A tip for those asking questions: know your audience (Photo by wzwjon) What's Ask a Stupid Question Day, you ask? We thought you might -- not that we're calling you stupid. Apparently it's a relatively recent holiday, created by teachers in order to encourage students to ask more questions. And who could argue with such a lofty educational goal? Well, how about anyone who has to answer all those inane queries? Sure, people love to say that there's no such thing as a stupid question, or that the only stupid questions are the ones that go unasked. But we respectfully disagree. For every clueless-but-well-meaning schoolkid's question (those aren't the stupid ones, by the way) there are amateurish reporters, game show hosts, and job interviewers eager to give the very idea of questions a bad name. Maybe it's unfair to single out the questions, though. After all, each dumb question seems to have its share of even stupider answers. Suggested Sites... The Straight Dope - answers to questions -- smart, stupid, and obscure. Yahoo! Answers - helpful strangers answer your stupid questions. wikiHow - this user-created how-to manual could save you from having to ask how to make a sock monkey. Ask Philosophers - we don't know if they're good at sock monkeys, but they've got existence covered. Stupid Question Hall of Fame - College Humor's ongoing contest to find the stupidest real questions asked by students.

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