So I had my mates over for drinks, and one of them showed me this blog entry and we all unanimously decided we wanted to be friends with the author. And this led to the fun drinking game, Dumbass Questions People Ask You.
1. Encountered in Ireland: "Where do Africans hide their tails when they're wearing pants?"
2. From an Australian guy who has travelled in India: "Do you Indians talk to each other in Indian?"
3. Same guy: "Are Indian people smarter than us, or is it just the smarter Indian people that get to come to our country?"
4. "Do people in Borneo live in trees? Is it true that they're cannibals?"
5. "You're gay, does that mean you want to be a woman?" also "You're gay, right, so if you got a boyfriend would you be the girl or the boy?"
Of course (dis)honourable mention for the rhetorical: "Why are all the cute guys gay? It's such a waste."
5. Apparently this is a very common one. Guy at a bar whose advances were rejected by a friend: "Oh, so are you a lesbian?"
6. "Why do feminists hate men?" immediately followed by: "Why does that girl dress like that, with her breasts hanging out of her top? Not sayin' she's asking for it or anything but..."
7. From the receptionist at the Malaysian firm I temped at, on the first day at work: "Why are you so black?"
This is an expanding list, of course.
1. Encountered in Ireland: "Where do Africans hide their tails when they're wearing pants?"
2. From an Australian guy who has travelled in India: "Do you Indians talk to each other in Indian?"
3. Same guy: "Are Indian people smarter than us, or is it just the smarter Indian people that get to come to our country?"
4. "Do people in Borneo live in trees? Is it true that they're cannibals?"
5. "You're gay, does that mean you want to be a woman?" also "You're gay, right, so if you got a boyfriend would you be the girl or the boy?"
Of course (dis)honourable mention for the rhetorical: "Why are all the cute guys gay? It's such a waste."
5. Apparently this is a very common one. Guy at a bar whose advances were rejected by a friend: "Oh, so are you a lesbian?"
6. "Why do feminists hate men?" immediately followed by: "Why does that girl dress like that, with her breasts hanging out of her top? Not sayin' she's asking for it or anything but..."
7. From the receptionist at the Malaysian firm I temped at, on the first day at work: "Why are you so black?"
This is an expanding list, of course.
