I see this happen all the time—and the wrongest are always the loudest.
Related note: just returned from Disney. Two often heard dumb questions:1-What time is the 3:00 parade?2-All I see are “Guest Entrances.” Where do you go in if you paid for your ticket?
Konrad – got that beat. I go in Disney with my service dog, Amy. She’s a Newfie. From the time we’re in the very first line, people start lining up to pet/get their photo taken with the dog, assuming she is an attraction. The mrs gets a bit peeved, but Amy handles it with aplomb. But the folks at Disney never give us a free ticket for being cast-members. :- (
Porpoises are part of the toothed whales (only the sperm whale is huge). Dolphins are imprecise, being applied to porpoises, dorado (fish), and stout poles in the water marking a channel.
My uncles did this kind of stuff to their little sister on purpose. “D-O-G spells cat.” She is actually a really smart adult now and has a great sense of humor.
A friend of mine is a biology professor. Her 11 yr old daughter came home from school one day and said, “Mom, you have to go see my teacher tomorrow. I got in trouble because I told her bats are mammals.” “So? That’s what they are. Why did you get in trouble for that?” “Because she swears they’re birds.” “That’s not funny!” “No, mom, it’s true though.”
And it was. The teacher was convinced that bats are birds, and became very angry when my friend’s daughter insisted they are mammals.
RogueSymmetry about 13 years ago
Oh Billy has a wonderful life ahead of him. Perhaps in government…
le-roy about 13 years ago
No, wait, Billy, dolphins ARE fish, it’s sharks that are reptiles.
konradh about 13 years ago
I see this happen all the time—and the wrongest are always the loudest.
Related note: just returned from Disney. Two often heard dumb questions:1-What time is the 3:00 parade?2-All I see are “Guest Entrances.” Where do you go in if you paid for your ticket?
bamboodan about 13 years ago
Konrad – got that beat. I go in Disney with my service dog, Amy. She’s a Newfie. From the time we’re in the very first line, people start lining up to pet/get their photo taken with the dog, assuming she is an attraction. The mrs gets a bit peeved, but Amy handles it with aplomb. But the folks at Disney never give us a free ticket for being cast-members. :- (
burleigh2 about 13 years ago
That certainly DOES earn him an F- ;-)
Larry Miller Premium Member about 13 years ago
No one’s noted how he has reptile dysfunction?
josh_bisbee about 13 years ago
www.notalwaysright.com
hippogriff about 13 years ago
Porpoises are part of the toothed whales (only the sperm whale is huge). Dolphins are imprecise, being applied to porpoises, dorado (fish), and stout poles in the water marking a channel.
Proginoskes about 13 years ago
Do you think people can tell my abs are implants?
Dr Sheriff MB esq PhD DML about 13 years ago
wow… is that an ugly mother… or just a bystander with a bad mullet…?
rangerboymark about 13 years ago
My uncles did this kind of stuff to their little sister on purpose. “D-O-G spells cat.” She is actually a really smart adult now and has a great sense of humor.
hippogriff about 13 years ago
ranger: That is child abuse! If you can survive that, you have to turn out well.
tegm about 13 years ago
They’re actually birds.
slewdledo about 13 years ago
uhm, Dolphins are a mammal. A marine mammal like whales.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin
Chief Inspector over 5 years ago
That dad is a go-comics subscriber
Ukko wilko over 5 years ago
We’v all met them: often in error, never in doubt.
ericbutts74 over 5 years ago
Cause of that misinformation, Billy’s going to searching for a porpoise in life.
#Animals 4life over 5 years ago
wow that kids dad just made the name reptiles for dolphins like really how nice for his dad to say that
eric43salinas over 5 years ago
Dolphins are ichthyosaurs.
orinoco womble over 5 years ago
A friend of mine is a biology professor. Her 11 yr old daughter came home from school one day and said, “Mom, you have to go see my teacher tomorrow. I got in trouble because I told her bats are mammals.” “So? That’s what they are. Why did you get in trouble for that?” “Because she swears they’re birds.” “That’s not funny!” “No, mom, it’s true though.”
And it was. The teacher was convinced that bats are birds, and became very angry when my friend’s daughter insisted they are mammals.
ifelden over 5 years ago
the better line would be ’mr know-it-all-wrong"