I'll have you know my girlfriend's studying to be an English teacher at uni, and is on course for a first. Just sometimes, she says ditzy things (as do most of us, to be fair). Lighten up, mate.
My fiancées two best ones. Me: "I went to Gothenburg once" Her: "Does it look like it does in the batman films?" A Marx brother films was on tv and she asked which one was Karl Marx. My all time favourite was one of my male friends who honestly though that amoeba was "Mexican for small".
I think there's a few people here (myself included) who might take offence at the implication of our girlfriends not being intelligent. The majority of these posts are either mild ignorance, or just speaking before thinking, most of the girls are probably pretty clever. We're mostly geeks here, and most of the geeks I know find it hard to tolerate genuinely stupid people
Was driving to Wales once for a holiday, just passed the Severn bridge and the gf turns to me and said: do we need to go to an exchange and get some welsh money? not really an out of mouth as such but I once let the gf drive my car once. (She has a full licence but has driven autos fir a few years) she gets in, straps in, starts the car and then puts her right foot on the clucth. As I said, once.
oh yer wife - i am really fed up with the baby pulling the mouse of the back of the computer table by the cord wouldnt it be easier to get one of those mouseless cords?
Slightly off topic as it was actually the missus' little girl (6 Y/O) Had made a brew and it was next to the settee until excited girl at easter managed to kick said brew over. I was stood up so ran into the kitchen to get cleaning up materials (fortunately we don't have carpet). As the missus was cleaning it up I asked "Was it a full cup?" To which the little girl looked at me in shock and said "danny you shouldn't say that!" Took me about a 2 minutes to figure out she thought I said "**** up" lol
A friend of mine at school convinced a female friend that "ninja" was just anouther name for a pornstar. She believed it for at least a year, it lead to the funnist conversations, and moments when gaming when one of us guys would shout something like "Ninja kill. owned!" she would look so confused.
A few clangers from various Ex's. Prior to a holiday to Greece: We were in the pub and my ex-gf was practicing her Spanish, i asked her why, to which she replied because they speak Spanish in Greece.... Same girl, also didn't believe me that Lambs and Sheep were the same animal. Current - GF, Managed to convince her that Slugs were Male Snales... A girl i know was struggling to understand that although South Africa is in Africa it isn't just the south end of the continent but is infact a country.
How did that even remotely feel correct? Lol. Unfortunately for me, my fiance is as sharp as nails and hardly ever says anything ditsy. Which is a shame, because I feel I'm missing out on much amusement. Although there's a lovely girl at my work who's prone to the odd mindless comment. A personal favourite the other day: Her boss: "How far through the report are you?" Her: *much thought* "About six eighths"
A couple of classics from my wife are: When the front disc brakes on my car started squealing upon stopping, she asked "can't you just oil them?" When the supermarket stopped stocking the tinned kidney beans I use in my chilli I tried another brand which turned out to be quite tough/hard. She suggested maybe next time I take them out of the tin & soak them in water over night to soften them. She's come out with a fair few corkers over the years but these two really stuck in my head.
I managed to convince my girlfriend (who is also Scottish) that a haggis was a small flightless bird with fur instead of feathers.
Done something similar once - normally drive manuals but was given an auto (V8 Discovery) as a courtesy car. after a run from Bristol to Birmingham (having also forgotten about cruise control) when I came off the m/way onto the slip lane heading towards a tight bend (junction 4 M6 iirc) I put my left foot on the 'clutch' to change gear.....thank you Mr ABS I think I gave the driver (a bit too close) behind me a bit of a shock too....
I can drive perfectly (indignant intake of breath) I just struggle doing corners oh and filling it up is a bit tricky too... ( I would have added straights and stopping to that list but I think the confession was enough) ... She still cant do cornering
A horrendously bad one from my Company Law lecturer the other day, when I apologised to her for being ill: "You should get to the doctor, and ask him to prescribe you a course of something like lithium, or maybe calcium channel blockers..." I then spent 2 minutes explaining I had been off with a cold (hence the flask of Lemsip in my lecture), and not due to my neurological disorder. This was in a full lecture hall, right next to the microphone, in front of people I've kept quiet to about my condition. And yes, I'm putting a complaint in. The Dean of the business school has already contacted me and arranged the meeting.
Sounds like you had a case of Dr Peppers advert going on at your Uni. ... is lithium used for mood disorders? Alcohol works in a pretty much the same way for me... I also show examples of balance disorders whilst being prescribed alcohol..
I had a clanger last night... "I've tried installing Catalyst for the ATi drivers, and it says there's no ATi card in the computer. I think it's broken..." - my missus on why The Sims won't work on the computer with the nVidia stickers on it. It did make me giggle.
[DARTH VADER]I sense a... defensiveness in the Force...[/DARTH VADER] Oh, come on. We're having a whole thread here going "Yeah, the fairer sex sure says some of the funniest things...", accompanying patronising head shake and chuckle almost visibly present. I then take a little dig at male insecurity (why else would you have to make fun of women?) and everybody acts all bruised and indignant. Man up already, and take it as you dish it out. Sorry, but sometimes when I see the button I just have to press it and run.
