Who Says There Are No Stupid Questions?

Townhall.com ^ | 9/16/05 | Mike Adams

[somemoreequalthanothers]

Is this the proverbial "question that cancels itself out"?

[beyond the sea]

"Indeed, the self-esteem movement in education has done little more than to keep the jackass from knowing he is a jackass. That is why the jackass seldom keeps his thoughts to himself." ---

LOL!

[beyond the sea]

LOL.................

[RightWhale]

The War on Poverty is over 125 years old. LBJ used the name for his famous program that finally eliminated poverty.

[Andy from Beaverton]

During January 17, 1993 pre-Inaugural tour of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, shown live by C-SPAN, Al Gore asks of busts of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Marquis de Lafayette: "Who are these people?" Also along on the tour: wife Tipper as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton

[Paleo Conservative]

And then there was the student who asked me why all the crime victimization surveys seemed to lack good data on murder victimization experiences. As delicately as I could, I reminded the student that murder victims can't fill out surveys. At least they cannot fill them out as well as they could when they were actually living.

[facedown]

What a great piece!

In others words, does the state give money to repay innocent people who went to the gas chamber. “Sure,” I replied. “And most of them spend the money at Grateful Dead concerts.”

[msnimje]

Indeed, the self-esteem movement in education has done little more than to keep the jackass from knowing he is a jackass. That is why the jackass seldom keeps his thoughts to himself.

I have been totally baffled at the comments of people like Cindy Sheehan, Michael Moore, TROLLS on this board etc. This comment makes it perfectly clear!
BRILLIANT

[Phsstpok]

I'm in IT and can testify to the existence of stupid questions (and users).

I've gotten the following question three times in the last 20 years:

"which one is the 'any key?'"

As in "press any key to continue."

My usual answer was "step away from the keyboard and keep your hands where I can see them."

But this student's question tops that by an order of magnitude.

[Ichneumon]

Is this the proverbial "question that cancels itself out"?

Mu.

[beyond the sea]

LOL......... I remember.

[qam1]

My possible stupid question is why in this piece (In the Link) are all the apostrophes and quotations replaced with question marks?

[beyond the sea]

There are no stupid questions

Oh yeh?

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Since there is a speed of light and a speed of sound, is there a speed of smell?

What are imitation rhinestones?

What do chickens think we taste like?

What do they call a French kiss in France?

What happens if you get scared half to death, ...twice?

[Ichneumon]

Who Says There Are No Stupid Questions?

In her book, "And So It Goes: Adventures in Television", Linda Ellerbee describes the stupidest question she ever heard a reporter ask.

A window washing scaffold had fallen off a tall building, crashing into the street below and killing the two window washers who had been on it. A crowd was gathered around the scene, and a reporter had the following exchange with a bystander:

Reporter: How did you feel when you saw the scaffolding fall?
Bystander: I wasn't here when it happened, I arrived afterwards.
Reporter: Well if you had been here when it happened, how would you have felt?

[beyond the sea]

Adams is one funny guy. He drives the libs nuts down in Carolina.

[beyond the sea]

I've gotten the following question three times in the last 20 years: ---- "which one is the 'any key?'"

ROFL.......... that's beautiful.