I'm starting to wonder if people are just stupid.

[conuly]

Person A: Do you want this to happen?
Me: By "this" do you mean "blank" or "thingy"?
Person A: *repeats entire first question*
Me: *stares*

WTF?

I know what you said, you moron! Please, tell me what you meant so I can answer your question.

Finding change in the house is hard work, especially when the house is freezing. Brr.

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[bastardsword.livejournal.com]

My mom replies questions non-sensically all the time.

Dad: Is this a clementine?
Mom: The smaller ones are.
Dad: ...But is THIS one a clementine?
Mom: The smaller ones are!
Dad: There is only one fruit in front of me, thus I cannot compare it to other orange fruit, thus, I do not know if this is a 'smaller one.'
Mom: I told you, the smaller ones are!

K: What should I do know?
Mom: Wash the.
K: ...

-Kimothy

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Uh... I understand that your mum's answer didn't really help your dad, since he couldn't compare it to any other fruit, but then neither could she. If she knows that the clementines are the small ones and has nothing to compare the fruit in question to, she's no better equipped than he - how else could she answer?

We recently had some incredibly large clementines, similarly large mandarins and somewhat small naval oranges. With all three nets together, I could just about tell them apart (though would always have to check the tags for sure.) In isolation, I would absolutely not have been able to tell the clementines from the mandarins, and could probably have mistaken the naval oranges for either.