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What's the silliest question you've ever been asked?

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handbagsatdawn33 · 30/05/2020 18:06

DH :- "I'm going to wash my car. Do you want me to do yours as well?"

His previous best was when I gave him something I'd found in Poundland :- "How much was it?"

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DuckALaurent · 30/05/2020 19:31

DD 13 asked me yesterday if she should butter the bread before she put it in the toaster or after and also which way is best to put the bread in (vertical or landscape) Confused

At school she’s quite bright.
I put it down to the clever-dumb balance.

Livpool · 30/05/2020 19:33

"Are they your real eyes?"

I assume they meant the colour as they are gold/green and look unusual when light shines on them.

It made me laugh!

vampirethriller · 30/05/2020 19:34

Do you serve food?
I was in a cafe, in an apron, serving food to people, with a sign on the wall saying "Food served here"

DuckALaurent · 30/05/2020 19:36

DH watching footage dedicated to a late sportsman.

“Do you think they filmed this before he died?” Confused

I’ve never let him live it down.

happytoday73 · 30/05/2020 19:36

In the US... Hello everybody this is my cousin over from England....

Guys says to me:how do you manage to speak such good English?

DrMadelineMaxwell · 30/05/2020 19:37

Whether my dh had lost the top OR bottom half of his leg when she found out he was an amputee.

Spied · 30/05/2020 19:38

My mum at Christmas lunch:
"Do you want pigs in blankets?"
Me:
"Mum I've been a vegetarian for 24years!"
Mum:
"What about gravy?"

BendingSpoons · 30/05/2020 19:44

A friend once asked me 'are you sure the baby isn't yours?'. I'm female, so yes I am quite sure that my ex-bfs baby is not mine, seeing as it is in someone else's uterus.

Blingismything · 30/05/2020 20:18

My dd was four months old and wearing a beautiful pink smocked dress, matching knickers, pink blanket in her pram. A woman stuck her head in and asked if it was a girl.

catsjammies · 30/05/2020 20:21

'Oh wow, so how old is he?' Asked the woman who had a buggy next to mine on the bus, seconds after we had established our young babies were born a day apart 😳

catsjammies · 30/05/2020 20:26

Also, 'so, you're pregnant?' Asked by my GP when I'd gone in to see her at 5 days PP because I felt flu-ish. She'd spent the first 2 minutes of my appointment cooing over my newborn in the pram 😱

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 30/05/2020 20:32

Not me, but ds1 once asked a waitress “What’s in the beef sandwich, please?” She looked a little bemused and said, “Err - beef”. Of course, what he wanted to know was what else was in the sandwich - salad/horseradish/mustard - but he has never been allowed to forget it. To this day, a daft question is called a ‘beef sandwich’ question in this family.

lobsterkiller · 30/05/2020 20:34

Is it difficult being left handed?

LunaNorth · 30/05/2020 20:35

‘Have you had your baby yet, miss?’

Standing at the classroom door with a seven month bump as Y8 came in.

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PeskyRooks · 30/05/2020 20:35

Lots of stupidity around twins!
I told someone I had a twin brother and they immediately said Are you identical? (I am female).
I said there is one vital difference!

IHaveBrilloHair · 30/05/2020 20:39

"Why doesn't sound Australian", when I'd said Dd was half Australian, but born and brought up here.

IHaveBrilloHair · 30/05/2020 20:41

I can feel a thread coming on...Grin

TiptopJ · 30/05/2020 20:43

When I worked in a jewellers a woman walked in and after browsing the watches on display pointed to one and asked me " do you sell this watch?" I replied "yes everything that's on display is for sale here"

roking · 30/05/2020 20:49

Last night when I was in the park with my bigger than average (honestly he's huge) Labradoodle. I was speaking to a man who was walking a golden retriever as dogs were off leads and playing. The man asked -

"What kind of dog is he? Some sort of terrier?" 😳😳

CormoranStrike · 30/05/2020 20:54

When out walking my dog, woman stopped and asked me “is it a dog?”

I glanced at my golden retriever and back at her going, “errrr?”, and she said snootily “you know, a dog or a bitch!”

CatBatCat · 30/05/2020 21:17

One of the girls I worked with in pub kitchen: "what are potatoes made of?"

ItsNotAGameOfSubbuteoMatthew · 30/05/2020 21:21

A person who may be my new manager was trying to make small talk asking me what I did at the (lockdown) weekend. 'Nothing much' I said. 'Good good' she absentmindedly said. I mean it's a meaningless question but to not even be bothered to listen to the answer?? Makes a MASSIVE change from my current manager who is a real people person who asks how you are and really means it.

BigMamaFratelli · 30/05/2020 21:24

'Are banks open on bank holiday monday?'

PuddleglumtheMarshWiggle · 30/05/2020 21:26

"Where are the books?"
I work in a library. You can't walk more than 5 pa ces in any direction without finding any books!

mazza256 · 30/05/2020 21:30

When we moved house my son asked where was the ice kept now?!

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