Dumbest Thing Some Has Every Said To You

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I used to keep aquariums.  One day I was at a pet store buying fish on a cold winter day.  As the check out woman was looking at a couple bags I had with fish in them, this exchange happened:

Clerk: "Did you bring any towels to wrap these with?"
Me: "No, I didn't."
Clerk:  "Oh, they should be ok.  Plastic generates heat."
Me: "Excuse me?"
Clerk:  "Yeah.  Like sometimes when I'm getting my hair done they wrap plastic around my head and it gets really warm."
Me: "..."

I have an esprit d'escalier for you- next time, just tell her she's a really bright bulb.

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Dumbest question ever, asked of my wife. She had our three sons, aged 5, 3 and 1 with her on the way to taking the 5 year old to school. This gal asks, "They all look alike- are they triplets?" My wife told her, "Yes, they're just different ages." The gal says, "Oh, OK."

That's kind of funny. I know siblings who look very much alike. Though I also have two cousins who look a bit alike too. Genetics can be funny.

I'd expect my children to look very much alike, and they do. Same mother and father in all three cases.