D is for DUMMY

so you know those things that you believe

that are just SO NOT TRUE

but you just keep on believing them?

we all have them

but some people just have a llliiittttle bit of a harder time

with the whole fact vs not fact thing

here i present to you my top 3 favorite REAL LIFE I WAS THERE stories

about people defending what they thought WAS SO TRUE

but in the end they were just plain wrong

(SIDE NOTE: one of these below dummies is me. 10 points if you can guess which one.)

DUMMY #1

"where does the Y (the big block-letter on the the mountain by BYU) go during the winter?

i never see it

sooo do they take it down?"

(she was then informed that no, the Y is white, and snow is white, so in the winter, it's like CAMOUFLAGE. her life was probably never the same after that.)

how i imagine her imagining them taking down the Y. 

DUMMY #2

(in nutrition class)

"JAM IS A FRUIT"

(other person tries to explain that jam is made from fruit, but is not actually a fruit)

"NO. THERE ARE JAM TREES"

it turns out this dummy was right... kind of.

DUMMY #3

was told by her friend that when a stop sign has white around it

it's STOPTIONAL

like, you don't have to stop

unless you want to

dummy #3 gets pulled over 

for GOING THROUGH A STOP SIGN

tells the police officer that it was a stoptional and no one was coming

police officer laughs so hard she almost pees

and tells dummy #3 to

NEVER EVER EVER LISTEN TO THAT FRIEND AGAIN

this kind of stop sign really would have been useful to dummy #3

OK. Now I want to hear about everyone (anyone?) who reads this blogs biggest dummy moment. or their roommates biggest dummy moment. or whatever. please. just do it for D is for DUMMY part 2.

(email them to gillianvoigt@live.com)

AND while you are sending me your stories... listen to this.

(THEY TALK ABOUT PROVO BETWEEN SECONDS 20 AND 28!!)