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

274 replies

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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user1481840227 · 31/05/2020 19:49

There was a dwarf on the first dates tv show and he said people always asked him how long he had been a dwarf!

Illbedownatthegardenwithmum · 31/05/2020 19:56

Nice legs- do they go all the way to the top?

Um, yes, which I why I don’t fall over Confused.

thatonesmine · 31/05/2020 20:07

When I mentioned to someone that I've got a couple of tattoos, "Have you always had them?"

Institutkarite · 31/05/2020 20:47

In America I was asked where I'm from, I said Wales, he asked where in England was Wales.
I've also been asked if my eyes are real, they're turquoise and definitely real. I almost got into an argument when a woman said, but they can't possibly be that colour. Trust me they real.

Institutkarite · 31/05/2020 20:48

They are real

Puppybum · 31/05/2020 20:49

My american penpal asked me if I had electricity

SimonJT · 31/05/2020 21:00

@justforthecake

My 9yr daughter was told by her teacher that she couldn't have egg because she was allergic to milk.

My DD kept saying but milk is from cows and eggs are from chickens. The teacher was still adamant.

My son also has a milk allergy and we’ve had similar I usually after explaining kindly end up saying “do eggs come from udders?”
pallisers · 31/05/2020 21:06

Not of me but around Christmas/Hannukah I was in a gift shop that offered gift-wrap during the holidays. The woman ahead of me was buying a large crucifix. The sales lady said "would you like Christmas or Hannukah wrapping paper?"

SapphosRock · 31/05/2020 21:10

'When did you know you were gay?'

nancy75 · 31/05/2020 21:17

What sandwiches do they have on the train to Southampton tomorrow?
Me: I’m sorry I don’t know
(Angry) Why don’t you know, that’s ridiculous?!?
Me: because this ( where I work ) is a shoe shop in London & I’ve never even been to Southampton
Person angrily stomps out muttering about terrible service

nancy75 · 31/05/2020 21:22

On a coach going down a Mexican motorway, American man next to me
This must be really exciting for you, going on a road like this
Me: ??
Don’t you just have those roads made of small stones in London?

Cobbled streets!

PennyArrowBar · 31/05/2020 21:33

"would you like some painkillers?"

By the midwife, I'd been in labour for 12 hours with a back to back baby who wasn't budging and had previously been offered a bath and two paracetamol.

SarahAndQuack · 31/05/2020 21:37

'When did you know you were gay?

You didn't get the rainbow skywriter and the personalised letter delivered by pink owls? Shock

AnotherElle · 31/05/2020 21:49

Walking through the town with a newborn in a pram in summer time so in a sun top with a mumtum and a random woman comes up and says are you pregnant?

Me: errr nope just had a baby - look

Rude woman: oh so how come you still look pregnant?

Not sure if it was stupidity or spite but not a confrontation I was expecting.

MulticolourMophead · 31/05/2020 21:51

"Oh, is your hair colour real?" I had pink/blue/green hair......

Mumoblue · 31/05/2020 21:53

"Are you left handed?"

Me, visibly writing with my left hand: "Nooo, what makes you think that?"

Lefties aren't that rare!

ComeOnGordon · 31/05/2020 22:00

Doctor “is there any chance you could be pregnant?”
Me “definitely not. I Haven’t had sex in over 2 years”
Doctor “well we still need to do a test to be 100% sure” 😂😂😂

ComeOnGordon · 31/05/2020 22:00

And a random question from another parent who I only vaguely knew
“Did you lose weight on purpose?”

MulticolourMophead · 31/05/2020 22:04

And how do they serve the carrot and coriander soup without it running out through all the holes they seemed to be thinking of colander).

If they're from the US, they may indeed be thinking "colander" as coriander is known as cilantro there, and they may not have heard the UK name.

jackparlabane · 31/05/2020 22:12

I told my mum I was pregnant (after years of trying).
Mum: Who's the father?

Well Mum, you know that bloke I had the wedding with ten years ago, who I still happily live with...

GenuineKlatchianPottery · 31/05/2020 22:13

I used to live abroad, my parents moved to the same country. One day my dad rang me and said “Someone’s just rang, but they were speaking country’s language. What did they want?” Confused

AnotherElle · 31/05/2020 22:15

After realising I'd attended the same school as someone I was chatting to they said ahh I went there what year were you in?
Me.. err all of them.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 31/05/2020 22:19

"Is that a Chihuahua?" I usually reply "no it's a miniature great dane"

Warmhandscoldheart · 31/05/2020 22:27

My husband received a text message asking for a photo of a document, he decided he'd send it via Whatsapp. "Where do I find out their WhatsApp number, will it be in a directory somewhere?" 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

EmpressLangClegInChair · 31/05/2020 22:37

“Aren’t you short?” (I’m 4ft11)

“No you twat, I’m 7ft6 & walking on my knees.”