11. Checks aren’t free money, lady
Worked at a bank for a (blessedly) short time. Had a 60 year old woman that asked, “What do you mean my account balance is negative?? I still have checks, so I still have money!”
12. Don’t mix meteorology and astrology
Had a friend in HS that could predict rain by looking at the stars….if the big dipper was upside down “the water would pour out and it would rain tomorrow” She was 17
13. Where’s the sky?
A girl in my class in high school asked the teacher where the sky was. Like she genuinely had no idea and when we tried to explain to her that the sky was above us outside she was like “no that’s the ceiling.”
14. I had SIDs as a baby
In college a girl told me she had SIDS when she was a baby.
15. Cruisin’ for a bruisin’
Uncle telling us about a guy he worked with. Guy buys a nice, new car. Car comes with cruise control and built in GPS. Guy wrecks new car. Apparently he typed in an address and set the cruise control… He thought that he didn’t have to drive after setting in where he wanted to go, the car would just take him where he wanted to go.
16. Rushmore: a natural wonder
Girl in my high school history class thought mount Rushmore naturally grew like that
17. Don’t eat raw chicken or you’ll get syphilis
Friend thought syphilis was what you got from eating raw chicken. He told our whole economics class he got syphilis one time.
18. Ever had elephant legs?
A girl who believed Doner Kebab (The large versions of spits that they shave into gyro/kebab meat) were elephant legs. She was 21.
19. Bears? No such thing.
I knew a girl in my year 9 geography class who was convinced bears don’t exist. She did however believe in polar bears. Just not other types of bear.
20. It’s not racist to say Nigeria
One of my classmates told me I was racist and reported me to the principle after I mentioned Nigeria in geography class.
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