Collections of the Dumbest Things Ever
One of the best uses of the interweb turned out to be collecting up all the dumb things people say in one mass. And the good things, but not in a Wise Quotes kind of way. More like the bastard son of an Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Some leaders in the field:
Shitmydadsays
Justin lives with his elderly father and, in a genius alternative to interacting with his father on his own terms, chooses to share his father’s wisdom via twitter, on shitmydadsays. Gotta love these pearls of wisdom
“Just pay the parking ticket. Don’t be so outraged. You’re not a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement. You double parked.”
Do You Have Any Antique Books and I Don’t Mean Antique Books?
Put the general population against great literature and you have the ingredients for an intellectual car crash. Bookmine has been collecting dumb things people say in their store and served them up for our guffaws on their website. Some favorites include
(grown-up, looks around)
Do you have any real books?
Yes.
Well, not like the ones you have here. You know, real books!
I’m not sure what you mean.
You know, books that are real.
Sorry, none of our books are real!
and this scary child of Amazon.com
Is this a library?
No.
Oh, it’s a museum!
No.
Well, what is it?
Too Cool For School
Graphic designer X has collected things his son has said on his website 27b/6….. which is a cool thing all of its own.
“You can’t trust girls. When I get a girlfriend I am not going to tell her where I live or work.”
Overheard It Already
The Classic in this field is Overheard in New York (and its sister sites, including Overheard Everywhere) whose gems include
Cop, taking report of stolen car: Ok, what was the color, make and model?
Metro Guy: It’s cranberry and…
Cop: Cranberry’s something you eat, son, your car was red.
Enjoy…. because these things happened to somebody else.
