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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Schnell! SchnellA colleague and I were in Germany on business sat in the rear of a car being driven to our hotel. I could see she was getting a bit edgy at the speedo reading over 240kph. I told her that if she said 'schnell' to the driver, he'd slow down a little. The driver heard me and twigged what I was up to, and when she started saying "Schnell! Schnell!" he floored it, and she went mad, saying "No- schnell! Not faster, schnell!"
The driver, the other passengers and me were laughing and suddenly the penny dropped. After a round of "bastards" aimed at me, I asked her what on earth she thought she was saying.
"Well, 'schnell' sounds like 'snail' so I thought it made sense."
Priceless. She's a trainee solicitor now.
(, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 20:57, 4 replies)
Wow, that's incredibly condescending. No click for you
(, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 22:31, closed)
The Italians use the word "caldo" to mean hot. Even marginally sane people might get confused with that one.
(, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 23:49, closed)
so your taxi was going approximately 150 miles per hour was it?(
Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 18:42,
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