What is 'The Dumbest thing you've ever heard'?

[denem]

'That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard at Microsoft' was something Bill Gates told just about everyone working with him. Unfortunately Bill himself kept the dumbest thing at Microsoft: Steve Ballmer.

[meegbear]

1. So the dumbest thing you ever heard was the dumbest thing Steve Ballmer ever heard?

[denem]

4. Fixed.

Steve Ballmer has proved to be the dumbest thing at Microsoft

And Steve Ballmer has gone on to say some very stupid things- The 'IPhone won't sell' being one of them.

[denem]

5. Achy Breaky Heart

The more so because couldn't get it out of my head for weeks.

[charlie and algernon]

2. "If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college."

It's the kind of thing that when you hear it, your brain comes to a scrunching halt and the left side of the brain looks at the right side of the brain and says, "It's dark in here and we may die."

[csziggy]

6. That's the kind of thing I could have said!

But it's not as stupid as it sounds. In my case, the only reason I managed to stay out of trouble in high school was my parents bought me a horse - not so much to be generous but so they could blackmail me with it. "If your grades don't stay up, the horse gets sold!" "If we called by the principal again, the horse gets sold!" "If you don't do your chores, the horse gets sold!" Those were all ultimatums handed down on the trip home immediately after the purchase of my first horse.

I've said many times since, I sold my soul for that horse. It kept me from smoking pot in high school - because I knew if there was a suspicion that I had, the horse would be sold.

My parents convinced me that the only way I would be able to afford horses when I started working was to go to college - and they were willing to pay for four years of college, but not pay a dime once I turned eighteen. So not being stupid, I opted for four more years of support and a college education rather than trying to make a living with a high school diploma.

And I did it all for a horse - though I did not get to keep the horse I had when I graduated from high school. My parents were not willing to pay to send it to college or for four years of it sitting idle while I was gone.

[charlie and algernon]

8. Are you a female?

Perhaps you're the girl whom Lewis Black overheard. You could become famous as the girl behind Lewis Black's best known comedy routine!

[csziggy]

10. Yes, but it's been decades since I was a "girl"

But I would be honored to be the inspiration for a Lewis Black comedy routine!

[hamsterjill]

3. That George Bush was "elected" President of the United States

n/t

[Iggo]

7. College math, might have been physics (dude was in all my math classes):

"Hey Professor? I did it different and got a different answer."

[LeftinOH]

9. Regarding a Korean child adopted as an infant, when she was beginning to speak:

"Wow. she doesn't even have an accent!".

[RedCloud]

11. Job creator.

Give us the name and where they are hiring, not just generic wishful thinking crap.

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. In a theater when "Tora Tora Tora" was released (about the attack on Pearl Harbor)...

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[frogmarch]

13. my in-laws insisting that

the "right" in Religious Right means "correct/true."

[sarge43]

14. The dumbest thing I ever read: Find a better word for urine.

Back story: When the AF started the no notice pee in the cup drug testing, my section (the garbage bin of the personnel shop) got the job of sending the info to the squadron commanders. So I draft up the cover letter and ran it up to Them What Be In Charge. Back it comes with a DD Form 95 (glorified post it note) attached with the dumbest thing I ever read written on it.

The troops and I had an enjoyable few minutes mulling this and offering alternatives. "No, I don't think 'wizz' or 'latrine juice' will make the cut." So I put on the HAZMAT suit and quick step to the cave. I finally convinced BDMFIC that urine was about as good as it got.

Dumbest ever heard: The recruit who signed away four years of her life because she liked Star Trek and wanted to live like that.

[KamaAina]

15. "I'd like to wish Elvis a Happy Birthday"

but stay tuned; I'm sure Bachmann Loser Overdrive will open her pie hole again soon. :dunce:

[bigwillq]

16. Hi, my name is Michelle Bachman

and I am running for president.

Now, let me eat a corn dog. YUM

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