Stories of unsurpassed brillianceThis "Week" The suggestion comes from Kroney who muses
"Whilst I was passing through Miami airport at the tender age of 21, I fancied a beer. "ID" said the charming Southerner behind the desk, so I got out my passport and showed it to her.
"You have to be 21," she said. Now this confused me slightly as I had been 21 for several months by this point and my date of birth was staring her in my face.
"I am 21," I replied helpfully "it says so there, look"
"You have to be 21", she said getting angry.
Cut a long story short, I argued, the manager came out, I argued with him before I finally realised that they weren't looking at the date of birth at all. They were looking at the date of *issue*
That would have made me an annoyingly precocious four year old. What examples of unsurpassed mental genius have you experienced?"""""""
(, Mon 21 Nov 2016, 9:24)
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This story would be notable in the UK.......but in the US, I understand that this sort of inability to grasp simple concepts is relatively commonplace - after all, look at who they think is suitable Presidential material.
But the writer of the story is lucky that the customer didn't get out his personal automatic firearm (that his daddy gave him when he was four years old) and blow him away - this is also commonplace in the United States of Trumpton, I believe.
(, Wed 23 Nov 2016, 20:54, 1 reply)
Nomore so than knife deaths in the rest of the world.(
CapnChkn I would rather be flying elephants., Thu 24 Nov 2016, 6:11,
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Ha!I'm afraid not.
(, Thu 24 Nov 2016, 7:34, closed)
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