Author Topic: [FOR FUN] Stupid Questions (Read 11,977 times)

Renegade · « **on:** February 15, 2011, 01:38 PM »

I thought it might be fun to have a thread for people to post stupid questions/statements. (Try to limit to a max of 2 sentences.) I'll start:

I've been thinking about getting an iPad for an ebook reader because it can hold thousands of books. How heavy would that be?

app103 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:48 PM »

Quote from: Renegade on February 15, 2011, 01:38 PM

I've been thinking about getting an iPad for an ebook reader because it can hold thousands of books. How heavy would that be?

How many books can you read at once?
How many books do you really need to carry around with you?
Why would you want to carry around something larger than your average paperback?

mouser · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:49 PM »

App I think you missed that this was a joke -- the joke was the idea that the ipad would get heavier the more books you add.

app103 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:56 PM »

Quote from: mouser on February 15, 2011, 03:49 PM

App I think you missed that this was a joke -- the joke was the idea that the ipad would get heavier the more books you add.

And here I thought the joke was Renegade was seriously considering buying another Apple product.

I was just trying to talk him down off the roof.

Deozaan · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2011, 05:33 AM »

I thought this is what Yahoo! Answers was for.

How is babby formed?

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2011, 06:04 PM »

Quote from: app103 on February 15, 2011, 03:56 PM

Quote from: mouser on February 15, 2011, 03:49 PM
App I think you missed that this was a joke -- the joke was the idea that the ipad would get heavier the more books you add.

And here I thought the joke was Renegade was seriously considering buying another Apple product.

I was just trying to talk him down off the roof.

Friends don't let friends use crackintosh...

40hz · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2011, 08:40 PM »

I took this picture yesterday while visiting Madison Square Garden in NYC.

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JavaJones · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2011, 10:38 PM »

Yeah, what happens when number 20,986 shows up to the Justin Beiber show? Suddenly it's dangerous?

- Oshyan

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2011, 10:45 PM »

Can I get rabies from a megabyte?

JavaJones · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2011, 10:46 PM »

Blu-raybies maybe...

- Oshyan

Deozaan · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2011, 10:50 PM »

Quote from: 40hz on February 16, 2011, 08:40 PM

I took this picture yesterday while visiting Madison Square Garden in NYC.
(see attachment in previous post)
Maybe it's just me, but this sign struck me as being unintentionally hilarious.

What if they're having a convention of the world's smallest, thinnest, take-up-the-least-amount-of-space people? Would it still be dangerous at >20,985?

What if they're having a convention of the world's largest, fattest, take-up-the-most-amount-of-space people? Would there even be room at >10,000?

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #11 on:** February 16, 2011, 10:53 PM »

Sorry, I can't phrase this one as a question ( completely true first hand story) but...

I once told a user to click on My Computer. They jumped out of their chair, bolted out the door, and ran down the hallway to my office...

If it was actually possible to die laughing...I'd have done it that day...

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #12 on:** February 16, 2011, 10:54 PM »

Quote from: JavaJones on February 16, 2011, 10:46 PM

Blu-raybies maybe...

- O shyan

That would most likely take multiple bytes ... But I like the way you're thinking.

Deozaan · « **Reply #13 on:** February 16, 2011, 10:55 PM »

Quote from: Stoic Joker on February 16, 2011, 10:54 PM

That would most likely take multiple bytes ... But I like the way you're thinking.

Or maybe just one gigabyte.

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #14 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:22 PM »

Quote from: Deozaan on February 16, 2011, 10:55 PM

Quote from: Stoic Joker on February 16, 2011, 10:54 PM
That would most likely take multiple bytes ... But I like the way you're thinking.

Or maybe just one gigabyte.

Why, yes! That just might do it ... As well as require a tourniquet for the stump of the lost limb!

Edvard · « **Reply #15 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:27 PM »

(Actual question when I worked at Kinko's ages ago)

"Wow, transparencies are kind of expensive... Oh hey, can I get them double-sided to save a few bucks?"

40hz · « **Reply #16 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:46 PM »

ok...my true story.

My older sister is an artist. So she's used to seeing 'reality' the way she wants to see it.

I once met her for lunch where she ordered a BLT Club Sandwich.

When it arrived, she took a bite out of it, studied it carefully as she chewed, turned it upside down, removed the lowest layer of bread, and then proceeded to dump half a shaker of salt on it.

When I commented I couldn't believe she was putting all that salt on bacon, she replied: "I'm not putting it on the bacon. I'm putting it on the lettuce and the tomato."

This isn't the only tale I could tell about her form of logic...or perhaps more correctly: para-logic.

timns · « **Reply #17 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:56 PM »

I'd like to cross-post this - I think I am worthy:

http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=25733.msg237163#msg237163

Curt · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2011, 12:22 AM »

Quote

Quote from: Renegade on February 15, 2011, 01:38 PM
I've been thinking about getting an iPad for an ebook reader because it can hold thousands of books. How heavy would that be?
Quote from: app103 on February 15, 2011, 03:48 PM
How many books can you read at once?
How many books do you really need to carry around with you?
Quote from: mouser on February 15, 2011, 03:49 PM
App I think you missed that this was a joke -- the joke was the idea that the ipad would get heavier the more books you add.

-I'm surprised mouser didn't see at once that app103's question was a proper "stupid" contra-question, asked in accordance with the thread's subject ;-)

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Milkman: Just give me two coupons tomorrow.
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cranioscopical · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2011, 12:28 AM »

I think many of us have had one of these…

While sitting in a board room, trying to explain something really quite simple to a particularly dense VP, he asked me "Can I ask a stupid question?"

I guess it's the only kind he had to offer.