{"id":1179,"date":"2008-08-30T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-stupid-question-yeah-right.htm"},"modified":"2008-08-30T08:01:21","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T08:01:21","slug":"there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-stupid-question-yeah-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-stupid-question-yeah-right.htm","title":{"rendered":"There is no such thing as a stupid question&#8230; yeah, right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a saying that <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.answers.com\/Q\/Is_it_true_that_there_is_no_such_thing_as_a_stupid_question\">there is no such thing as a stupid question<\/a> &#8211; only stupid answers.<\/p>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I thought the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/about\/rules\/\">rules for comments on this blog<\/a> were pretty clear, but maybe not&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/stupid-blog-comment.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hi How to fix Windows Crash? 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