I misread this question as 'puce ignorance' at first
But why take the piss out of people for not being aware of the colour between red and purple?

Anyway, two examples of stupidity;

1: A Schoolfriend of mine once came out with a gem in a history class- "If blacks were discriminated against in 60's America, why was Neil Armstrong allowed to be the first man to land on the moon?" Turns out that he was convinced that Neil and Louis Armstrong were brothers...

2: The obligatory stupid American tourist one.

American tourist 1 (outside King's College Cambridge, looking at a sign saying 'King's College' with his guidebook open at the Cambridge page with a large labelled picture of King's college): "Where's this then?"

American Tourist 2: "Must be King's College College I guess"

American Tourist 1: "Wow... looks like it must be 100 years old or something"

(I resisted the tempation to butt in and tell them that my college is actually three times older then their country)

Gah. They must have been Red Staters I suppose.
( Shrub Rocketeer is a twisted emotional husk, Thu 13 Jan 2005, 17:20, Reply)