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Dumb Human Behavior to Avoid

Nothing bucks up our spirits more than knowing there are people dumber than we are. Except maybe knowing there are lots of them.

from Reader's Digest Magazine | June/July 2011

DUMB LOVE
No Way to Gitmo

Action A Saudi woman filed for
divorce from her husband of 17 years after peeking through the contacts in his cell phone. Next to her phone number, she found the nickname Guantanamo. Source: London Telegraph

A Whole Lot of Love

Last July, Richard Barton Jr., of Grand Rapids, Michigan, got married and posted the photos on Facebook. One of the people viewing the pictures was Barton’s first wife, who decided to call the cops. Why? She says she was still his wife because they were separated but never divorced. Barton, who claims he signed divorce papers, was arrested on charges of polygamy. Source: mlive.com

But She Has a Great Personality

President Ian Khama of Botswana is looking for a wife, but only slim, beautiful women need apply. Pointing to a heavyset government official, Khama said, “I don’t want one like her. She may fail to pass through the door, break furniture with her heavy weight, and even break the vehicle’s shock absorber.” Source: ABC News

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Your Comments

  • Raks

    (:
     

  • Orlinsky

    Locating a bike/walking path in massasauga rattlesnake habitat is not as dumb as you make it sound. The  Eastern massasauga rattlesnake is on the state endangered list According to the U.S.Fish & wildlife service, “The
    massasauga is a secretive, docile snake that strikes humans only when
    it feels threatened or cornered. A massasauga will rely on its camouflage
    coloration to hide or will try to escape rather than strike a person.
    Many people who visit parks with massasaugas never see these shy creatures
    and may have walked by one with out noticing it.” Refer tohttp://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/reptiles/conserve.html

  • Orlinsky

    Locating a bike/walking path in massasauga rattlesnake habitat is not as dumb as you make it sound. The  Eastern massasauga rattlesnake is on the state endangered list According to the U.S.Fish & wildlife service, “The
    massasauga is a secretive, docile snake that strikes humans only when
    it feels threatened or cornered. A massasauga will rely on its camouflage
    coloration to hide or will try to escape rather than strike a person.
    Many people who visit parks with massasaugas never see these shy creatures
    and may have walked by one with out noticing it.” Refer tohttp://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/reptiles/conserve.html

  • Alan

    no, fuzzy-wuzzy wasn’t marxist, but this gets my vote for the dumbest government stunt. only in texas, friends, only in texas.

  • Alan

    no, fuzzy-wuzzy wasn’t marxist, but this gets my vote for the dumbest government stunt. only in texas, friends, only in texas.

  • MyComment

    There may be reasons to forego building a $1.2 million dollar trail in tough economic times.The presence of a potentially dangerous snake is not one of them. If that were the case, we wouldn’t have very many hiking trails in the US. Most of the 48 contiguous states are home to at least one species of venomous snake. Many have several. Even places without the snakes may have other dangerous creatures present.
    Are we all supposed to just sit at home and watch TV all day long?Oh, and as rattlesnakes go, the massasauga isn’t among the more dangerous species. They are smaller than most, and have a lower venom yield. 

    You’d be in much more danger hiking trails where timber, prairie, diamondback or sidewinder rattlesnakes live. But people do it all the time.

    • Anonymous

      STOP BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE

    • Anonymous

      STOP BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Fred

    I loved the one about the theives who confused robbing a bank with ordering a pizza.  You don’t get faster service by calling in your order ahead.  That is really dumb. 

    • Ralphy77

       What is even dumber is that you can spell “thieves.”

  • Scott Long

    you can’t fix stupid

  • DJMarkski

    You forgot reading Reader’s Digest.