Post by laceylaplante on Mar 27, 2015 14:58:52 GMT -5
DH used to think espresso was "expresso" because it has more caffeine and makes you go at express speed. I asked him over and over if he was messing with me, because seriously, express speed? Please DH, you're smart than that.
MH: What date does Christmas fall on? Me: It is on wednesday (assuming he meant "day") MH: No, I mean like what number is it on? Me: You are kidding right? MH: No Me: It is on the 25th. How did you get through life not knowing this??!!!! MH: Does it fall on the same date every year? Me: *blink* *blink* MH: *shrugs* Christmas was the day my mom made tamales. But you don't make tamales, so I had to ask.
I swear to god, he is not that dumb with other things.
Post by aliciaflorrick on Mar 27, 2015 15:27:55 GMT -5
My H and I had a flight delay which caused us to miss our connecting flight and it was the last flight that day. While we were waiting for the shuttle to take us to the hotel we started talking to our fellow passengers. One of which started to comment about another passenger with two kids who was from England and how he felt bad for her dealing with all this and not knowing English. Umm...
I went to college in Arkansas, and freshman year, when meeting new people, we would often say where we were from. I got tired of hearing people mangle Massachusetts, so I just started saying I was from New England.
One person responded, "New England? Cool! I've never even been out of the country."
He thought New England was a colony in the South Pacific. He also later told me Massachusetts isn't supposed to have an "s" at the end. We all just spell it wrong.
Where in MA are you from? I am in Mass too southern mass
The northeast corner, almost in NH, although my mother now lives in Springfield.
My 2 yr old is on oxygen 24/7 I swear it brings out the dumbest comments. I regularly get asked how he likes his cannula and how I get him to keep it in. I say well he has had it his whole life and he needs it to breath so he doesn't mess with it too much. A few people have said "Oh, he does need it?!?" Nope, we just wear it for a work out and a teething device.
Post by lexxasaurus on Mar 27, 2015 15:44:47 GMT -5
In Alaska the tourists were the ones I encountered with the dumbest questions. Many people were confused since we had homes instead of igloos, there were no penguins, they asked if we spoke English and took American money.. In fact a man asked, in all seriousness, if he needed to exchange for trade beads to barter.
My favorite was a tourist who was excited to go out and hopefully see wildlife but they wanted to know "at what age does a deer turn into a moose?" Uh.
DH used to think espresso was "expresso" because it has more caffeine and makes you go at express speed. I asked him over and over if he was messing with me, because seriously, express speed? Please DH, you're smart than that.
Him, and multiple Dunkin' Donuts customers I used to serve. I blame the "turbo shot".
I am from Massachusetts but went to college in Louisiana. One day I was talking to a friend from college on the phone when I was at home and mentioned how I went to the beach. She was surprised that Massachusetts was on the water. Dude. Plymouth Rock? Paul Revere's one if by land two if by sea? The boston tea party? The east coast ?
I was talking to my MIL the other day and the issue of gluten intolerance came up. She kept trying to correct me, telling me it was "glúteo" (gluteus) instead of gluten. I am the dumb foreigner, afterall. As a native speaker, she clearly speaks the language better than I do. I threw in the towel, I'll just let her get laughed at by her nurse friends if the subject comes up.
My FIL. Moved to rural Southern GA, they have armadillos and the dog is going insane chasing them so FIL goes to the hardware/garden store (not a chain) to ask if they have thing to deal with armadillos. The guy at desk suggests lead poisoning. FIL asks where to get lead and how to administer the lead. " You're not from around here are you?"
This isn't dumb.
If someone suggested I use lead to poison an armadillo not only would I be like WTF, but I'd probably resign myself to living in harmony with the armadillo.
I said it was a rural area. I'm not for shooting the armadillo, not leaving dog food outside to attract them is probably a better idea. That said I do understand the term "Lead Poisoning" in this context. Also FIL was in the military he understands firearms.
When I was 16 and just got a car, (for the record, I knew NOTHING about the mechanics of a vehicle)one of the blinkers didn't work, so my, at the time boyfriend, decided to screw with me and told me to go to the auto parts store and ask for blinker fluid..
Post by UMaineTeach on Mar 27, 2015 16:28:14 GMT -5
She not the dumbest person, but I have a semi-volunteer grammy in my classroom. I have to sign her time sheet and every time she asks me to give her my John Henry...
I want to correct her, but I figure if she's gone 79 years thinking it's John Henry, who am I to argue.
A waitress once refused to serve my sister an alcoholic drink because she had a Canadian ID. Obviously the booze is only for the Americans.
Some store in Missouri did this to me because I had a Kansas ID. My mother in law had to buy me booze.
My college town had a few stores that didn't take out of state IDs. They didn't want to learn what other IDs looked like and couldn't trust college kids to not have fake IDs.
In Alaska the tourists were the ones I encountered with the dumbest questions. Many people were confused since we had homes instead of igloos, there were no penguins, they asked if we spoke English and took American money.. In fact a man asked, in all seriousness, if he needed to exchange for trade beads to barter.
My favorite was a tourist who was excited to go out and hopefully see wildlife but they wanted to know "at what age does a deer turn into a moose?" Uh.
my bro and SIL live in Dawson City and I'm sure they can relate. Omg.
Some store in Missouri did this to me because I had a Kansas ID. My mother in law had to buy me booze.
My college town had a few stores that didn't take out of state IDs. They didn't want to learn what other IDs looked like and couldn't trust college kids to not have fake IDs.
I can understand that, but this was a grocery store in Podunk MO, not that far from the border. I think it just confused her. She said she would take a credit card instead, but I didn't have one on me. It was weird.
On my 21st birthday I had a cashier refuse to sell me booze because "your ID says 'under 21.'" Yes, because I haven't gotten my new one yet, but it also has my date of birth...
It was kind of amazing how many people thought NYC was the capital of NY when I moved to CA.
When I was 16 and just got a car, (for the record, I knew NOTHING about the mechanics of a vehicle)one of the blinkers didn't work, so my, at the time boyfriend, decided to screw with me and told me to go to the auto parts store and ask for blinker fluid..
The guy at the store had a good ole laugh.
I wanted to kill my boyfriend.
I did this to both my sisters. my parents did this to me. it's like a rite of passage.
I'll own up to mine. I thought organic was organTic. A few months ago I noticed my shampoo said organic whatever and I realized there wasn't a "t" in the word. Lol. I'm sure I've had a few people think I'm dumb.
My favorite ever was in college, one of my roommates and I were taking a class about Africa. The first chapter was on Egypt. My roommate was reading, set the book down in frustration and said "if were supposed to be learning about Africa, WHY am I reading about Egypt??" My other roommate and I just stared at her like- (huh)
MH: What date does Christmas fall on? Me: It is on wednesday (assuming he meant "day") MH: No, I mean like what number is it on? Me: You are kidding right? MH: No Me: It is on the 25th. How did you get through life not knowing this??!!!! MH: Does it fall on the same date every year? Me: *blink* *blink* MH: *shrugs* Christmas was the day my mom made tamales. But you don't make tamales, so I had to ask.
I swear to god, he is not that dumb with other things.
In college I was very close friends with a guy who was dating the stupidest girl ever. Among other things she asked, "Oh, is Thanksgiving on a Thursday this year?"
Thank God he got rid of her and is married to a very non-idiot.
Back on the Nest (at least I think it was there and not here) we had a poster on the Military board who was invited to a 4th of July barbeque by her Puerto Rican neighbors. She posted about it later, and went on and on about how wonderful they were, and how honored she was to be part of their first American 4th of July celebration. If memory serves there was also talk about how great it was that they were celebrating the founding of their adopted nation.
I almost hated to burst her bubble that Puerto Rico is an American territory and that they were all U.S. citizens. I can only imagine what they thought of her.
Back on the Nest (at least I think it was there and not here) we had a poster on the Military board who was invited to a 4th of July barbeque by her Puerto Rican neighbors. She posted about it later, and went on and on about how wonderful they were, and how honored she was to be part of their first American 4th of July celebration. If memory serves there was also talk about how great it was that they were celebrating the founding of their adopted nation.
I almost hated to burst her bubble that Puerto Rico is an American territory and that they were all U.S. citizens. I can only imagine what they thought of her.
We are American citizens, but many (including myself) never celebrated 4th of July (independence for PR my ass and all) before coming to the US, and many, given the treatment that we've gotten when coming here, still feel like is is our adopted nation.
I mean, semantics and all, but there's a sentiment there.
i do appreciate your recognition of us being Americans, many have referred to me as an immigrant, ignorantly so.
Back on the Nest (at least I think it was there and not here) we had a poster on the Military board who was invited to a 4th of July barbeque by her Puerto Rican neighbors. She posted about it later, and went on and on about how wonderful they were, and how honored she was to be part of their first American 4th of July celebration. If memory serves there was also talk about how great it was that they were celebrating the founding of their adopted nation.
I almost hated to burst her bubble that Puerto Rico is an American territory and that they were all U.S. citizens. I can only imagine what they thought of her.