STUPID QUESTION JAR

For many years sitting on the bar at the Treetop Lounge in Sosua was a “Stupid Question Jar”. Ask a stupid question and you were obligated to put a peso in the jar. For the most part it was the ex-patriot population who fueled the jar although tourists, getting into the spirit of things often joined in the fun. Below are some of the questions which cost the transgressor a peso. Sole arbiter of what constituted a stupid question was the bar owner. Although some of the questions are no longer valid here are a few:
The electricity has been good lately, do you think they got it fixed?
Since the General has been in town the power has been good. Do you hink it will stay that way after he leaves?
During the election campaign the power has been great; do you think it will stay that way?
Why does the supermarket test the light bulbs I buy before I leave?
CDE caught me turning back my meter (pulling the meter at night); do you think they will cut me off?
My CODETEL bill is up to 35,000 pesos and I can’t pay; do you think they will cut off my phone?
How many people can they legally put in a gua-gua?
How many people can legally ride a moto-concho?
Why do conchos charge Dominicans 3 pesos and Gringos 5 pesos?
Does any Gringo have a Dominican driver’s license?
Does it matter?
My Kawaski, 125, the blue one, is missing; have you seen it?
Do you have insurance?
Do you think the police will find it?
Why don’t conchos ever have change?
Why would a cop wave in a moto-concho who wasn’t speeding?

When I took the Dominican woman I met in a disco to my hotel at 3a.m. the sereno (night watchman) wouldn’t let her in, he said she was a puta (prostitute); how did he know that?
Your bartender refusedto serve that women saying she was a puta. How did he know that?

Is there any rum in this drink?
Why don’t you use 151 in your blended drinks?
It’s 2a.m and that little shoeshine boy who can’t be over 10 years old is still shining shoes; doesn’t he have to go to school tomorrow?
You sent a little boy to the supermarket for a bottle of drambui will they sell it to him?
Your sign says “free drinks manana, how do you stay in business that way?
I won’t be here tomorrow; can I have my free drinks today?
Your sign says “absolutely no credit.” that doesn’t apply to me does it? I live here, we’ve known each other for years.
Why do one peso notes smell like fish?
Why don’t they use one peso notes anymore?
The stupid question jar is getting really full, what are you going to do with them?

Those are but a sampling, there are really hundreds of them