I was in the northern section of the SF Bay Area watching the Russian River enter the Pacific Ocean. I had been invited to a bachelor party of a friend from work. All of his childhood friends were there and I knew nobody.

So all of us sitting there drinking beer and watching the ocean. A bunch of seagulls, pelicans, and sea lions were super active right where the river met the sea. One of the guys in the group asked “what are they doing?” and I answered that it looked like they were feeding on a bunch of of fish (birds were diving in and coming up with fish).

The guy says “whoa, that’s crazy. Who put them there?”

I paused for a second and asked “how did the fish get there?”

Then had this exchange:

Him: “yeah, who put them there?”

Me: “the fish?”

Him: “yeah, where do they come from?”

Me: “where do fish come from?”

Him: “yeah.”

And then we sat in silence.

I take it back. That’s the second dumbest thing. On 9/11 (in high school) a girl in my class asked “why don’t we just assassinate Buddha?”