What stupid questions have you been asked or overheard?

[TheTecknician]

During a training session when I worked in the motor insurance business, someone enquired if 'registration' and 'registration mark' were the same thing. The trainer's disdainful expression was a corker. In fairness to our enquirer, he has come a long way and is now MD of a large commercial insurance broker.

I think one daft question we will all have heard at some time or other is,

'Excuse me, do you have the right time?'
'No, but I have the wrong time if that's any use.'

There’s a scene in Brides of Christ where the girls at a convent school are given a lesson on sex, and invited to leave questions in a box. Sister Agnes storms in, demanding to know who left these questions:
Does the Holy Father get erections?
If a boy ejaculates in the swimming pool, might I get pregnant?

The last one is not a silly question at all, to someone not just finding this out.

I think you can get your calls diverted though? I’ve definitely seen this for small trades people who use a landline as it’s seen as more trustworthy but they can then get their calls whilst out.

This is a great question, not stupid at all. The stomach has a protective lining for exactly that reason. Damage to this lining is the reason we get ulcers. I hope someone explained, it's interesting!

Goodness me, South Africa certainly sounds exciting in their version, do you secretly wish they were right?

“Would you like cream with that?” when I ordered a soy milk hot choc.

Interestingly, they do look similar, especially in hotter countries. Hence the biblical saying about sorting the sheep from the goats

I don't think that's a stupid question. Not everyone who orders an alternative to cow's milk has intolerance or allergies.

Ours wouldn’t work in a power cut as the pumps to get the water up 7 floors required electricity

I was once asked by an English teenager if we had X factor in Scotland.

Someone I worked with a long time ago asked me where pasta came from, I think they thought it grew somewhere as actual pasta, baffled.

Recently I arranged to collect something from a seller on marketplace. They messaged to ask if I needed their address. Then didn’t send it when I asked twice. They seemed surprised at first that I didn’t turn up they then realised…

@Sundazie

Maybe they had seen this!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti-tree_hoax