ONe of the more stupid questions I have been asked, and like the entry a few above, it was an American tourist...
Standing in the crowd outside Buckingham Palace, penned in by barriers, awaiting the Queen to go past (I worked nearby and was bored so I went to watch, OK!) I found myself in close proximity to an American tourist and her daughter...
Pall Mall is lined with Guardsmen, wearing the full kit including bearskins and armed with rifles and bayonets fixed.
The American tourist turns to me and says, " hey! those knives on the end of the soldiers rifles, .... are they real??? "
To which I replied, sarcastically, " no , it's only the Queen of England, they are plastic..."
I once asked somebody the time whilst unknowingly being stood under Big Ben, and got the reply
"Are you taking the piss?"
that do Mark?
pussy being a keyword for testing purposes