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

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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?"

5 days after giving birth (episiotomy, ventouse and stitches) and I gingerly sit down on my doughnut cushion.
"Where does it hurt?" asks my dad. 🥴

Two, both at the hairdresser's years ago.

1.Are you going anywhere nice for your holidays?
No, I thought I might go to the municipal tip for a fortnight

1. Is this length ok or do you want it longer?

Yes I do want it longer, can you glue the ends back on?

@nancy75

I laughed out loud at that. Why WOULDN’T you know what sandwiches would be provided??

Said by an American friend visiting me:
How many pounds make five pounds?

"How do you grow Astroturf?"

Colleague attempting to log into their own bank account - "What's my password?"

A person at the checkout asked me if toddler DD was mine. I'd clearly just been cuddling her in the trolley seat and she had shouted Mommy at me repeatedly.

I wanted to say I'd just found her as I did my shopping but thought the woman might believe me.

I have a koi pond. With a fake crocodile head floating in it.

My new neighbour asked if it was real!

@MulticolourMophead

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.

Coriander is still a thing there. But the powder rather than leaf.

I was taken for lunch at Schwartz’s in Montreal years ago. The traditional way is to have a sandwich, with a cherry coke and a pickle on the side. I declined the pickle as I don’t like them and had a regular coke. He then launched into a lengthy explanation of what a pickle was and how I would eat it, where I might have seen one before.

He was slightly sheepish when I cut him off and told him I knew what they were, I just didn’t like them!

A conversation in remote Dodoma (Tanzania) with a fellow Tanzanian. I was there for work purposes in October. NB I’m black
Q: What colour is your husband?
Me: He happens to be black
Q: What about your children?
Me: What about my children?
Q: Are they white?

In America I was asked which country I came from. On being told it was England, he then asked me what language they speak in England.

@Deldee242

Your son’s curly hair is lovely, is it natural?

He was about 18 months. The person who asked knew exactly how silly it sounded the second she said it, as I suspect is the case with many of the examples here.

This one is actually quite cute as it came from my ds who was about 6 at the time.

"What was the world like when you were young and it was all black and white?"

I'd just got intot he staff room at work, I was wearing biker leathers and carrying a crash hekmet.

One of the consultants, "Do you ride a motorbike to work?"

Radiographer, "No, she swims"

Numerous doctos over the years, "Mr/Mrs x had his 24 hour tape yesterday, we have not got the results yet, why is that?"

For those who do not know, this is a portable ECG monitor that is worn for 24 hours, after that it is returned to the department where the recording is analysed. So if we fitted the monitor at 3pm it will be removed the next day at 3pm so calling me at 9.00am I am not going to have the results.

Another one from working in a hos[otal, "What's the number fr the room next to you?"

I have no idea

You are very unhelpful

If Jesus was born at Christmas- how could he die at Easter - he'd only be 4 months old?

I almost got into an argument when a woman said, but they can't possibly be that colour. Trust me they real.
At least she didn't try to take them out to prove you were lying!

"Is that a Chihuahua?" I usually reply "no it's a miniature great dane"
That made me laugh out loud, and my own dog (a spaniel) gave me a very funny look.

Once asked, by a woman I’d gone to school with, “are you still a bus driver?” I was driving the bus she had gotten on at the time. If you’re on here Kaz, don’t ever change

I once asked an assistant in B&Q if the tin of paint I was holding would be enough for my room! He looked a me with a wry smile and said “ depends how big your room is” 😳

Was in bank once I used to work in years back. Someone I know working there came to say hello and asked if the child I was with was mine. No I just stole her off the streets

@sueelleker 😂

"How much is the free film?"

- would get asked these on an almost daily basis when working in a photographers.

We used to have a local photo-processing shop (in the old days of analogue photography) where they would ask if you wanted the 'free film deal' when you took a completed one in for processing. Of course, why do you ask - who wouldn't want a free film with their photos?! It turned out that some customers did indeed decline the offer, as the free film deal cost £1 more than the standard deal that didn't come with a 'free' film....

If Jesus was born at Christmas- how could he die at Easter - he'd only be 4 months old

Perfectly logical to a young child though

I was in a church cafe, chatting to dd. Lady at next table asked me sternly where her mother was. I raised my hand and waved. I’m a brunette and dd is blonde.

Since starting to turn grey I have coloured my (once very dark) hair mid-brown. My eyebrows and eyelashes have remained naturally black. A friend once asked me whether my hair was blond prior to dying it! 🤪🤪