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Sandettie 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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Finally- I remembered this one.
This was in a G.C.S.E. exam (geography). My friend M and I were not really 'into' school, particularly when it came to geography.
One of the questions was "Name one of the principal uses of iceburgs."

His answer, in all seriousness, was....





Ice cubes.
(I helped save b3ta! Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 14:35, 14 replies)
I was hoping for
"Salads" or similar
(bill, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 14:45, closed)
No...
That'd be 'iceberg'

/pedant
(I helped save b3ta! snee held his breath since, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 14:53, closed)
It's "iceberg" in both cases
Both for the massive blocks of ice which float in the oceans, and for the type of lettuce.

The original poster spelled it wrongly.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 21:38, closed)
I suppose an ice-burg
would be a very cold scandinavian town.
(I helped save b3ta! disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 25 Mar 2010, 7:17, closed)
Thanks,
*note to self*...
(I helped save b3ta! Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:24, closed)
I hadn't thought of that one!
At least it would have made some sense.
(I helped save b3ta! Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 15:05, closed)
there are other uses

(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 15:23, closed)
Yeah,
but that's not a party size iceburg.
(I helped save b3ta! Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 15:35, closed)
Hmm
I'm in my final year of a Geography degree, and all I can think of is places for polar bears/penguins to live! What is the answer? Keeps the sea level down? Getting rid of annoying actors?
(deadly_sinners, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 16:04, closed)
they don't have any uses. It was never a question, GCSE or otherwise.
as per, this appears to be a made-up story for the purposes of a gag. Although, this one's not too bad.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 16:10, closed)
I couldn't think of an answer either.
However, I can confirm it was a genuine question set by my geography teacher at school. It may have been embellishment in that it was a GCSE preparation question, not one set by a board.
So there.
(I helped save b3ta! Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 17:12, closed)
then your geography teacher is on drugs.
probably massive ones
;)
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 10:16, closed)
Well I usually use them
for sinking ocean going liners. Tricky, but not impossible.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 17:16, closed)
especially
without any means of control
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:28, closed)

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