Stupidity

Professor: I think fish are not animals. I don't have a concrete answer, but I think they are not animals.

Michigan State University

Overheard by: sjshock

Middle-aged woman #1: I'm putting stuff on my plate and I don't even know what it is!
Middle-aged woman #2: Me too!

Texas de Brazil
Aruba

Overheard by: Why Are They So Stupid?

Bad-ass #1: What is Two and a Half Men about, anyway?
Bad-ass #2: Stop fuckin' askin' me, man! I told you, I don't know!

Video Store
Adelaide
Australia

Overheard by: behind the counter

Student #1: There are an infinite number of answers?!
AP calc teacher: Yeah, there are.
Student #2: Do you want us to write them all down?

High School
Boiceville, New York

Overheard by: Toasted

Girl on cell: At least I never got kicked off of Facebook!

UCLA
California

Overheard by: what…?

Girlfriend: I have a great idea for an alternative energy source!
Frustrated boyfriend: You’d better not say ‘the sun’…
Girlfriend, after a pause: Oh…

UC Davis
California

Overheard by: student on the bus

Dude: It's not racial profiling, because every black person breaks the law.

High School Classroom
Englewood, Colorado

Traveler with heavy European accent: So, can we drive to the Grand Canyon one day? We'd really like to see it while in America.

Dulles Airport
Washington, DC

Young child in line for ferris wheel: Mom, what does ‘Four RPM’ mean?
Mom: Four miles per hour.

Six Flags Amusement Park
Western Massachusetts

Sweaty girl to friend, watching elliptical machine read 75 rpm: So does this mean I'm going 75 miles per hour?

Gym
Dallas, Texas