Stupid is is Stupid is

I wonder how smart rocket scientists actually are.  It seems like a fairly limiting field as far as science goes.  All they can do is make rockets.  And are there stupid rocket scientists, ones all the other scientists make fun of?

“Carl’s rockets never work.  Guy can’t calibrate worth shit.”

Everyone thinks they’re smart.  The few people who say they’re not are just too lazy to argue the point.  Ask anyone if they’re smart and they will either say yes or “What do you mean?”  They’ll want some clarification of “how smart,” but invariably everyone thinks they are at least just smart enough to not be stupid.    

Nobody thinks they’re stupid.  And everyone knows someone who is.  Interesting. 

Once a week I ask all my friends if “I’m the stupid one,” just to make sure.  They all say yes, but they’re all idiots, so…not exactly reliable sources.  

     [Don't get upset...I'm not talking about YOU.]

I’ve done a lot of stupid things in my life, but I wouldn’t consider myself stupid.  But how can I know for sure?  I wish there were a reverse IQ test, one that tests how stupid people are.  If such a test did exist, it would probably look something like this:

Please read the following statements and circle True or False:

1) I watch a lot of reality TV.     T        F
2) I am a huge fan of the Twilight Series, and I am not a 13-year old girl.  T     F
3)  People are consistantly baffled and/or horrified by the choices I make.    T      F
4) I love Rush Limbaugh.    T      F
5) I own a T-shirt that says, “I’m with stupid.”    T     F

Now please answer the following multiple choice questions:

5) The best way to describe me would be to say “I am…”
             a) Stupid
             b) Not not stupid
             c) Not not not stupid
             d) None of the above
             e) All of the above, including d

6) The saying, “There is more than one way to skin a cat,” implies that:
            a) There are usually multiple ways to achieve a goal.
            b) There is only one way to achieve a goal, and that is to skin a cat.
            c) Animal cruelty is socially acceptable.
            d) Cats are stupid.

I guess what I’m really trying to say is that none of us are stupid.  We’re all smart in our own special way.  At least that’s what my mom told me….many, many, many times. 

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