People say: ‘This is the dumbest question I've ever heard’

In the past, teachers used to say that there are no stupid questions, but let's be honest: that's not true. Those teachers are just lying. You really can't convince me that no teacher has ever thought: good grief, what a silly question this is. Stupid questions do exist, but I personally advocate not letting that stop you from asking any questions you want.

I myself am quite gullible and you can almost convince me of anything. And yes, that does lead to some stupid questions sometimes. But that's not something strange, right? It happens quite often, at least. For example, on Reddit, the question was asked: ‘Even though there are no dumb questions, what is the dumbest question you’ve ever been asked?’ There were certainly about 4.7K responses to it, so we can say that we all regularly deal with stupid questions. I've of course compiled the funniest ones for you.

1. ‘When I was a tourist in the Colosseum in Rome, I heard an adult ask: ‘Is this where Jesus fought with lions?’

2. ‘I work in IT... Where should I start?
Someone once asked: ‘There's an error message on my screen that says I need to restart and update the computer, what should I do now?’

3. ‘Where does wood come from?‘ This person was 19 years old.’

4. ‘When I was taking an IT class, there was seriously a guy who emailed me asking what my email address was.’

5. ‘A girl took my skateboard, stood on it, and asked: ‘Why doesn't it ride?’

6. ‘An intern once asked me what a battery was after someone asked her to hand over two batteries.’

7. ‘Have you also been to Chinatown?‘ after I told a friend that I was on a business trip to China.’

8. ‘I have identical twins. ‘When you look in the mirror, do you think you're looking at [my sister's name]?’

9. ‘Is the iced latte hot?‘ I thought she was joking and laughed. Then she complained to my manager.’

10. ‘What is that yellow stuff?‘ Fire. It was fire.’

11. ‘Why don't they adjust it so that New Year's Eve always falls on a Monday?’

12. ‘What is your African name?‘ after I told someone that my family is from Jamaica.’

13. ‘A bartender I had to train: ‘Is there vodka in a baco?’