What's the most ridiculous question you've been asked?

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NC for this.

Have you been asked a stupid question that has an obvious answer?

My husband and I are a white couple and have three black foster children (who we adore).

They have lived with us for many years and call us mum and dad.

When we were on holiday, there was a couple in the hotel who would always say hello when we saw them around.

On their last night the wife said "I've been wanting to ask you ... do the children realise you are not their real mum and dad"?

Rather than get upset, the kids and I just laughed about them afterwards!

At a restaurant and requested that I swap fries for salad, as I don't eat carbs. The waitress asked if I'd like a baked potatoe instead of fries 🤣

After having DS I went to the canteen for some food. The lady in front of me asked if there were any vegetarian meals left.

Lady behind the counter has a look & says 'sorry, no. I've got a halal lamb curry if that's any good?'

@strugglingwithlife Liverpool Museum. Now called Liverpool World Museum. But I know the museum you mentioned and loved it

Similar to another pp. my son maybe 12 years ago. I said we didn't have computers when I was his age. He said "I'd hate to have been born when you were alive" 🤣

@itstrue

My DD was 2 and that day I had dressed her in a black dress with coloured butterflies on it. She didn't have much hair but I had used a clip to get her fringe out of her eyes.

A woman got out of her car as I was walking past and asked me if she was a boy or a girl.

I said cheerily girl

Then she started arguing with me that my child wasn't actually a girl but instead was a boy.

You think I would know

But her car door and her body was blocking my way so I couldn't get past her! She went on for ages before storming off!

I once called into work to say my cat was giving birth so I wasn't coming in that day. The next day everyone was asking about the cat & her kittens. One guy asked what colour my cat was & when I said ginger & white, he told me ginger cats are always male.

We argued the toss for some time but he wouldn't give in, so finally I looked him in the eye & said with a sigh, "OK, you win, it's a tomcat. It's a tomcat who's just given birth to three kittens."

An ex boyfriend who had graduated university with biology being one of his majors asked me how I peed with a tampon in 😳😂

When I worked as hotel receptionist and someone phoned asking for a discount as they were having a colonoscopy at a nearby hospital the following day and needed a hotel room in order to have a good clear out of their bowels..... 😩

My ds at 6. Following a hearse he starts a conversation about where you go when you die. (He wanted to know where they were taking the coffin)

I gave an age appropriate explanation of cremation or burial.

So he asked "so basically when I'm dead I can be set on fire or put underground and walked on everyday?"

Actually - I'm not sure that's a stupid question at all 🤣

How to get the red out of a red cabbage.

Are you naturally that tall? (I’m 6ft).

🙄🙄🙄

Lady behind the counter has a look & says 'sorry, no. I've got a halal lamb curry if that's any good?'

In fairness I know a few people who eat a halal diet who opt for vegetarian food in cafes etc. where they can't be sure whether the meat options are halal.

Interview question: "So tell me how you'd go about...stuff"

@Bluenotgreenmilk

Dd-what are chicken nuggets made out of? Me-beef Did-REALLY?I didn’t know that!

Ds-do I have two livers?
Where’s my arm? (Looked amazed when I pointed to it)
Mum,who are gods parents?
Can goldfish breathe on land?

My dad-for context I’m his only daughter
Me-(on the phone to him) dad!it’s your favourite daughter!
Dad-which one?
Well unless you’ve got kids nobody else knows about,it’s me!

I used to phone my mother and announce myself as her favourite daughter. She always replied with 'but you're my only daughter', to which I'd reply 'yes, but I'm still your favourite, aren't I?' She never liked to argue with me . . .

@DoubleEx

A friend of mine has boy/girl twins and she is always being asked if they’re identical.

I've lost count of how often I've been asked this - my twin is male and I am female.

@BlankTimes

All the people who ask are girl/boy twins identical.

Yes, it's obviously a daft question, but I think what people are meaning to ask but phrase wrongly, is 'Do the twins look alike?'

Anyone who doesn't have twins in their family or social circle, rightly or wrongly 'knows' there are two types of twins, ones that look like each other, that they think are called identical twins, and ones that don't.

I think 'identical' is just an automatic word association brains make when they hear 'twin', and the question pops out before they can stop it 😄

People don't think me and mine even look related, but I've had some stare at the 6inch height difference, totally opposite colouring etc, confused at how we can possibly be twins.... And then still ask if we're identical!

@SquirryTheSquirrel - that's fair, but a veggie is never going to want halal meat

@MistyFrequencies haha!

Someone once rang my work place, I said hello **' speaking, can I help?
Oh, did your mother give you that name or do you call yourself that?
'eerrr, yes '
That's unusual!
It was not, think along the lines of Scarlett ebony, lola, saffie lol

[quote iklboo]@SquirryTheSquirrel - that's fair, but a veggie is never going to want halal meat [/quote]
No, but it's the sort of over-think I'd do, and forget to fill in the gap between my brain's reasoning (she might be asking for veggie because she's a halal eater) and what I was saying to the customer.

This was me and in my defence I was high on drugs for egg retrieval asking the nurse holding my hand:

“And what do you do?”

Regarding my boy/girl twins (their genders were obvious from their appearance and clothes).
“Are they identical?”

I used to regularly get asked for directions to Waterloo bridge…whilst walking across Waterloo bridge.

Dh is an amputee. A colleague once asked me if he had lost the bottom OR the top of his leg.

After a big night out, I was trying to work out which taxi was the one I'd ordered to take me home. I asked one driver 'are you me?' he said 'no, you're you. I'm me.' 😄

@crayray

After a big night out, I was trying to work out which taxi was the one I'd ordered to take me home. I asked one driver 'are you me?' he said 'no, you're you. I'm me.' 😄

That made me chuckle!

(worked on a cruise ship)

Do the crew go home after each shift?
Do these stairs go up or down?
What time is the midnight buffet?
Can we rearrange the northern lights tour for a couple months time?
Does this lift go to the front or the back of the ship?
Can you ask the captain to sail around the waves?
Why don't you have pool tables available when we're at sea?

Must be something about twins!

I have non identical twin boys. They're very different in loooks One is a chunky big boy, and the other is much smaller. I used to constantly get stopped when they were in their twin pram by people who would ask their age etc. When I'd say they were twins, people would look really puzzled an immediately ask what the age difference was?

Er - two minutes.