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?"

Becca19962014

One of my friends has a white daughter and now has 4 white grandchildren.

Daughter had a few problems going up and when my friend would go to the school the teachers always assumed she was the step mother.

She says the one thing in life she never expected was to have a white child. Apparently her mum and the midwife had an argument over the colour of the baby just after she had given birth.

She attended what she calls a 'black church' but the pastor and wife were white and had adopted a black child. On an outing both children were being naughty and both got a smack from mum (no I don't agree with this) and then they realised that to a stranger it would look like they were smackig the 'wring' child.

Sure there is loads, but can't think of any off hand, however My DM is currently going though treatment, just before lockdown at her Pre-Op appointment the consultant/nurse asked her about it how many times she had given birth.

And then asked and can you remember when? I kid you not.

DM being polite as she is resisted the urge to say that no she had absolutely no idea when she gave birth to her children and just had 3 randomly show up at sometime in the past.

My dsis was in hospital. The doctor read her notes, and ask d why she’d had a liver transplant. Dsis explained that she had primary schlerosing cholangitis (which is admittedly, moderately obscure).

“Yes, but why did you have a transplant?”
“Er... my liver was failing.”
“But why a transplant?”
By this time dsis just wanted to answer that it seemed like a good idea at the time.

What makes you think she has cerebral palsy? (Locum gp that I asked if dd should have annual flu vaccine due to frequent chest infections from aspiration)
Me: oh um, maybe the 6 weeks in special care after brain injury, two years of physio,ot, slt, and... the consultant paediatrician and neurologist diagnosis that’s IN RED LETTERS ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN YOU ARE READING?
She did apologize.
Seriously lovely, I’m here to get advice about flu, not to have you question every specialist she’s seen in her entire life for years when you just met her twenty seconds ago.

After a detailed explanation to a patient re their upcoming day surgery ....’it will be done under a general anaesthetic’
‘That’s fine....do I have to come into hospital to have it done?’
Nah......we’ll come to you and do it on the kitchen table......

"I'm going on holiday"
"Ohh going anywhere nice"
"Nah, fed up with nice places, thought I would go somewhere shit for a change......."

In the years when photobooths were popular for passport photos, etc.

Me:"I'm going to get my photo done whilst I'm out"
Friend:"Can you get mine done too?"

Recently why can't dentists go back to work when the patient's could all wear masks?

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

To be honest OP that's a fair question now Poundland has gone rogue and prices things anywhere between 75p and £5

More than one GP: "what treatment are you hoping for today?" Erm you're the doctor you tell me

Whilst walking with my baby in a baby carrier "Did you know you've got a baby strapped to your front"

My husband throughout lockdown "Anything you fancy doing today?"

DD (age 6) is disabled and uses a wheelchair. I was asked if I had considered just standing her up and forcing her to walk. Because "children can be very manipulative sometimes"

sashh I can't imagine what her parents must have thought - but I saw how upsetting it was for her. It was really nasty the constant questioning about who her real parents were and if she was adopted/stolen (small, extremely prejudiced village in England). They left after a few years, not surprised.

gin I've had that for decades. At one point I was told I wanted to not be well because I enjoyed the attention too much (psychotherapist who decided the personal opinion of a psychiatrist outranked that of literally the only specialist consultant in the uk).

I still get told with a bit of effort, mindfullness and goal setting of a job and qualifications I'll get a life and not "need" to rely on being ill anymore.

Ehlers danlos syndrome (EDS) and dysautonomia, sadly, don't work like that.

torthecatlady
"How long is 5 minutes?" Dss (8) yesterday...hmm

Perfectly normal question for 8yo

Another one often asked if my twins were indeed twins!

"What's your special skill?" (I'm autistic)

"Err, well, I'm really good at pegging clothing out on the line"......no, I don't do algebra for fun"

My dad asked what a fact based drama was.

DD, who is nearly 9, just asked if I've had fun this afternoon.
I spebt the afternoon sorting all the accumulated crap on the desk and tidying the living room.

I'd like a ticket for the lottery on Friday.

A euromillions for Friday?

No, lottery for Friday.

Friday's draw is euromillions, Saturdays is lottery. Did you want a lottery for Saturday?

No, I want a lottery for Friday.

But there's no lottery draw on Friday, Friday is euro. Did you want a lottery for Saturday or a euro for friday?

I want a lottery for Friday.

This went on for about five minutes, then she finally decided on a ticket with much huffing that I "wouldn't" give her what she wanted. Then it turned out she was 50p short. She said I'll come back with the rest of the money, I said no worries I'll keep your ticket here til you come back

After spelling out my name - 'Are you sure that's how you spell it?', after 48 years I think I know.

Also, after saying my sisters' names are x, y and z - 'Oh, do you mean a, b and c?', NO!!

the ex, who once mused that horse riding must be dangerous for blind people.

i gently suggested that as long as the horse could see, it would probably be fine.

@Institutkarite I have been asked if my eyes are real aswell.
Very creepy, group outing in a swimming pool, aged 14, weird woman followed me around to ask me if my eyes were real. Insisted they must contact lenses. Were my eyelashes glued on 😱. Couldn't wait to get away from her.

'How many breasts does a chicken have? ' Genuine question I heard. Person thought there would be 4, because you can buy 4 in a pack.....

“Do they have the same Dad?” Random stranger when I was out with my twins.

“Do you want anything from the shop?” Whenever my DH does the shopping instead of me... just after I’ve handed him the sodding shopping list 😂

I’m a midwife and get asked on a fairly regular basis whether I would deliver my own baby.

I ordered a chip bap in the chippy today. ‘Is that with chips?’

My cousin came to visit me in hospital after I had my baby "does she have any teeth?" he asked me. Not long after her 1st birthday he asked me if she was at school yet . This is the guy who loves to look down on people who aren't as intelligent as him! He also has a child of his own so can't even be excused.