The ultimate dumb questions..............................................

You dont suppose these people were just trying to make conversation

I dunno.
Asking about the wind cane be a fair question. Someplaces winds can be regular.
In summer in Perth 80kph Easterlys crank up in the evening so if i was asked if they were going to blow in that direction al night the answer would be yes but they will get stronger yet
as for the other bits there probably 1/2 deaf

Probably country folk just a bit disorientated down in the 'Big Smoke' :)))

Willem
Know exactly what you mean...!!!

I travelled the show circuit 1968/70 selling my Gemstones that I had cut and polished and Jewellry,Ribbonstones,Jaspers,Tiger Eye,Opal,Agate, etc,

Old bloke comes up for a geek

Ooooh look at all the shells he says to his bent over old woman.
There was no bloody SHELLS,

During a break I was wandering through the side-Shows

Was talking to one of the showies at a Knock em down stall

Big sign on the wall ...KNOCK 3 DOWN TO WIN A PRIZE
EVERY PLAYER WINS...

Young fella strides up and says .... Whatyagotta do

Gaassspp

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Willem, Gramps and Doug, in order.
1. Willem and you reckon I'VE got a way with words!
Mate, I was cooking scones in the oven at Willare crossing. Makeshift trivett, sitting on three pebbles. Put in three pieces of Thommos dough, gave it time then lifted the lid.
All I saw was three pebbles, no scones. The Lady reckoned the look on my face was priceless.
(The bloody scones had stuck to the lid eh. Don't be too hard on us armchair geriatrics mate).
2.Gramps, that's almost cruel.
3.Doug, bloody eggtimers has got me: 'seven' was right all along. hahaha. Just give me time.
Bed time fellers, and thanks for the giggles.
Jeff.

Hi Willem, Before the days of heat beads etc... and a swag man was on foot and not in a camper..... wasn't damper made on a stick or in the ashes and not in a camp oven ? I learnt to make it on a stick. Perhaps the guy that asked was thinking your damper would have been buried in the ashes.

Yup..I have had to shake the old head a few times at some things too Willem.

Helping my mate do some extensions to his pub..48 or 50 degrees outside and so we take abreak and lean on the bar with a couple of soft drinks.

Couple of vehicles pull up out front next to the fuel pumps.

First bloke lifts handle inserts nozzle waits..beep beep goes the console..press the button.... he gets diesel..

Second bloke..is in FRONT of the petrol pump.

Sits in his vehicle..waiting waiting..nothing..

He comes in..

How do I get petrol ?

Now I know I was hot and ok a bit cranky.. but I looked at this young fella..brand new vehicle with the works..one of those "Boys with Toys" setups with every conceivable thing required strapped to the racks..aerials all over the place.

This is a few hundred kms from the nearest fuel source..

I got to wondering..

How the heck did you get here from Victoria without putting petrol in your vehicle before ?

Try this one for a daft question Willem.
My husband worked at the caves in the SW of WA as a tour guide while waiting for me to decide when I had enough of working. He use to tell the tourists...
"There are over one hundred known caves in the SW of WA!"
(I can't recall the number but it is something like that) anyhow the point is.....
A tourist almost always asked him the question.....
"How many unknown caves are there then?"
Without fail it would always bring a good laugh from the fellow tourists.
Then they would realise what they had asked.
After that they more often than not went very quiet for the rest of the trip.
This happened so often it really makes you wonder about people.
Some times we humans just ask things without even thinking it thru first.
Oh well I am sure we will all embarrass ourselves again from time to time before we depart this world.
The Wattos.

Another silly question that gets asked by people is "did you have a hair cut"........ der

Cheers Luke

A couple of years ago we camped down at Black Point [south west WA] and we were having lunch at the lookout above the beach when a car load of young'ns pulled up and started off down the timber steps. I shouted out "watch out for snakes" and as I said that I noticed he hadn't wound up one of his windows and I followed with "you're window's not wound up" to which he replied with fear in his voice "can they get in the car?"

We fell about the place laughing and it still comes up around the camp fire all these years later