So You Think YOU'RE Stupid, Eh?

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When you're feeling stupid...

Washington, DC's trouble-plagued mayor Marion Barry is reported to have said that, "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."

Whether he did or not, I have yet to confirm, but this famous quote is widely attributed to him from one end of the net to the other, so I decided to lead off with it, in the hope it would set the proper tone for this lens.

Take a few minutes now, won't you, and memorize his pearly words of, er, wisdom. The next time you're feeling really, REALLY stupid, recite these funny quotes for your friends.

You'll feel much better.

I promise.

"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?" (Marion Barry)

Barack Obama

Obama math at its finest!

Obama practices Michelle's healthy lifestyle

"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed."

(The actual death toll was 12.)

"Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."

"Thank you, Sioux City. ... I said it wrong. I've been in Iowa for too long. I'm sorry."

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''It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.''

-Obama, speaking at a San Francisco fundraiser about his troubles winning over some small-town, working-class voters, April 11, 2008

Mitt Romney

"I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." (Romney's campaign later admitted that they didn't march on the same day, or in the same city)

"PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (on strapping his dog to the top of the car)

Holocaust Denier Kurt Knoll

The true face of Holocaust denial can be understood through the stupidity of its adherents...

"Go and read what Professor Faurisson has to say about dissecting the Holocaust. Could it be this was the reason why he was Assassinated twice."

Kurt Knoll

Question: If you could live forever, would you, and why?

Beauty contest contestants have long been targets for comedians (or anyone else) looking for a quick laugh. Most of the time, the jokes were aimed at vapid remarks about world peace or ending hunger.

Until this one appeared on the radar:

"I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever."

Miss Alabama (Miss USA contest, 1994)

The mind boggles...

Mariah Carey

Extreme Diet Plan Rejected?

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."

Attributed to Mariah Carey, who may have acquired her sense of social responsibility from Miss Alabama, or, perhaps, Brittany Spears.

Winston Bennett

University of Kentucky Basketball Forward

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body."

“Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.”

Brooke Shields

during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign...

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."

Brooke Shields bra

Stupid Celebrities

Stupid Celebrities

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Philadelphia Phillies Manager Danny Ozark

"Half this game is ninety percent mental."

Al Gore, Vice President of the United States

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

"A zebra does not change its spots." (1991 and again in 1992)

185 Stupid Things Democrats Have Said

185 Stupid Things Democrats Have Said

by Ted Rueter.

"We are ready for an unforseen event that may or may not occur."

Dan Quayle

"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."

(Sure, Dan, but can you spell "POTATO?")

''Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.''

Lee Iacocca

"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"

Joe Theisman

NFL Football Quarterback and Sports Analyst

"The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

The Big Curmudgeon: 2,500 Outrageously Irreverent Quotations from World-Class Grumps and Cantankerous Commentators

The Big Curmudgeon: 2,500 Outrageously Irreverent Quotations from World-Class Grumps and Cantankerous Commentators

by Jon Winokur.

Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor

"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."

Department of Social Services

Greenvilled, South Carolina

"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."

Keppel Enderbery

"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."

Mark S. Fowler

President Reagan's first FCC Chairman

Gotta love this one:

"If someone has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."

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George W. Bush

President of the United States

Here is an inspirational quote from the President:

"It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another."

449 Stupid Things Republicans Have Said

449 Stupid Things Republicans Have Said

by Ted Rueter.

''Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?'' (GWB, January 11, 2000)

Bill Peterson

Athletic Director

"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl."

You Just Can't Fix STUPID

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Britney Spears

April 2004 - Blender Magazine

Britney has clearly earned her lofty reputation as one of the Stupid People...

"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."

"I've never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don't like eating fish. And I know that's very popular out there in Africa."

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Jessica Simpson

"Is this chicken or is this fish? I know it's tuna but it says chicken by the sea."

Paris Hilton

"What's Wal-Mart? Do they sell, like wall stuff?"

Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are driving down the highway in a convertible.

Lindsay knows that she's speeding so she asks Paris if there's a cop behind them. The Paris looks behind her and sees a cop and says "Oh shit. There is a cop behind us."

Lindsay says "That sucks. Are his lights on?"

Paris says "Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No"

Spike Lee, Director

"I consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If I did have, I'd be in the number one spot over Madonna."

Thanks for the Love Quote, Spike!

Bob Dole

Republican presidential candidate

"The internet is a great way to get on the net."

Charles De Gaulle

former French President

"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."

Alan Minter

Boxer

"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious."

Yogi Berra

"Predictions are difficult, especially about the future."

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Celebrities aren't the only weird ones out there, folks...

"Go and read what Professor Faurisson has to say about dissecting the Holocaust. Could it be this was the reason why he was Assassinated twice." (Kurt Knoll, Message-ID <3c962a6e_2@binaries.vphos.net>, Mar. 18, 2002, in UseNet's alt.revisionism
Holocaust "Revisionist" Kurt Knoll
"Leading Revisionist Scholar" Kurt Knoll's Rigid Adherence to the High Intellectual Standards Observed by Holocaust deniers is vividly outlined with this precise anthology of his more memorable "knollisms."

How many ways CAN you say STUPID?
This lens is dedicated to the terminally stupid. The vapid, the inane, the dense, the lame, those damaged units that at times vex us and amuse us ... or both!

I continually am coming across ways to describe these tests of patience and self control while having my tongue firmly embedded (perhaps permanently!) in my cheek.

This lens is to capture some of those more colorful and original ways to say ... "Damn! They is STOOPID."

Stupid Celebrity Quotes
Here's a great source with near-endless examples of ridiculous statements.

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Walter Mondale & George Bush

"George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." (Walter Mondale)

"Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time." (George Bush)

Pamela Anderson

I don't think about anything too much . . . If I think too much, it kind of freaks me out!

"I'm much more than a pair of breasts. I represent success, hard work and fun!"

"It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress."

Pamela Anderson

John Edwards

Disgraced Presidential Candidate

John Edwards

"I'm going to be honest with you, I don't know a lot about Cuba's healthcare system. Is it a government-run system?"

It is rumored that Bobby Fischer got bored of playing chess with Russians. He asked the Chess Association to arrange his next match with some other Europeans. His telegram read, " How about a Czech mate?"

Joe Biden

''If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.''

-Joe Biden, speaking to members of the House Democratic caucus who were gathered in Williamsburg, Va., for their annual retreat, Feb. 6, 2009

Bob Packwood

US Senator

''A number of things that I put in (the diary) were inaccurate, and some of them simply weren't true....On occasion, I discovered I would recount conversations that simply didn't happen.''

(Packwood referring to his infamous diaries in which he boasted of his sexual dalliances with staff members)

Herbert Hoover

President of the United States

''Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.''

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