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<h2>&quot;There&#39;s no such thing as a dumb question,&quot; but some people might beg to differ...</h2><p>Sometimes as the hilariously idiotic words are leaving our lips, it&#39;s tempting to fantasize about ditching society and becoming a cave-dwelling hermit. So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8s9u3o/what_is_the_dumbest_question_someone_legitimately/" target="_blank">Reddit</a> user asked, &quot;What is the dumbest question someone legitimately asked you?&quot;</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>(Looking at her sandwich) What animal does turkey come from? - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/nighthawkcoupe/">nighthawkcoupe</a></p> </blockquote><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>If you had a heart transplant, would your memories go away? - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Doffy-Mingo/">Doffy-Mingo</a></p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>My own sister asked me how we were related to my grandparents - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/noahtherichman/">noahtherichman</a></p> </blockquote><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>Boss: &quot;Could you print out that file, scan it, and email it to me?&quot;</p> <p>Me: &quot;I could just email it to you.&quot;</p> <p>Boss: ... - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/-SkaffenAmtiskaw-/">-SkaffenAmtiskaw-</a></p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>In grade 10 science a girl argued vehemently with our teacher that zebras were a mythical creature, like a unicorn. After asking why they paint the stripes on the horses for the nature videos. I assure you, it was not a troll. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LOIL99/">LOIL99</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>One day one of my students said &ldquo;Ew, I have to work today.&rdquo; To which I replied, &ldquo;So do I.&rdquo; He looked at me and asked, honestly, &ldquo;Oh really? Where do you work?&rdquo; &ldquo;Here...I work here...right where I am standing. I don&rsquo;t do this as a service to your parents.&rdquo; - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BrainPainn/">BrainPainn</a></p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had someone ask me to find them a photo of thunder once. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/YouKnowYourCrazy/">YouKnowYourCrazy</a></p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>A coworker at the library was asked for aerial photos of the Colosseum in Rome. Before it was in ruins. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/enfanta/">enfanta</a></p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>As a cashier: &quot;Why is my ice cream cake melting!?&quot; <em>It was the summer and 100&deg;F outside, it was 80&deg;F inside - </em><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ef6697/">ef6697</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>My eyes are two different colors, and the question I&#39;m most often asked about them is , &quot;Did you know your eyes are two different colors?&quot; I&#39;m amused when someone asks me whether I see different colors out of each eye, or - even better - whether I &quot;see in 3D.&quot; - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MelilDeMolihua/">MelilDeMolihua</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>I used to be a cast member at a rennaisance faire, and we did fairly historic reenactment, right down to the wood burning oven at our village inn. I once had a grown man ask me if the fire in the fire pit was real, and what would happen if he stuck his hand in it. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/lebaneseblondechick/">lebaneseblondechick</a></p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was weighing a patient, and she asked me if it measured in Celsius. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jamochajon/">Jamochajon</a></p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>Someone asked me at work if this mirror was expired because it had a manufactured date on the back.... - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TrynUrLuck/">TrynUrLuck</a></p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>Had a customer ask if she could pay her bill over the phone. I asked what kind of credit card...cash. She wanted to pay cash over the phone. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/busykim/">busykim</a></p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>An American once asked me to say something in my &lsquo;native tongue.&#39; I&rsquo;m Australian. F*ck off you dopey c*nt. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Klymizz/">Klymizz</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>How long did it take you to drive from Australia - <em>to America</em>? I&#39;ve been asked this twice. I wish I could say I had a witty response, but my brain froze as it tried to compute the stupidity of the question. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ecodrew/">ecodrew</a></p> </blockquote><h2>17.</h2><blockquote> <p>A girl asked me if honey came from bears. I&rsquo;ll never forget it. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/GxRandy/">GxRandy</a></p> </blockquote><h2>18. </h2><blockquote> <p>About 25 years ago I was explaining time zones to a 20ish year old intern at a large scientific agency. She wasn&#39;t getting it, so I got an orange I brought for lunch and used it as the Earth.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Me: Ok, pretend this is the Earth. The sun only shines on one side, so it&#39;s day on approximately half at any given time. Now since the Earth rotates (as I spin the orange)...</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Intern: So wait. Hold on. So you&#39;re saying the Earth is round? I wish I was joking. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NittanyJim/">NittanyJim</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2> </h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

18 people share the absolute dumbest question they were ever genuinely asked.

&quot;There&#39;s no such thing as a dumb question,&quot; but some people might beg to differ...Sometimes as the hilariously idiotic words are leaving our lips, it&#39;s tempting to fantasize about ditching society and becoming a cave-dwelling hermit. So, when a Reddit user asked, &quot;What is the dumbest question someone legitimately asked you?&quot;1. (Looking at her sandwich) What animal does turkey come from? - nighthawkcoupe 2. If you had a heart transplant, would your memories go away? - Doffy-Mingo 3. My own sister asked me how we were related to my grandparents - noahtherichman 4. Boss: &quot;Could you print out that file, scan it, and email it to me?&quot; Me: &quot;I could just email it to you.&quot; Boss: ... - -SkaffenAmtiskaw- 5. In grade 10 science a girl argued vehemently with our teacher that zebras were a mythical creature, like a unicorn. After asking why they paint the stripes on the horses for the nature videos. I assure you, it was not a troll. - LOIL99 6. One day one of my students said &ldquo;Ew, I have to work today.&rdquo; To which I replied, &ldquo;So do I.&rdquo; He looked at me and asked, honestly, &ldquo;Oh really? Where do you work?&rdquo; &ldquo;Here...I work here...right where I am standing. I don&rsquo;t do this as a service to your parents.&rdquo; - BrainPainn 7. I had someone ask me to find them a photo of thunder once. - YouKnowYourCrazy 8. A coworker at the library was asked for aerial photos of the Colosseum in Rome. Before it was in ruins. - enfanta 9. As a cashier: &quot;Why is my ice cream cake melting!?&quot; It was the summer and 100&deg;F outside, it was 80&deg;F inside - ef6697 10. My eyes are two different colors, and the question I&#39;m most often asked about them is , &quot;Did you know your eyes are two different colors?&quot; I&#39;m amused when someone asks me whether I see different colors out of each eye, or - even better - whether I &quot;see in 3D.&quot; - MelilDeMolihua 11. I used to be a cast member at a rennaisance faire, and we did fairly historic reenactment, right down to the wood burning oven at our village inn. I once had a grown man ask me if the fire in the fire pit was real, and what would happen if he stuck his hand in it. - lebaneseblondechick 12. I was weighing a patient, and she asked me if it measured in Celsius. - Jamochajon 13. Someone asked me at work if this mirror was expired because it had a manufactured date on the back.... - TrynUrLuck 14. Had a customer ask if she could pay her bill over the phone. I asked what kind of credit card...cash. She wanted to pay cash over the phone. - busykim 15. An American once asked me to say something in my &lsquo;native tongue.&#39; I&rsquo;m Australian. F*ck off you dopey c*nt. - Klymizz 16. How long did it take you to drive from Australia - to America? I&#39;ve been asked this twice. I wish I could say I had a witty response, but my brain froze as it tried to compute the stupidity of the question. - ecodrew 17. A girl asked me if honey came from bears. I&rsquo;ll never forget it. - GxRandy 18.  About 25 years ago I was explaining time zones to a 20ish year old intern at a large scientific agency. She wasn&#39;t getting it, so I got an orange I brought for lunch and used it as the Earth.  Me: Ok, pretend this is the Earth. The sun only shines on one side, so it&#39;s day on approximately half at any given time. Now since the Earth rotates (as I spin the orange)...  Intern: So wait. Hold on. So you&#39;re saying the Earth is round? I wish I was joking. - NittanyJim  

&quot;There&#39;s no such thing as a dumb question,&quot; but some people might beg to differ...  Sometimes as the hilariously idiotic words are leaving our lips, it&#39;s tempting to fantasize about ditching society and becoming a...