Stupid Question Hall of Fame

Época de finales...

¿Soy yo, o a todos les da por sentirse terriblemente estúpidos? ¿Sólo yo, eh? Ejem, bueeeno. En fin, cada vez que creo que mi cerebro no puede procesar más información, y que, con cada dato nuevo que aprendo, voy olvidando otro, me tomo un minuto para revisar una página dedicada a probar la idiotez de los universitarios gringos. Como el título lo dice: El salón de la fama de las preguntas estúpidas. La dinámica es simple: Cada persona sube una pregunta escuchada en clase y la postula; de cinco se elige un ganador. El premio es una playera.

Las personas siempre dicen que yo abuso con esto de burlarme de los tontos: Es cierto. Pero, tal vez al leer la lista se den cuenta que, si uno no se ríe, lo más probable es que se suelte a llorar. ¿Cómo andan semejantes individuos sueltos por el mundo sin vigilancia? Ya no me asusta la revolución zombie tanto como la progenie de los universitarios. Ya para acabar (porque tengo como quinientas páginas por leer y un partido que mirar), dejo aquí la que espero sea una serie de listas para subir la autoestima.

PD1. Está en inglés porque me dio flojera traducir.

PD2. Sí, todos son casos reales.

PD3. ¿No sería genial si pudiesemos armar una página así, pero en español?

1. Boston University School of Medicine

Professor: So if you're treating a child with Cholera in a remote African village, with no access to I.V. fluids, what would you give him?

Dr. Smarty: Gatorade!!

2. Northeastern

Professor: For this next assignment, you'll have to work in pairs.

Valedictorian: Do we have to work in pairs?

Professor: Yes.

Valedictorian: Like two?

3. Rollins College

We were discussing test subjects.

Professor: Okay, the control group gets the placebo.

The Brilliance: ... isn't that what comes out after the woman gives birth?

4. Economics

Professor: So due to the constant spending, the country has ended up in billions of dollars of debt.

Brainiac: Well why don't we just print billions of dollars more money?

Professor: Because that imbalance would put us further in debt.

Brainiac: Why? Is the ink expensive?

5. Auburn University

A girl told the professor that she had been to the Vatican...

Professor: Did you see the Pope?

Blondie: No, The Pope died a couple years ago.

6. George Washington University

Professor: So this week in lab everyone will be performing the 12-minute walk test to predict aerobic fitness.

Genius: Ugh, how long is that gonna take??

7. Iowa State University

Professor explaining that AIDS was first transmitted to humans through African monkeys...

The Brilliance: Eww, who would have sex with a monkey?

8. Penn State University

Professor: ...and Caesar's death left a power vacuum in the Roman Senate.

Student: Wait, the Romans didn't even have electricity, did they?

9. Loyola Marymount

Professor: So, as we all know, the tectonic plates are all floating and moving constantly.

Einstein Jr.: Wait! the continents are floating in the water?

Professor: No, they're floating on magma.

Einstein Jr.: ...What about Hawaii?

10. n/a

Valedictorian: Excuse me, professor, what does torf mean?

Professor: It's not torf....it's 't or f,' as in true or false.

11. CSU

Professor: Hey guys, sorry about not having class on friday, my dog had a stroke and we had her euthanized.

Alumn : Oh my god! is she ok?!

12.Fitchburg State College

Professor: How do you think Abraham Lincoln was elected even though abolition wasn't the most popular idea of the time?

The smartest kid: Well, obviously all those slaves voted for him, right?

13. Wright State, Columbus

The professor was talking about equilateral triangle...

Genius: So what's it called if there are more than 3 equal sides?

Professior: A square.

14. University of California

Professor: One of the oldest human type skeletons ever found is Lucy (showing pic of skeleton).

Future trophy wife: How did they know her name was Lucy?

Prof: They found her driver's license.

Y la cereza del pastel (mi favorito)...

15. Occidental

Genius: Can I do my term research paper on Malcolm The Tenth?

Professor: The X is not a Roman Numeral.

Jajajajajaja...

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