Human Stupidity

For anyone who has ever underestimated the extreme levels of human stupidity I must share the pain inflicted upon me during my precious time with a co-worker. Before I start I must set the scene, all of these extremely intelligent, highly astute questions were asked by a 21 year-old college student who only attends private schools (elementary, high school and college, which only adds to the debate that public school is the way to go!). These questions were asked on different occasions, all luckily towards me, because everyone knows how much I love stupidity! So here it is:

- "Can you drive to Portugal?"
But of course, I normally just swim over, but if the gas prices are low I simply fill 'er up and go on my merry way.

- "Is Europe near South America?
Yes, obviously, I skip over to Peru every weekend just for the hell of it.

- Quickly followed by: "Well, is Ecuador near Portugal?
Yes, one is inside the other as a matter of fact.

- "If American money is only used in the US how do you buy stuff in other countries?
Before coming back with a smart retort I spent about 20 minutes attempting to explain currency, but alas it was energy wasted. So someone did me the favor and ingeniously answered this one for me, well with beads and feathers of course.

- "Is Egypt normal? You know, are there cities, and stores, and buildings like here?"
I quote my answer to that "No, there is so much sand over there that they have to make holes in the sand and live in it." Unfortunately I underestimated the level of stupidity and heard this in response "Ohhhh, okay."

The first few times I heard inane questions fly out of her mouth it pained me that someone could be so obtuse. Then I simply decided that I could get a few laughs out of it. I still wonder how she has made it this far in life, but hey I guess stupid people have the right to live too, pause not...


(Note: Yes this happened in America, but I am highly offended by those who state that all Americans are stupid. That is very untrue, I do agree that stupidity is rampant in the country, but it is not general, there are many highly intelligent people as well. I am not stupid, quite the contrary, and take high offense to anyone who would include me in any generalizations.)