I'm surrounded by idiots!

[Rome]

Your locatin says China. I'm officially baffled.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by Rome

Your locatin says China. I'm officially baffled.

It's in Asia.

 

[California Dreamer]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Identification, Environment, and... Data? I haven't heard about COBOL in years. Do people still use it?
Identification, Environment, Data and Procedure. Well done!

COBOL is still used all over the world. All of my banking clients are still running their account-processing applications on '80s COBOL technology.

 

[deputamadre]

Um yea, I just got back from a stint in Spain. Currently in Wisconsin

and leaving for China in a couple weeks and plan to be there for a while.

 

[ratboycom]

HURRRRRR!

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by California Dreamer

Identification, Environment, Data and Procedure. Well done!

COBOL is still used all over the world. All of my banking clients are still running their account-processing applications on '80s COBOL technology.

I took COBOL and PASCAL classes when I was like 13.

 

[montecristo#4]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

So check this out;

This girl I work with today got a little confused. She began our conversation on where certain tiles come from with the misguided understanding that Paris was a country. Halfway through, something clicked in her poor little underdeveloped mind and she blurts out, "Oh, I get it. Paris is in Italy... It's the capital of Italy". She was completely serious.

My jaw hit the floor and my eyes glazed over.

"What?!?" She imploringly questioned me. "What did I say wrong? Italy is a country in Europe. Paris is shaped like a boot"

"Italy certainly is", I replied, "But Paris is in France, which is a completely different country than Italy. And France is not shaped like a boot."

This person is 19, Is it even possible to have graduated from High School, and gone to a year of college while under the impression that Paris is a country shaped like a boot? I doubt that she would even be able to find Europe on a map. She'd probably point to Canada.

Anyone else have any FIRST HAND accounts of egregious stupidity?

Ken Pollock is not allowed to post in this thread.

Yeah, but is she hot?

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by montecristo#4

Yeah, but is she hot?
She's not hot enough to be THAT dumb.

 

[redcaimen]

Originally Posted by ratboycom

HURRRRRR!

I would have offered her the prize money anyway if she had agreed to be sterilized.

 

[Manny Calavera]

The elitism in this thread is sickening.

 

[lakewolf]

Originally Posted by odoreater

I wonder what's dumber - thinking that NYC is the capital, or arguing with a guy about it for a considerable amount of time instead of just telling him when the next flight to NYC is...

+1

 

[Thomas]

You know, with some of these stories I'm cringing just a little bit - I've been on the wrong side of an argument before, should have known better ever before I opened my fool mouth. Then thing escalate, and of course I don't back down. My last saving grace is that I don't resort to ad-hom attacks, cause then a apology becomes necessary, rather than advisable.

 

[flylot74]

Never argue with an idiot. They will just bring you down to their level and beat you with their experience!

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by ratboycom

HURRRRRR!

I love her expression.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Manton

I once had a native Californian tell me that Los Angeles is north of San Francisco.

It is if you are using the ancient Egyptian way of viewing the world and what constitutes north and south.

Jon.