dumb questions?
Today’s question is: Why do men ask stupid questions?
Background: Ok, it could also say ‘women’ but in this case I’m talking about my man. This afternoon, I took the kids to a movie and then I came home to cook jambalaya for dinner and french silk pie for dessert. I made a special dinner because my man is hopping on a plane tomorrow morning for a business trip for the week (he doesn’t travel much).
While I was in the midst of cooking, the kids had taken showers and then were watching tv in the basement. A little while after they had gone into the basement, my man asks me “what are they watching down there?” and I said “I have no idea, how would I know?”
Does he think I read minds or that I can see through walls? He must, or he’d have no other reason for asking me that question. Sometimes I really wonder about him!
This is right up there with “honey I emptied the dishwasher for you“
Oh and for the record, I do realize there are technically no stupid questions, although I do feel kind of like this may have been one.
The problem we have as men is that during the 50 seconds or so out of every minute that we're not thinking about sex, our minds do a "random walk" kind of wandering (and wondering), and sometimes those scattered thoughts accidentally come out of the mouth. Sometimes they come out in the form of a question, and that should probably be considered rhetorical, most of the time.
Reminds me of my absolute favorite exchange that happened on the TV show "Married with Children" when Peg asked Al, "Whatcha thinkin', Al?"
He replied, "Peg, if I wanted you to know what I was thinking, I'd be talking, not thinking."
Comment by SC — February 16, 2010 @ 9:32 am
hilarious, sc!
Comment by colette — February 16, 2010 @ 10:23 am