The "Not the sharpest knife in the drawer" award goes to...

[driver8]

The travel agent booking my in-laws cruise.

My wife's parents are going on a cruise -- not sure where, but I know that they will be in New York City for a few days.

So my mother-in-law says to the woman, "Oh, I can't wait to go to New York -- we love that city."

The travel agent replies, "But ma'am, the ship doesn't leave out of New York...it leaves out of Brooklyn."

So then the woman gets out a map and is looking for Brooklyn but she cannot find it. My mother in law finally tells her, "Uhm...Brooklyn is in New York."

[ThomCat]

1. That is funny.

It's hard to imagine someone being that ignorant of geography. Given how many tv shows are set in NYC people tend to learn a bit about NYC just through osmosis.

[sarge43]

2. Oh, I think I can top that one.

My husband was talking with a co-worker and they got on the subject of wives and hub said I was interested in history, knew about things like the Norman Conquest.

According to hub, co-worker looked bemused for a moment, then answered, "I knew a guy named Norman once."

[Richard Steele]

3. You really should take a look at this:

http://www.peoplelookup.com/search-summary-out.php?ReportType=1&searchform=name