Friday, January 11, 2008

Stupid Questions People Ask

I'm tired of writing, and want some reader participation. Let's see if any of my readers are alive out there. What is the most ridiculous question you have ever been asked. I know I've said this on McSweeney's before, but my personal favorite is "What part of Germany does the Great Wall of China go through?"

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not exactly a dumb question, but I had an older, quite unattractive man, ask where books were on foreplay...something with a chapter on dress up because he wanted to give someone a kinky surprise. It was awkward. Very awkward.

Anonymous said...

"Do you think you could be a little more vaguely specific on this one?"

Anonymous said...

"I think he's Norwegian."
"Where is Norwegia anyway?"

Anonymous said...

Can I have a street map of South America?

Anonymous said...

"Do you have any books here that you can just, you know, read?"

Anonymous said...

"I need a photograph of a unicorn in the wild for my report."