Smart People Say Stupid Things Too!
By Gabriel Adams
Have you ever made a comment that was simply ridiculous, but you
didn’t realize it until you saw the smiles on your friends
faces? You may have been totally mortified afterwards, but the
truth is everyone makes comments like that; even the smartest
people in the world make dumb comments too. The best part is:
the smarter they are, the harder you laugh.
My friend Jessie recently graduated from MIT and headed off to
Princeton to get her PhD. A month after she moved in, she called
me to ask if I thought she should call her super. Since she had
moved in, she hadn’t had a hot shower because her water was
only lukewarm. After a few minutes of questioning her about the
problem, I asked if she had turned up the heat on her water
heater. Her response was, “You can change the temperature?”
Maybe I should have had her call the super; he would have had a
good laugh.
My college roommate, Melissa, recently moved
off to the east coast to go to a top medical school. Before she
left, a bunch of us took a road trip out to Colorado. On the way
through Western Nebraska, Melissa sat staring quietly out the
window. After a while, she suddenly turned around and asked, “Are
tumbleweeds real? I thought they were something movie directors
made up for westerns.” Just remember that story the next time
you’re at the doctor’s office.
Nowadays, the smarter people are, they more they seem to rely on
technology. My friend Jon is the epitome of this stereotype; he
just loves computers and other gadgets. That’s probably why he’s
off studying at MIT. A few years ago, Jon and a few of his
friends were visiting an army base. Jon insisted on using his
GPS system to guide them on their way. As they were coming up to
an intersection, Jon told the driver to turn left. The driver
said they couldn’t do that. After a few moments of bickering
back and forth about it, Jon started to get angry. He huffed “The
GPS says we have to turn here!” The driver then said back “The
big concrete barrier says we don’t!” During the whole
argument, he hadn’t bothered to look up from his GPS screen.
So next time you’re totally embarrassed about saying or doing
something stupid, just remember that you’re not alone.
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