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People can be so stupid at times. Sometimes, we say or do stupid things, which would make even a donkey laugh out loud. However, there are certain situations where you tend to ignore them. For example, you would just ignore a stupid question from someone when you know that the person is perhaps sad about something, and not in the right state of mind.

But it’s really irritating sometimes, when people ask stupid questions, whose answer they already know. The best example for this is when your phone rings, and the other person confirms first that it’s actually you who answered. Of course, there are exceptions, but then, at times it’s just so obvious that nobody else other than you could possibly answer the phone.

There was a guy, whose name I prefer not to mention. I had this habit of reading newspapers few years back. Whenever he walked into my room, and saw me reading the newspaper, we would go like this:

And it happened almost every time he saw me reading either the newspaper, a book or even listening to the radio. I mean, isn’t this stupid? I could understand that he wanted to break the ice someway or the other, but didn’t he have any another ice-breakers?

Perhaps this: “Oh, you are reading the newspaper! Did you see this article today?”

I would at-least not wonder if he was “BLIND”.

There are other stupid questions as well. And the more frequently used one is:


Why do you like Ice cream so much? (Or anything else which I like/love)
It’s not that I haven’t tried explaining them. For example, a typical response to such a question would probably be something like: “Well, it’s cold, it’s sweet, and it comes in a variety of flavors”.

But then, how do I respond to questions like: 
1. Why do you like cricket?
2. Why do you not like tennis?
3. Why do you have a Citibank credit card?
4. Why are you wearing a black shirt on such a warm day?
5. Wassup?

Ah!!! The last one is one of those, which I answer with a “NOTHING – Nothing at ALL“.