I think I'd like a pint or two in the company of Al Franken (See last link) - sounds like my kind of guy! Practical ineptitude is what keeps the tradesmen of the world busy, so no need to be ashamed of not being able to make a door or paint a wall. Crass stupidity, however, is contemptible and not to be confused with ignorance - which is simply not knowing stuff.
You want stupidity? Yesterday our house phone rang and I noticed that the number on the caller display wasn't any I recognised, so I let the answering machine take over. The message on this clearly says that this is our home phone; that ACTion is no longer at this number and that the new number is blah blah. The caller must have listened to the whole message as there was a very brief period of him breathing and some other background noises which had been recorded before he hung up. Thirty seconds after the answering machine had finished its playback the same person rang again. This time I picked up the phone.
"Is that ACTion?" said the caller.
One truly wonders...................
DM
