People are Dumb on Vacation

[Hobgoblin]

I'm reminded of Anchorman about now:

How can I attract Bears?

Brick: "I read that [girls'] periods attract bears! They can smell the menstruation!"

[greensinestro]

The Grand Canyon, eh? You know, I always wanted to ask the dumb question of "How did those two women in the Hoveround commercial get to the edge of that cliff at the Grand Canyon? Furthermore, how did they get there being there are no cars around and nobody else that can walk hovering around them?"

Would this qualify as a stupid vacation question?

[Cia]

Mt. Rushmore could be relocated to Wyoming and I really wouldn't mind. That way I don't have to listen to people complain because they can't hike up to the faces, there isn't a house up on top like in the movie, that isn't the same concessions building like in the movie, they aren't allowed to go behind the mountain and view the President's tushies like the t-shirt and etc.

I'm sure Sundance, Casper or Cheyenne wouldn't mind the influx of idiotic touri.

[greensinestro]

So, exactly what movie are you referring to? "North By Northwest" comes to mind where it showed us how easy it might be to climb to the top of the presidents' faces. But, here's a dumb question I'm sure someone has asked:


Did they rebuild the faces of all the presidents since it was defaced in "Superman II"?

[Rapscallion]

Brick: "I read that [girls'] periods attract bears! They can smell the menstruation!"

Not quite Snopes, but someone actually investigated this one.

http://tafkac.org/animals/menstruation_and_bears.html

Rapscallion

[Rubystars]

I read on a newsgroup one time that a park worker had been asked "When do the animals get turned on?" I think they said they were tempted to reply "Breeding season."

[JustaCashier]

Here in Seattle, I've personally heard people refer to our most prominent body of water, Puget Sound, as "The Ocean", and heard second hand stories of people asking if the land visible across the Sound, (a couple of Islands, and a Peninnsula, that are as little as a 30 minute ferry ride away), is either Alaska, or Japan.

Mike

[BookstoreEscapee]

As somebody from New Jersey I can vouch that the Jellystone Campground does in fact have a statue of Yogi Bear.

M

Hey Mongo - OT but can I ask where in NJ you are from? Since I know you don't live here any more and I am curious. I do believe I may have camped at a Jellystone once upon a time as a kid. But I may have blocked out many camping memories.

[Seshat]

and heard second hand stories of people asking if the land visible across the Sound, (a couple of Islands, and a Peninnsula, that are as little as a 30 minute ferry ride away), is either Alaska, or Japan.

Ohhh!

So the land visible from (various places on) the east coast of Queensland (Australia) isn't (one of) the Barrier Reef islands after all - it has to be South America! I must make sure to tell the next tourist who asks.


(I'm not in Qld anymore, but I grew up there.)

[zzapp the witch]

We were once watching two Bull elk fighting over a female at a watching area when my mother in law was visiting right after I had got married. Quite the rare sight in itself, we had the camcorder on it, even though the light was failing fast. As my dad was giving a blow by blow and the how and why of it all, this man walked up with his wife and said very loudly, "Hey hon, look at those meese."

I shit you not. Not only did this man misidentify the animal, he said MEESE as the plural of moose. And he said this while standing right next to a sign that said "ELK WATCHING AREA".

I must have been the least speechless out of all of us because without thinking I said, "Those aren't moose, those are elk, and meese isn't a word."

How in the hell do people mix up moose and elk?

I can understand total novices mixing up deer and elk to a certain point, (boy did we have to rush that carcass home after that idiot shot the wrong animal in the wrong season with the wrong tag), but the point to which people can confuse the antlered species boggles.

Next cows are going to lay eggs, oh wait, we already had a Japanese exchange student that thought exactly that!

[jnd4rusty]

So, exactly what movie are you referring to? "North By Northwest" comes to mind where it showed us how easy it might be to climb to the top of the presidents' faces. But, here's a dumb question I'm sure someone has asked:


Did they rebuild the faces of all the presidents since it was defaced in "Superman II"?

I don't think I have ever heard that question..of course we do get idiotic ones. I worked at Mt.Rushmore in 1984 for six months and I don't recall all the stupid questions but I do remember overhearing stupid dads who thought they knew everything trying to tell their kids the history behind the carvings and totally screwing it up. I used to sit on the visitor's center terrace and people watch. What is really funny is that not more than several feet away was the visitors center and people could go in there to get the REAL story. My favorite comment I overheard was some guy claiming that Gutzon Borglum (the dude who carved Mt. Rushmore) had died because he fell off the mountain. So not true!! and no one can climb Mt. Rushmore but they do let a few go up there, I had the opportunity to climb it since I worked for them and they sometimes let famous people go up there, when John Mellencamp put on a concert here in Rapid they had let him hike to the top. Otherwise one can get arrested if they try and believe it or not many have tried.

[jnd4rusty]

[QUOTE=Cia;92824], that isn't the same concessions building like in the movie,


Actually if I recall correctly the concessions building that was in North by Northwest was the actual concessions building at Mt. Rushmore. They actually filmed in the dining room. Of course it does not exist now as they have done extensive remodeling, but when I worked there the same dining room was there.

[JustaCashier]

How in the hell do people mix up moose and elk?

Moolk?

*Ducks*

Mike

[greensinestro]

"Wow! Atlanta! Have they rebuilt it since it burned down in Gone With The Wind?"

Rose from The Golden Girls

[greensinestro]

ROSE: "In Spain, they have Spanish beetles that are actually flies?"

DOROTHY: "That's right, Rose."

ROSE: "Well, how do they know it's Spanish?"

DOROTHY (fed up with Rose's questions): "Because it wears a little sombrero, Rose!"


The Golden Girls