Amazing displays of ignoranceSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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This is actually one of my favourite quotes everremember those little boxes of Smarties that used to be sold in multipacks (and still may be) and how they'd have a question on the side- generally about kid level of knowledge. Well the downside of going to university with a lot of fiendishly intelligent people, is that occasionally all common sense is lost.
I idly read out the question 'What is the name of a land with no water, beginning with D?'
A linguist friend bounced up. "Ooh I know this one. Germany!"
I stared at her in quiet disbelief. "Germany begins with a G not a D," I pointed out.
She shrugged. "Deutschland of course!"
Goes to show A-levels and university places definitely do not judge common sense. By the way the answer is desert. You know, just in case
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 19:47,
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