvious you’ve been a black quarterback all your life. When did it start to matter?”) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_J\_Cunningham\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@Edward\_J\_Cunningham\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_J_Cunningham_1)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/47 "2000-03-06T03:50:00Z")
How about this one? A local reporter asked this to some Redskin during a Super Bowl press conference. > [@](#): > > If you were a tree, what type of tree would you be? Maybe it isn’t the stupidest question ever asked, but it was **definitely** the stupidest question ever asked during a Super Bowl. (Note: Some people would claim that question would be one said to Doug Williams: “How long have you been a black quarterback” , but that was a misquote. The actual question is smarter. “Doug, it’s obvious you’ve been a black quarterback all your life. When did it start to matter?”) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/48 "2000-03-06T07:15:00Z")
That’s a Barbara Walters question! Not some local reporter. She’s famous for having asked someone that, but I certainly have no idea who was being questioned. I don’t think I was born at the time. I once heard Bob Costas ask that, but he was joking. * * * ~Harborina “Don’t Do It.” ---
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/49 "2000-03-06T07:51:00Z")
Do you want fries with that? No, okay, then this question to me from a Japanese in a Tokyo pub: Do you eat chicken in America? My answer: Yeah, when we can catch 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/50 "2000-03-06T11:04:00Z")
Argh. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/51 "2000-03-06T19:44:00Z")
I pulled up to the drive-thru at Burger King. After taking my order, the kid asked, “Is that for here or to go?” … Actually, I would like you to hand it to me now, I’ll go park the car, and then come inside and sit down. Okay? * * * “It is only out of sheer, morbid curiosity that I am allowing this freakshow to continue…” ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/52 "2000-03-06T20:22:00Z")
My sister worked as a ranger in Yosemite. She got a few good ones, such as: “Where do you buy the squirrel food?” “How long did it take Walt Disney to build the Valley?” * * * It’s not how you pick your nose, it’s where you put the boogers ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/53 "2000-03-06T22:10:00Z")
The stupidest question always cames after one has made an affirmative unambiguous statement of fact. The question: “Oh is it?” Obviously, yes it is, you dumbass, because if it weren’t then I wouldn’t have said it is, now would I? The answer to that question, BTW, is “no, I lied.” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/54 "2000-03-07T03:35:00Z")
David Brenner (comedian) told an anecdote in his standup: He was on a subway, sitting on a newspaper because the seat was damp. A guy asked him, “Are you reading that?” He said, “Yes,” stood up, turned the page, and sat down again. * * * I guess I’m just better off living with my inner tensions. —Snoopy ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/55 "2000-03-07T03:56:00Z")
[Handing over cup of milk] Does this taste like it’s gone bad? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/56 "2000-03-07T09:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > [Handing over cup of milk] > > Does this taste like it’s gone bad? No, that’s a very smart question! What, you’re gonna taste that bad milk yourself? ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/57 "2000-03-07T15:00:00Z")
Sorry for hujacking the thread. I’ll nominate myself for the honor with the following: > [@](#): > > What does “OP” mean when referring to the current thread? Go easy on me. I’m new at this. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/58 "2000-03-07T15:01:00Z")
I wouldn’t want to “hijack” the thread either. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/59 "2000-03-07T15:08:00Z")
Original Post or Original Poster. Don’t worry, MtnMan… that was a perfectly valid question. * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-question-ever-asked/14433/60 "2000-03-07T15:37:00Z")
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