Ask A Stupid Question Day

Happy "Ask A Supid Question Day". Although this holiday was started by teachers to encourage students to ask questions "no matter how stupid they may seem", I feel like lots of people are celebrating it today outside of school. Then again, come to think of it, it seems like lots of people celebrate it every day.

Some really are stupid (I'm referring to the questions here, not the people who ask them). Classic examples include "What year did the War of 1812 start?" and "Is my skeleton inside or outside of my body?". Others are just plain funny, and the asking of them are in part what made comedians like George Carlin famous. My personal Carlin favorite: "What was the best thing BEFORE sliced bread?".

Many stupid questions are asked more often than we'd like to admit (like "Did that hurt"?). Here is a list of witty responses to some of them.

Did anyone ask you a stupid question today (and no, this question doesn't count)? Post away with today's best.

Time Waster: Reverse

This is amazingly challenging. I wish I could flip my monitor....[source]

Mini-math: Flash Mind Reader

So here's one for all you algebra 1 buffs / students. Why does this "Flash Mind Reader" work? After being wowed a couple of times (or not), try to find a pattern in the numbers you end up with then an explaination and proof to solve it.

I put a solution in the comments, if you want to see if you are right (or you're just lazy).

Time Waster: Bouncee Lady

Move the people holding the elastic for more bounce....[source]

Time Waster: Big Red Button

Found this through boston.com...[source]

Earworm: Unbreak My Heart....

Something we can all relate to are earworms: those song hooks, commercial jingles, and TV show theme songs that find their way into your brain and stay there, repeating over and over again and again and again and again....

Well, just in case you are currently earworm-free, this is for you...it's one of those identity theft commercials form Citi Bank. This one is so bad for me I've been mimicing parts of it now and then for days now (much to the chagrin of my coworkers).

100th Post, Matey

Avast! Ye be readin the long-overdue 100th post of this here blog. I ask ye, landlubbers, dogs and bilge rats, what better day for it than International "Talk Like Pirate" Day? Smartly, then, before we have yur lights and liver and make you kiss the gunner's daughter!

Be ye ready to taste some pirate humor, bucko? Aye, such things exist, so splice the mainbrace with a grog or a clap of thunder and go to TooMuchTaxi to lay yur deadlights on one of the funnier skits in recent SNL history. Saaaaaaaaarsgaaaaaaaard!!!!!!

Whether ye are a salty sea dog or just now on the account, me hearties, let up the ol' Jolly Roger today an' let people hear ye say:

YAAAAAAARRRRRRR!!!