Posted on 09/28/2007 6:37:54 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
Ask A Stupid Question Day
Today is Ask a Stupid Question Day. It's your opportunity to speak up, and to ask all those questions you were afraid to ask. All those questions that you thought were too stupid or dumb to ask, have been piling up all year long. Today is the day to unload them. C'mon give it a try. Nobody will laugh......we hope.
This may be a stupid question, but I will ask it anyway...... Teachers and Employers say there is no such thing as a stupid question. Or, that no question is too stupid to ask. If this is true, then why do your classmates or co-workers laugh when you ask a question? Yes, people can be cruel. But, if you have a question, there's no better place to ask, than in the classroom or from your supervisor.
Today's Quote: "Stupid is as stupid does". Forrest Gump
Movie of the Day: "Dumb and Dumber"
Other "Stupid" stuff:
Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.
This might sound stupid, but......
Do you think I'm stupid enough to fall for that (duh!) ?
Seen on a T-shirt "I'm with Stupid". Well, if that's true, how smart are you?
According to holidayinsights.com, "the roots of this special day goes back to the 1980's. At the time, there was a movement by teachers to try to get kids to ask more questions in the classroom."
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
It’s been posted somewhere before, but there is so much truth in this......
A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office. After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone.
He said, “Your husband is suffering from a very severe disease, combined with horrible stress. If you don’t do the following, your husband will surely DIE!!!”
“Each morning fix him a healthy breakfast. Be pleasant and make sure he’s in a good mood.
For lunch make him a nutritious meal he can take to work. And for dinner prepare an especially nice meal for him.
Don’t burden him with chores, as this could further his stress. Don’t discuss your problems with him it will only make his stress worse.
Try to relax your husband in the evening by wearing lingerie and giving him plenty of back rubs.
Encourage him to watch some type of sporting event on T.V. And most importantly make love with your husband several times a week, and satisfy his every whim.”
“If you can do this for 10 months to a year, I think your husband will regain his health completely.”
On the way home the husband asked his wife, “What did the doctor say?”
She replied, “He said you’re gonna die.”
HA!! HA!! I got that in an email this past week. That is so true, but a shame at the same time.
Rodney sat in his attorney’s office. “Do you want the bad news first or
the terrible news?” the lawyer said.
“Give me the bad news first.”
“Your wife found a picture worth a half-million dollars.”
“That’s the bad news?” asked Rodney incredulously. “I can’t wait to hear
the terrible news.”
“It’s of you screwing your mistress.”
I’m more sickened that there are people that STOOPID in this country...that will vote for her.
“I’ll just give this a lick and a promise”, my mother said as she quickly mopped up a spill on the floor without moving any of the furniture.
“What is that supposed to mean”, I asked as in my young mind I envisioned someone licking the floor with his or her tongue. “It means that I’m in a hurry and I’m busy canning tomatoes so I am going to just give it a lick with the mop and promise to come back and do the job right later.
“A lick and a promise” was just one of the many old phrases that I remember my mother, grandmother, and others using that they probably heard from the generations before them. With the passing of time, many old phrases become obsolete or even disappear.This is unfortunate because some of them are very appropriate and humorous. Here is a list that I came up with that I remember my parents and grandparents using that we don’t hear much anymore. Perhaps you have some memorable old phrases of your own that you could add to the list:
A Bone to Pick (Someone who wants to discuss a disagreement.)
An Axe to Grind (Someone who has a hidden motive. This phrase is said to have originated from Benjamin Franklin who told a story about a devious man who asked how a grinding wheel worked. He ended up walking away with his axe sharpened free of charge.)
A bad apple spoils the whole barrel (One corrupt person can cause all the others to go bad if you don’t remove the bad one.)
At sea (Lost or not understanding something.)
Bad Egg (Someone who was not a good person.)
Barking at a knot (Your efforts were as useless as a dog barking at a knot.)
Bee in your bonnet (To have an idea that won’t let loose.)
Been through the mill (Had a rough time of it.)
Between hay and grass (Not a child or an adult.)
Blinky (Between sweet and sour.as in milk.)
Calaboose (A jail.)
Kittywampus (Something that sits crooked such as a piece of furniture sitting at an angle.)
Dicker (To barter or trade.)
Feather In Your Cap (To accomplish a goal. This came from years ago in wartime when warriors might receive a feather they would put in their cap for defeating an enemy.)
Hold your horses (Be patient!)
I reckon (I suppose.)
Jawing (Talking or arguing.)
Kit and caboodle (The whole thing.)
Madder than an old wet hen (Really angry.)
Needs taken down a notch or two (Like notches in a belt. Usually a young person who thinks too highly of himself and needs a lesson.)
No Spring Chicken (Not young anymore.)
Persnickety (Overly particular or snobbish.)
Pert-near (Short for pretty near.)
Pretty is as pretty does (Your actions are more important than your looks.)
Scalawag (A rascal or unprincipled person.)
Scarce as hen’s teeth (Something difficult to obtain.)
Skedaddle (Get out of here quickly.)
Sparking (A courting.)
Straight From the Horse’s Mouth (Privileged information from the one concerned.)
Stringing around, gallivanting around, or piddling (Not doing anything of value.)
Sunday go to meetin’ dress (The best dress you had.)
We wash up real fine (Is another goodie....)
Tie the Knot (To get married.)
Too many irons in the fire (To be involved in too many things.)
Tuckered out (Tired and all worn out.)
Under the weather (Not feeling well.this term came from going below deck on ships due to sea sickness thus you go below or under the weather.)
Wearing your “best bib and tucker” (Being all dressed up.)
You ain’t the only duck in the pond (It’s not all about you.)
Well, if you hold your horses, I reckon I’ll get this whole kit and caboodle done and sent off to you. Please don’t be too persnickety and get a bee in your bonnet because I’ve been pretty tuckered out and at sea lately because I’m no spring chicken. I haven’t been just stringin’ around and I know I’m not the only duck in the pond, but I do have too many irons in the fire. I might just be barking at a knot, but I have tried to give this more than just a lick and a promise.
For the convenience of those who use the 'braille' lane markers on our highways?
Here’s one I did.
I was on a flight and had my laptop out. On the lap top I was doing one of those Learn Spanish on CD lessons.
The stewardess looked over my shoulder and said, “Learning Spanish?”
I responded, “Nope, bought this computer in Mexico and it’s the only language it speaks.”
Here’s your sign.
Does a pound of coffee beans weigh a pound after they are grounded? How about paper after it is shredded?
True story. A man walked into a laundry mat and started loading his clothes into the dryer. He thought it was the washer.
What color does a smurf turn when it is choking?
Here’s one that I did.
I hadn’t been dating my husband for long when we went to a neighborhood Italian restaurant. We’d been out all day and hadn’t eaten so we were pretty hungry. When we sat down the waitress said “Would you like menus?” So I said, “No, we’ll just eat the placemats.”
Hubby was embare-assed. I didn’t care, it was a STOO-PIT question!!
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