What are the most ridiculous things you’ve heard a grown adult say? (Lighthearted)

[MyTrivia]

‘Can dead people inherit money?’

‘If you put disposable nappies in the bin without removing the poo, they decompose’

DD when she was about 8 refused to believe a penguin was a bird, and insisted for about 6 months that it was a fish.

"I'm actually of Welsh origin because my grandfather was born in Oxford." 😳

The most ridiculous thing I have heard a grown adult say?

'Am I being unreasonable to hope the Greens do very well today?'

😂

Joking (half joking!) 😆

I don't get it.

Can you put a pooy nappy in the recycling bin?

no mil, no you cannot.

Being born in oxford quite clearly doesnt make you welsh.

I know that, but why on earth would anyone think that? Surely no-one is that daft/clueless?!

Presumably the person who said it thought that Oxford was in Wales?!

OP did ask for ridiculous things that people have said... and that arguably isn't even the most ridiculous!

Fair enough.

The identical twin thing is surprisingly common!

MIL (about teenage DS and DD1): DS and DD1 look so alike they could be twins!
Me: Actually, fraternal twins are no more alike than any other brother and sister
MIL: No, they could actually be identical twins!

Apart from all the other obvious, DS was about 7 inches taller!

And another...

Friend: Was that your mum I saw you with in town?
Me: No, my step mum
Friend: Aah, yes, I could see there was a family resemblance!

She is
We all sit back and watch her go lol
We call them sophieisms
I mean her siblings can be exactly the same but she comes out with the most

Shes intelligent but takes after her grandad in the 'comes out with daft things'

My boss who ran a dairy farm told me about a male visitor they had to the farm. He asked 'at what age do the cows start giving milk?'

I hope he replied along the lines of - mummy cow and daddy bull love each other very much..,

tbh it’s the kind if clumsy thing I might ask when I meant how old are the cows when first calve.

@MyTrivia Thanks for this thread, I’m not feeling well and it’s kept me entertained

@ruethewhirl

'Do you have a dormitory mistress?' and 'Are there parents' evenings?' - my grandma just after I started at uni. No, gran, it's not First Term At Malory Towers. Bless.'

This has made my day ☺️

My ex husband’s current wife, “ I hear you went to Italy for your holidays, is that in Spain?” She’s 60’s

I was in a cab going from the airport to Disney World, Florida in 1999. Cab driver did the usual ‘here from England how you finding it?’ etc conversation. Then it look a turn.

Cab Driver: ‘Do you have black people in England?’

Me: ‘Of course we do’

Cab Driver: ‘Are they slaves?’

Me: (mentally thinking WTAF) ‘……ummmm no, of course they aren’t!’

Then I had to explain about us getting rid of slavery long before the USA. He didn’t look convinced and I think he thought I was lying. Weirdest conversation ever!

Once briefly went to Slimming World and the consultant had some...unique... advice including:

• Eating protein is good for weight loss. Protein is found in the skins of things that's why peas, beans and meat all have protein, because they all have skin.
• When you are losing weight you will go to the toilet more than when you are not dieting. This is because the fat you are losing melts away and going to the toilet is how it gets out.

I once briefly went to swimming world too.

'Make sure you get weighed after your poo, before your shower with your hair down.'

Absolute gold 😂

Had a lady tell me she'd never move to Australia because it's full of Aboriginals 🙄

Ridiculous and horrible

Trying to explain to an American what a crumpet and an English muffin were, and how they differed from an American muffin.
"But I just don't get it! I just don't get it AT ALL!"
The concept of bakery products that did not exist on the shelves of a Californian supermarket was totally beyond her.

Remembered from 'Private Eye' annual in their "Worst quiz answers" section:

"Who was the leader of the miners union?"
"Margaret Thatcher"

Um....

Being asked if boy/girl twins are identical is extremely common in my experience! Even by doctors.

Someone on our local area facebook wanted to know at 10.30 this morning where she could vote (there are 4 local polling stations and she didn’t give her address) or had she had missed it!

I’d like to know the answer, too. (Only half joking.) Actually, I first learned the word “governor” from the story of William Tell, with the “cruel governor”, so at the age of six, government = cruel.

My friend was moaning that despite dieting all week she had not lost anything and was not looking forward to weighing in at her Slimming World session . She also said she was very constipatated . I jokingly said I'd you manage to go you might find you've lost a lb or two .
She looked at me with a quizzed look and seriously said they don't weigh anything !
Perhaps hers just float away in the air !