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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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Idiot Sightings!

My brother just e-mailed this to me.

IDIOT SIGHTING:
> > We had to have the garage door repaired.
> > The Sears repairman told us that one of our problems
> > was that we did not have a "large" enough motor on
> > the opener.
> > I thought for a minute, and said that we had the
> > largest one Sears made at
> > that time, a 1/2 horsepower.
> > He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4
> > horsepower."
> > I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4.
> > He said, "NO, it's not." Four is larger than two."
> > We haven't used Sears repair since.
> >
> > IDIOT SIGHTING:
> > I live in a semi rural area.
> > We recently had a new neighbor call the local
> > township administrative office to
> > request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our
> > road.
> > The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out
> > here!!!
> > I don't think this is a good place for them to be
> > crossing anymore."
> > From Kingman, Kansas
> >
> > IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE:
> > My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a
> > taco. She asked the person
> > behind the counter for "minimal lettuce.
> > "He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg
> > lettuce.
> > He was a Chef?
> > Yep... From Kansas City!!!
> >
> > IDIOT SIGHTING:
> > I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when
> > an airport employee
> > asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage
> > without your knowledge?"
> > To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge,
> > how would I know?"
> > He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask."
> > Happened in Birmingham, Alabama.
> >
> > IDIOT SIGHTING:
> > The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to
> > cross the street.
> > I was crossing with an intellectually challenged
> > coworker of mine.
> > She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for.
> > I explained that it signals blind people when the
> > light is red.
> > Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are blind
> > people doing driving?!"
> > She was a probation officer in Wichita, KS
> >
> > IDIOT SIGHTING:
> > At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker;
> > she was leaving the
> > company due to "downsizing."
> > Our manager commented cheerfully, "This is fun. We
> > should do this more often."
> > Not another word was spoken. We all just looked at
> > each other with that
> > deer-in-the-headlights stare.
> > This was a lunch at Texas Instruments.
> >
> > IDIOT SIGHTING:
> > I work with an individual who plugged her power
> > strip back into itself and
> > for the sake of her life, couldn't understand why
> > her system would not turn on.
> > A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office, no
> > less.
> >
> > IDIOT SIGHTING:
> > When my husband and I arrived at an automobile
> > dealership to pick up our
> > car, we were told the keys had been locked in it.
> > We went to the service department and found a
> > mechanic working feverishly
> > to unlock the driver's side door.
> > As I watched from the passenger side, I
> > instinctively tried the door handle and discovered
> > that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the
> > technician, "its open!!!
> > " His reply, "I know. I already got that side."
> > This was at the Ford dealership in Canton,
> > Mississippi!!!
> >
> > STAY ALERT!!!!!!!
> > They walk among us... and they REPRODUCE!!!!!!!
 
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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that last one was priceless
 
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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lolololololol
 
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by littleme13
that last one was priceless
Yep! It's as bad as the 2 Aggies who were in the back of a pickup truck when it ran into the lake. They drowned. Seems they couldn't get the tailgate down. jd
 
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 01:13 AM
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omg lmao at the last one!!

back in the day my uncle told us we cld take our aggie entrance exam on the phone. he said call the number 1800 aggie iq and just push the buttons to answer the questions. i think i was like 10, my gramma still had a rotary phone in one room and a cordless in the other *yeah* and i went to phone and picked it up and proceeded to write down what numbers that i would need to dial so i cld just dial it from the numbers i wrote down. dad said i got this evil grin on my face like i figured out the joke and handed it to my uncle and said why don't you take it first. one of the best laughs i remember with my family. of course it doesn't work now with all the phones having q's and z's on them.....
 
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 05:59 AM
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The sad part is those are true stories. Time to get them out of the gene pool
 
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