The Dumbest Mythbuster Ever

Perhaps the dumbest myth ever, may actually hold the belief of the dumbest people ever.

In Ferris Buellers Day Off, who can forget that classic, and the scene we are refferring to is the scene where Ferris and Cameron are reversing the mileage on Camerons dad's car. They almost have it when the car goes flying through the back of the garage and into the hillside. And in high school, of course I wondered, "Could that really happen?" I mean the part about reversing the mileage. (Actually the whole movie - what a great flick. And to think I skipped all those days to stay at home and play Nintendo. Crap.)

The answer is no. Well the question, or hypothesis, turned out to be in the following scenerio.

After I took my walk this morning, I hopped in my truck because I wanted to take the mileage of my walking path. I clocked it at 1.1 miles around the block. Then my next question was, what about that day I walked all the way to my meeting across the Tollway and back? So I drove those out and clocked them, (the two different paths I took walking - one to and one back home), and they came out 1.3 miles to and 2.0 miles back estimated. So I came home to proceed with my errands. As I'm driving in the parking lot, I hit this last long, straight stretch before I park. And it came to me. Since we're clocking everything, let's see. So I reset my odometer and backed the truck up 0.1 miles. I looked down. The odometer read o.1 miles. Myth busted.

(...And so am I. You all are finding out what a dumbf*ck I am these days. Mind you I laughed at myself before you did. I wondered what it must have looked like to someone around the apartment complex to see a truck pull up, stop, back up slowly, stop, pull up again and park. "Look, honey, it's the retard again!" "Just let him be Sugar, just let him be..." So I have busted a 14 yr old myth and risen myself above not being the dumbest ass in the world. Maybe the 4th dumbest, but not the dumbest. In fact here after those who could qualify above me as dumber. And my place in the lineup. Starting with me.

6. Me

5. The guy who still puts his belt on wrong - and believes if you go in reverse, you turn back your mileage.

4. The guy who still puts his belt on wrong, can't tie his shoes as an adult - and believes if you go in reverse, you turn back your mileage.

3. Jeff Daniels

2. Jim Carrey

1. Of course who else but Goerge W. Bush. Whatta' Putz!