Asking the Obvious

[aryayush]

MAY 11, 2007, 3:56 PM
Asking the Obvious

With thanks to reader Ricardo B. for expressing something we’ve all thought at one time or another:

“Why on earth, when I am requested to fill out personal information on a Web site, I am asked for CITY, STATE and ZIP CODE?

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“In this era of technology, don’t you think it is enough if they ask for my ZIP code?

“It’s just like my A.T.M., which keeps asking me which language I want to use, Spanish or English — every single time…!”

He’s right! If you know the ZIP code, you also know the city and state. And it’s also a no-brainer to store your A.T.M. language preferences right on your bank card….

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Really. This is very irritating. Whenever you call Airtel customer care, the service rep will ask you your number. Why?! I find it hard to believe that they have no way of detecting which number the call is coming from. It is downright frustrating.

 

[gxsaurav]

Really. This is very irritating. Whenever you call Airtel customer care, the service rep will ask you your number. Why?! I find it hard to believe that they have no way of detecting which number the call is coming from. It is downright frustrating.

1) Security reason due to which it is not allowed for them to track the number from which you are calling.

2) What if your calling from your friends Airtel phone to get some inquiry for airtel cos Airtel to airtel CC is toll free.

 

[aryayush]

1) They ask you the number, don't they? So that defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

2) That is a different case. When that is the case, I would myself venture forth to give them the other number concerned.

 

[~Phenom~]

talking about asking the obvious???
I have a got a list of jokes which are on asking the obvious:

here I go:

Reported in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal, the
following are questions actually asked of witnesses by attorneys during
trials and, in certain cases, the responses given by insightful
witnesses:

1. "Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he
doesn't know about it until the next morning?"

2. "The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?"

3. "Were you present when your picture was taken?"

4. "Were you alone or by yourself?"

5. "Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?"

6. "Did he kill you?"

7. "How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?"

8. "You were there until the time you left, is that true?"

9. "How many times have you committed suicide?"

10. Q: "So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "And what were you doing at that time?"

11. Q: "She had three children, right?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "How many were boys?"
A: "None."
Q: "Were there any girls?"

12. Q: "You say the stairs went down to the basement?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "And these stairs, did they go up also?"

13. Q: "Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't
you?
A: "I went to Europe, sir."
Q: "And you took your new wife?"

14. Q: "How was your first marriage terminated?"
A: "By death."
Q: "And by whose death was it terminated?"

15. Q: "Can you describe the individual?"
A: "He was about medium height and had a beard."
Q: "Was this a male or female?"

16. Q: "Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition
notice which I sent to your attorney?"
A: "No, this is how I dress when I go to work."

17. Q: "Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?"
A: "All my autopsies are performed on dead people."


18. Q: "All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go
to?"
A: "Oral."

19. Q: "Do you recall the time that you examined the body?"
A: "The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m."
Q: "And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?"
A: "No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an
autopsy."

20. Q: "You were not shot in the fracas?"
A: "No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the naval."

21. Q: "Are you qualified to give a urine sample?"
A: "I have been since early childhood."

22. Q: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a
pulse?"
A: "No."
Q: "Did you check for blood pressure?"
A: "No."
Q: "Did you check for breathing?"
A: "No."
Q: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
began
the autopsy?"
A: "No."
Q: "How can you be so sure, doctor?"
A: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
Q: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"
A: "It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing
law somewhere."

 

[blueshift]

lol

 

[aryayush]

Q: "Do you recall the time that you examined the body?"
A: "The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m."
Q: "And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?"
A: "No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an
autopsy."

LOL! This was the funniest one.

 

[~Phenom~]

thanx guys.

10. Q: "So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "And what were you doing at that time?"

to me , this was the funniest.

 

[azzu]

Kooool