OK, stupid question time...

[Freelance Hack]

So I'm at the Verizon Center and looking around at all the championship banners, and I see a Bullets 25 banner for Gus Johnson.

That's not the same Gus Johnson who currently announces on CBS is it?

 

[StormSurge]

Nope.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnsgu01.html

 

[Freelance Hack]

Gracias.

 

[king cranium maximus IV]

 

[broadway joe]

If Gus Johnson's knees hadn't given out early, you'd know all about him. Tremendous leaper at one time. Used to have classic battles at power forward with Dave DeBusschere of the Knicks.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Don't feel bad...a student asked me today who Jesse Owens was.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people who ask questions.

 

[Birdscribe]

Got you all beat folks.

At the Bob Hope Classic last month, I actually had a caddie of one of the amateur players come up to me and ask me -- with a straight face, mind you -- the following question:

"What time does the 8:36 group go off?"

Next to that, FH, your inquiry qualifies you as Stephen Hawking.

 

[pseudo]

Got you all beat folks.

At the Bob Hope Classic last month, I actually had a caddie of one of the amateur players come up to me and ask me -- with a straight face, mind you -- the following question:

"What time does the 8:36 group go off?"

Next to that, FH, your inquiry qualifies you as Stephen Hawking.

Awesome. I hope you made it difficult for him by at least asking him what he thought the 8:36 meant.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Got you all beat folks.

At the Bob Hope Classic last month, I actually had a caddie of one of the amateur players come up to me and ask me -- with a straight face, mind you -- the following question:

"What time does the 8:36 group go off?"

Next to that, FH, your inquiry qualifies you as Stephen Hawking.

And you gave him one of these right?

 

[JBHawkEye]

Got you all beat folks.

At the Bob Hope Classic last month, I actually had a caddie of one of the amateur players come up to me and ask me -- with a straight face, mind you -- the following question:

"What time does the 8:36 group go off?"

Next to that, FH, your inquiry qualifies you as Stephen Hawking.

That's when you say, "8:36 p.m. They're bringing in lights for the nighttime groups."

 

[goalmouth]

Anyone see Glenn Davis?

 

[mustangj17]

Gus Johnson gets me so excited for March Madness it's not even funny.

Ahhhh....

Verne Lundquist: "I hope Dwyane Wade likes cajun cooking!" ... (dramatic 5 second pause) ... Bill Raftery: "JAMBALAYA!"

 

[Sea Bass]

There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people who ask questions.

I believe it was Sam Malone who said "there are no bad boys, only boys with bad haircuts".

 

[Mark2010]

Got you all beat folks.

At the Bob Hope Classic last month, I actually had a caddie of one of the amateur players come up to me and ask me -- with a straight face, mind you -- the following question:

"What time does the 8:36 group go off?"

Next to that, FH, your inquiry qualifies you as Stephen Hawking.

Actually, that isn't as far fetched as it may sound. If there was a weather-related delay and play suspended, EVERY group could have it's tee time pushed back by a certain amount. So, the 8:36 group might tee off at, say, 10:15.

 

[Freelance Hack]

Thanks for comparing me to Mr. Hawking.

One more stupid question story before I retire for the night.

Couple years ago my in-laws were going on a cruise out of New Orleans. They live here in Louisville, but their Southwest flight was going through Pittsburgh.

After my father-in-law explained the trip, my mother-in-law looked at him, with a straight face, and asked:

"Pittsburgh is east. How do you get there by flying southwest?"

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

We had a co-worker who was notorious for asking dumb questions. The best was this exchange, as he's looking at the schedule and sees that he has to cover our minor league baseball team's game:

"What time is this at?"
"7"
"a.m. or p.m.?"

 

[crusoes]

The correct answer: "FM."

 

[king cranium maximus IV]

Gus Johnson gets me so excited for March Madness it's not even funny.

Ahhhh....

Verne Lundquist: "I hope Dwyane Wade likes cajun cooking!" ... (dramatic 5 second pause) ... Bill Raftery: "JAMBALAYA!"

CBS always has inspired partners for Uncle Verne. You've got the hyper Raftery for hoops, and the stoned Danielson for football. Verne as the straight man. Perfect.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

We had a co-worker who was notorious for asking dumb questions. The best was this exchange, as he's looking at the schedule and sees that he has to cover our minor league baseball team's game:

"What time is this at?"
"7"
"a.m. or p.m.?"

Ed Rooney: What's the score?
Pizza Joint Owner: Nothin' nothin'.
Ed Rooney: Who's winning?
Pizza Joint Owner: The Bears.