What the dumbest question you've been asked?

[FighterCat57]

Lately, I've been impressed with the level of stupid questions I've been asked.

This one is from a totally oblivious Lady: Can I get one of those at Radio Shack? Does it take those big "C" batteries?

I was hooking up the battery and hit the transmitter switch and discovered that it defaulted to wide open. The boat was zingin while I scrambled to get it unplugged in a frenzy. Lady: "Is that your cell phone?" "Aren't you going to answer it? "

Then there's the tactless: Man: What do ya do when it get's full of water?

The worst is when people are actually so disctracting that something bad happens, then they ask the obvious. Man (stupid question 30 something): Did you ever flip that thing? What do you do if it flips? *boat catches wave and digs in, landing right up side down* Man: What ya going to do now? How ya goina git it? You gonna swim? Think that hurts the batteries? How ya goina git that?

*SIGH*
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[Simon.O.]

I know it is not the dumbest question, but I get the "what happens if its stops" all the time.
My stock answer is "hang about for 5 mins and I'll show you" If they do hang out for 5 they usually get to see a hull wet side up or one that just plain stopped for many a reason.
They then get to see a tow-in. Some folk find that as much fun as seeing one of my hulls going fast!

The only question, more of a statement, that gives me the shiates is when people say "Why don't you use a gas motor, I am sure they are faster"
My answer to that one varies. Some get "oh I care for the environment and the local wildlife so I could not run a fuel boat"
The real smartasses get told "The fastest rc model boat in the world is electric, why would I want to use gas?"

[AndyKunz]

"What the dumbest question you've been asked?"



Andy

[FighterCat57]

"What the dumbest question you've been asked?"



Andy

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[dana]

people dont know any different really... not the dumbest question here but one i find rude is " How much did that cost?" i hate that one.... one another note i got a good one at work the other day. Lady has a jeep cherokee with the raw plastic bumper and cladding. we replaced the bumper but of course it was brand new and looked cleaner....lady asks " why doesnt the paint match on the bumper?" my response " there is no paint on the bumper" (whispers under breath "moron")

[NativePaul]

On seeing my Crestrunner cat hurtling round the lake a kid came up to me and asked "Is that a boat?" I explained that it was a boat, a catamaran and brought it in to show him the tunnel and explained that the lift there keeps most of it out of the water, he then asked the usual questions, "how fast is it?" a question that I hate as none of the boats I'm running this year have been timed, I told him that I didn't know but he wanted me to guess, so I guessed and he was hugely disappointed and puzzled at the same time, "it cant be, my mate has a (cant remember the name of the crappy RTR nitro car) that does 80mph and its way faster than that it must be over 100" at which point I had to stop my boat because I nearly wet myself and had to concentrate for the next bit, how do you explain the difference in speed between measuring the elapsed time time taken over 110 yards and a number written on a box to a kid that isn't old enough to hear the phrase "BS" yet? Then he asked "where did you get it?" I told him I built it and where i got all the materials and ordered all the parts from, and gave him a website for a place that sells decent RTRs not toyshop stuff , "how much did it cost?" I told him all together it cost me X but Y of that is the radio which is shared between all my boats, Z is batteries and the 4s packs get shared between 3 of my boats and 2 of my cars, and told him how much it would cost for an RTR that would still be as fast as his mates car. Then he came out with "is it fun?" which threw me as he had seemed reasonably bright, receptive and understanding since his first question and had been standing next to me with either a huge grin on his face or with his jaw on the floor and drool running down his chin the whole time just from watching. I'm sot sure which was stupider his first or last question.

The kids granddad came over while I was still running, he used to fly model planes and was asking me some pretty savvy questions, even knew a bit about BL and LiPo, I've only been back to that lake once since, as its at my dads house 200 miles away and I didn't see him, but I wouldn't mind betting that kid got a DF26 for Xmas, there is a race there at the end of summer, I really hope he is there and all the other kids from the village are there asking him questions.

[AndyKunz]

That's normal kid stuff, Paul. "Why?" is their favorite. Little kids must be QA professionals, always asking AT LEAST 5 whys. Best answer is the same one you'd give an adult. They may not understand right away, but they'll hang onto it until they do (or ask you more questions, which isn't a bad thing).

I really can't think of any dumb questions I've been asked. That's why I had to give the funny reply above.

Andy

[Ub Hauled]

I dunno, about have been asked a dumb question, but I sure asked one and
learned my lesson: "So, when is it due?" So normally it would not be a bad question right?! but when the lady is NOT pregnant it becomes a bad a really really dumb and embarrassing question.

[tomstoys2]

The old "how much does that cost?" question always gets me expecially when the wife is with in ear-shot.

Last year we were sitting in our Glastron at the docks and my son was running the Fastech around the harbor. 5 or 6 people were around asking all sorts of questions. I let my son handle some until one lady asked him if that was gas powered. He calmly pulled the Fastech up to the dock and brought it to a stop. He politely told her no, it was electric. He then asked me if we could go. I think he had enough. Even 11 year olds have a breaking point.

[Meniscus]

I dunno, about have been asked a dumb question, but I sure asked one and
learned my lesson: "So, when is it due?" So normally it would not be a bad question right?! but when the lady is NOT pregnant it becomes a bad a really really dumb and embarrassing question.

Jan, that must have been an off day for you. What were you thinking?? Was it a female you asked?
Sorry had to ask, HA! I can't give you too much credit now!


I like the question I get from all ages: "Is that an remote controlled boat?" Depending on the person they may get a different answer, but it's always ever so tempting to say: "Yep! If floats too!"

I don't think I could be so rude though. After all, one of those people may get into the hobby and I'm not about to be responsible for giving the hobby a bad name, regardless of the question asked. I'm just glad there's interest.

I did have a crowd once of teenagers that we joking and laughing at my little boat. I brought it back in, calmly put on another prop, and one of the guys trying to impress some girl said, "He's going to run his little toy again!" Needless to say, it flew on the water and not much else was said, except for a few comments muttered in the guys general direction from his guy friends. I thought it was humorous.

[kookie_guy]

hmmm, surprised no has said this one yet.....

"Wow, that thing is cool. Can I try it?" Followed by the parents looking up at me as if they actually expect me to let their little kid try it. Then when they realize there's no hope in hell of me letting them even touch the transmitter, they turn back to their kid and kindly tell them they are too little.

[mappo]

Well i get all the above and more,even in the middle of a run i will get someone trying to ask a question."excuse me! excuse me".
I was sailing my Seawind and 4 people came up to me and ask how powerful is the engine that i am using and how long does it last. my answer of course was that it was powered by the wind,
so the next question was, why is it going so fast if it has no motor? so generally i now ask my 11yr old to answer all questions.
Oh! here is one that is even more Bizarre. a lady come up to me while i was running my boat to ask if she can use my chair for a few minutes because her mother cannot stand for too long. so i said fine, suddenly it was 3 women sitting in my chairs, after getting home and taking the chairs out the back of the car, i noticed that one was broken.

[domp444]

I have to agree with "Can I try that?" and "How much does that cost?" Those two questions annoy me so much! Last time I was using my boat, a big guy comes up to me after and asks if he can rent my SuperVee 27 from me for $11/hour so his son can have some fun. His son was about 10. After saying no, he came back about 10 minutes later to ask again. Some people, I tell ya.

[mappo]

hmmm, surprised no has said this one yet.....

"Wow, that thing is cool. Can I try it?" Followed by the parents looking up at me as if they actually expect me to let their little kid try it. Then when they realize there's no hope in hell of me letting them even touch the transmitter, they turn back to their kid and kindly tell them they are too little.

Oh i get that all the time when my 11yr old is running his Fastech 27 or my gas. so he tells them it is too expensive to play with.

[FighterCat57]

That's normal kid stuff, Paul. "Why?" is their favorite. Little kids must be QA professionals, always asking AT LEAST 5 whys. Best answer is the same one you'd give an adult. They may not understand right away, but they'll hang onto it until they do (or ask you more questions, which isn't a bad thing).

I really can't think of any dumb questions I've been asked. That's why I had to give the funny reply above.

Andy

I love the kids responses and what their developing inquisitive minds come up with.

At the bay the other day, while running the EKOS (nervous about what would break next) a young immigrant child quickly spotted the boat. His parents were "netting" fish about waste deep on the other side of the oyster bay. He told me about his boat and spotted an underwater cavity that would make a good launching spot and said, he would launch it there.

He told me about his parents and how they didn't speak english, said he was their translator. They exchanged some spanish loudly across the water and he looked up and said, " my Dad want's to know what kind of boat that is " with an embarrassed look on his face. I told him the name and he relayed it to his Dad.

With that look and sincerity that only a kid can have, he said how much he would love to try this boat. I hinted back, but he couldn't contain himself and just blurted out "can I try! "

My reply was calm and almost a whisper, "it's an expensive and difficult to control boat that takes time and training to operate. I wouldn't want you to feel bad if it got broken today. "

He laughed, smiled without disappointment and said "It's OK, I wouldn't want anyone to crash my boat".

The whole time he was focused on the boat with a perma-smile. Pretty cool kid.


The other morning at the boat dock, I was getting ready for a run and another guy was putting his boat in the water. He was an old RC guy from the 70's and clearly out of the loop for decades. He kept steeling my attention away from the boat and asking questions that required long responses and some thinking.

I like to pay attention to people when I'm talking to them, but with the speeds these boats carry, there's not much time to look away or loose focus. What happened was I allowed him to distract me while I was connecting the batteries and skipped locking the cowl hatch completely on my V-Hull. The hatch blew off and was quickly swept away and sunk in the 5 knot current. Just makes me mad at myself for allowing the distraction.



One of my wifes co-workers showed some interest and asked to come watch. He was persistant, even when I tried to cancel when he was on his way. Rain was rolling in. The throttle servo died, then after replacing it during a barrage of questions, the water got really choppy and the boat flipped in a really bad spot, in a really bad current. It flipped when I lost concentration answering a question... started to rain hard. I had to cut through some private yards to find the coasline to retrieve the boat. By the time I did, about 10 minutes later the radio box was full of water, lipo pack looked like a balloon and everything carrying a current was coated in patina...

The questions continued; how are you going to fix it, what are you going to do, why is the sky blue... I actually let out a yell after everyone left. I felt so much better, fixed the boat and was out the next morning. No problems... but am now working on controling my interactions and maintaining my concentration while other people are around and I am operating the boats.
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