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- From: jon@hill.lut.ac.uk (Jon P. Knight)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: How Can People Be So Stupid?
- Summary: People can be stupid. They do it all the time and are good at it.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.022018.19641@lut.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 02:20:18 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.172041.12789@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Organization: Dept of Comp. Studies, Loughborough University of Tech., UK.
- Lines: 56
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- Seeing as t.b seems to have been invaded by a fair number of "how the
- hell could anyone be this stupid" type stories, I thought I might as
- well be stupid enough to recount another stupid story to you all:
-
- [BACKGROUND: I'm a Subwarden in a University Hall of Residence (read
- Facist Dictator there if you will). As part of the job, I often have
- complete strangers coming to my flat to ask me where they can find
- members of the hall.]
-
- <knock at door>
- ME: Come in!
- BLOKE: Erm, er, are you the, erm, the, er, subwarden?
- ME: Yep, that's what it says on the door.
- BLOKE: Ah, right, ok, its just that you don't look like a subwarden...
- ME: Hey we're not cloned you know! Anyway, what can I do for you?
- BLOKE: Well, I'd, erm, I'd like to find a French girl.
- ME: Heh, wouldn't we all? What's her name?
- BLOKE: Erm, I dunno.
- ME: Oh, ok, what's she look like?
- BLOKE: I dunno, I've never seen her.
- ME: Let me get this straight: you want me to help you find a French
- girl whose name you don't know and you don't know what she looks
- like?
- BLOKE: Er, well, yes, if you can. She does Library Studies and has
- just written a really good essay which I'd, erm, like to borrow.
- ME: What year is she in?
- BLOKE: I think she's a Fresher. Or maybe a Second year.
- ME: And you're sure that she's in Telford Hall?
- BLOKE: Well, no, I'm not. Its just that you flat was the, erm, first,
- er, subwardens flat I, er, came to.
- ME: Right, ok. <deep breath> You want me to find an un-named French
- female librarian with no distinguishing features who may, or may
- not, be on my list of 272 Hall members? Don't you think that
- that could be, well, a little tricky?
- BLOKE: Er, yeah, well, erm, I can see that it could be a bit, erm,
- of a problem...
- ME: Look, I think that you'd probably be best talking to someone
- from Library Studies - they might be able to point you in the
- right direction. Hold on, I'll take you across to one of the
- blocks...
- BLOKE: Nah, hey, its ok. I'm, er, in Library Studies. I'll, erm,
- just, er, ask in the department tomorrow. Thanks anyway.
- Cheers.
- <door bangs shut. a stunned "did that really happen" silence decends
- momentarily upon the room. my friends and I burst into laughter.>
-
- Personnally, I think it was Ken "insert cute remark" Johnson in disguise
- but I could be wrong...
-
- Jon
-
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- Jon Knight, Research Student in High Performance Networking and Distributed
- Systems in the Department of _Computer_Studies_ at Loughborough University.
- ** I can't even talk to you without the aid of chemicals or lies. - Pele **
-