Not really ignorance, more stupidity
More a brake in the brain to mouth cycle...
An intelligent, well educated and responsible friend of mine once wanted to catch a train from Manchester to see a mate down in Bristol. Not having a timetable handy he decided to ring the enquiry line. Between dialling the number and the phone being answered he seemed to loose his mind as he was overheard asking "Have you got any trains?”

I took a girl I had been trying to get together with for some months to see my parents, on walking in the kitchen he first observation to my mother was "I see you have one of those George Formby grills". It never did work out so at least the gene pool is safe for now.

Apologies for the length
(tufty the chav slayer, Sun 9 Jan 2005, 8:27, Reply)