Sighting #2:
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate, when the airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" I said, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled and nodded knowingly, "That's why we ask."

Sighting #3:
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it is safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged co-worker of mine, when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals to blind people when the light is red. She responded, appalled, "What on earth are blind people doing DRIVING???"

Sighting #4:
At a goodbye lunch for an old and dear co-worker who is leaving the company due to "rightsizing," our manager spoke up and said, "This is fun. We should have lunch like this more often." Not another word was spoken. We just looked at each other like deer staring into the headlights of an approaching truck.

Sighting #5:
I worked with an Induhvidual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the life of her could not understand why her system would not turn on.

Sighting #6 (a rare "double sighting"):
A friend had a brilliant idea for saving disk space. He thought if he put all his Microsoft Word documents into a tiny font they'd take up less room. When he told me I was with another friend. She thought it was a good idea too.

Sighting #7 (from Tech Support):
Tech Support: "How much free space do you have on your hard drive?" Induhvidual: "Well, my wife likes to get up there on that Internet, and she downloaded ten hours of free space. Is that enough?"

Sighting #8 (from Tech Support):
Induhvidual: Now what do I do? Tech Support: What is the prompt on the screen? Induhvidual: It's asking for "Enter Your Last Name." Tech Support: Okay, so type in your last name. Induhvidual: How do you spell that?

In response to April 9th's "Sighting of the Stupid", I have a couple of real-life stories to share:

Last month, my ex and I were in my lawyer's office in a deposition. After the court reporter arrived and he was sworn in under oath, my attorney began to ask him questions, trying to uncover assets that he had hidden in an effort to evade additional child support.

Part of the conversation went as follows:

1.
My attorney: So these are your W-2's for 1998; is that correct?
My ex: Yes, it is.
My attorney: Do you make any cash under the table that is not reflected in these W-2's?
My ex: If I did, do you you think I would tell you? I mean, come on. I wouldn't tell you!

(I thought that that was a pretty good incriminating answer!)

2.
My attorney: How much do you currently pay for insurance for your son?
My ex: $33.00 per month.
My attorney: And this covers only health insurance, correct?
My ex: No, it is for health insurance, life insurance, and any other kind of insurance.
My attorney: Well, it says in these court papers that it is only for health insurance. You were not ordered to pay for life insurance or any other insurance according to these documents.
My ex: Well, health insurance comes with life insurance, doesn't it? I mean, when you sign up for health insurance, doesn't life insurance automatically come with it?

Sent in by Elinor I. Munoz