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This is a post on a matter just a bit too serious for Bridgebunnies, and it has nothing to do with Houston.  On the other hand, it fits here perfectly.  Let me put to you a simple physics question, to see if you understand the notions of airplane thrust, lift, and piloting in general.

You are the pilot of a jet airliner with 200+ passengers aboard.  For reasons that are not your fault, something has gone seriously wrong.  The weather is extremely foul outside -- you're in the middle of a very nasty thunderstorm.  The autopilot has just shut itself off.  You are at cruising altitude, but airspeed indications are unreliable and the stall warning is sounding. At least the engines seem to be operating normally.  What do you do?

A.  Push the engines to the max, and lower the nose of the aircraft to pick up speed.
B.  Reengage the autopilot and make the computer sort it out.
C. Push the engines to the max, and pull the nose up to gain altitude, then throttle back to idle.
D. Break out the laptops and play games until you overshoot your airport by an hour.

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So for my first post in three years, I figured I'd go with an instant winner. Stupid jackass breaks into a business through a back window and steals a cash register till and two jars holding donations to the Ronald McDonald House. 

While the cops are investigating, Mr. Stupid returns to the scene of the crime, to bum a cigarette from one of the officers.  The officer became suspicious over scratches on the back of the idiot's hand, and asks for ID.  Stupid says he doesn't have his ID, but it's at his home nearby, no problem.  So they go back to his place for the ID... lo and behold, there's the till, the now emptied jars, and change is strewn everywhere.

From Sgt. Jeremy Kylen:

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You'd think I'd talk about what this blog is going to be about, assuming it's about anything.  But since I only have my third blog because I had to register to comment, why be complicated.  I'd rather jump right into the meat of things! 

The following stories are stolen from the comments at another blog.  I make no assertations that any of this is true....they could be urban legends.

IDIOT SIGHTING:  Hubby and I had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a “large” enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute and said that we had the largest one Sears made at that time, a ½ horsepower. He shook his head and said, “Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower.” I responded that ½ was larger than 1/4. He said, “NO, it’s not. Four is larger than two.” We haven’t used Sears repair since.

I've seen "technical" people that stupid.  (In fact, see the last one, below the fold.)  Whether or not they worked for Sears, I don't know.

IDIOT SIGHTING: I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: “Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don’t think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.” From Kingman , KS

Yep, that's about par for the course. 

IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE : My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for “minimal lettuce.” He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg. He was a Chef? Yep…From Kansas City!

That one is too easily a misunderstanding in accent and pronounciation. The real idiot is anyone who thinks a "chef" works at Taco Bell.

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