Idiot Sightings!

[Nanoose]

IDIOT SIGHTING: We had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears
repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a
"large" enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and said
that we had the largest one Sears made at that time a
1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4
horsepower." I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, "NO,
it's not." Four is larger than two." We haven't used Sears repair since.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new
neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the
removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road. The reason: "Too many
deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place
for them to be crossing anymore."
From Kingman, KS.
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IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and
ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal
lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce. He
was a Chef? Yep... From Kansas City!
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IDIOT SIGHTING: I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an
airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without
your knowledge?"
To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?"
He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask."

Happened in Birmingham, Ala.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when its safe to
cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged
coworker of mine. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I
explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.
Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing
driving?!" She was a probation officer in Wichita , KS.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker. She
was leaving the company due to "downsizing." Our manager commented
cheerfully, "This is fun. We should do this more often." Not another
word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that
deer-in-the-headlights stare. This was a lunch at Texas Instruments.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged her power strip
back into itself and for the sake of her life, couldn't understand why
her system would not turn on. A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs
office, no less.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile
dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in
it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working
feverishly to unlock the drivers side door. As I watched from the
passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered
that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "its open!"
His reply, "I know. I already got that side." This was at the Ford
dealership in Canton, Mississippi!

[Phillip Allen]

I just called my daughter and made her listen to them all over the phone...WHAT FUN!

[Nanoose]

hehehehehehehe :D :D :D

[Robbie 2]

Really good

[glenallen]

Dangit, Nanoose, you disappoint me!
Are you saying that God makes self-righteous, holier-than-thou people on the one hand and Idiots on the other hand? All His Creations?

How do you manage to tell them apart?
How does God?
You may want to delete this thread to save your credibility!

[Nanoose]

God has no trouble, ga.

All in the understanding, ga. The deer crossing kind of says it all....understanding....POV....kinda like SamF, wouldn't you say?! :eek: :D

Reminds me of our daughter. One of us said something about Mick Jager, and she asked "What's his first name?" (she had, for years, heard his name as McJager! :)) POV. :D :D :D

[Don Kurylko]

Yeah, there was a school teacher here in Nelson (Canadian but of Japanese decent) that everyone called Tom O’naka. I couldn’t quite figure out the Irish connection until one day I saw his name in the newspaper – it was spelled Tomo Naka. Duh! :rolleyes:

[Rick Starr]

Being the son of a geneaologist I was particularly embarrassed when I caught myself asking who Hank Williams Jr.'s father was. In my defense, I know absolutely nothing about country music, I had come into the middle of a conversation, and here in the islands every male child can be known as "junior" (or "Junie") regardless of whether the name is the same or not, which it usually isn't.

We all make silly mistakes like that though very few of us are idiots, and we are all grateful when no one is around to take them out of context and perpetuate them. Still, if deriding others for that sort of thing makes you feel better about yourself, then whoopee for you.

[George Jung]

Just another POV - but don't you think it's even useful if we can laugh at ourselves? Shouldn't take life so seriously - not gonna get alive anyway...

[rbgarr]

He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4
horsepower." I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, "NO, it's not." Four is larger than two."

Appropriate reply:

"You sound tired. Let's take a break.
You want some apple pie? I'll eat half and you can have a quarter."

(Now how do you like them apples?)

[Mrleft8]

Reminds me of a woman I heard talking to another woman at the store a few years back....They were looking at a shelf full of various shampoos..... "'For oily hair' it says! How stupid! Who'd purposefully use a shampoo that'd give them oily hair?".....I just kept on walking....