# Stupid people "Here's Your Sign"

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-people-heres-your-sign/27408>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [March 7, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-people-heres-your-sign/27408 "2009-03-07T17:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marathon)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-people-heres-your-sign/27408/1 "2009-03-07T17:21:05Z")

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I have two things to say about the “Stupid People” segment that opened today’s program.  
  
  
  
 1) It isn’t original. This was a country music video 10 - 20 years ago. Here is one version of the lyrics: [http://www…-5978.html](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/engvall-bill/heres-your-sign-get-the-picture-5978.html)  
  
  
  
 2) In most of these cases, the other person isn’t stupid – he is just trying to start a conversation. The “here’s your sign” reaction is rude.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-people-heres-your-sign/27408/2 "2009-03-08T15:07:08Z")

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Marathon is right.

The entire routine, including most of the jokes, are lifted directly from standup comic Bill Engvall’s act.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-people-heres-your-sign/27408/3 "2009-03-08T21:08:17Z")

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Yes, it’s funny, but I’m wondering about the person who posted Envall’s routine online.

Did he/she copy it verbatim from something that Engvall published, or did he/she compose that version of Engvall’s routine himself/herself?

The reason that I am wondering about the actual source of that routine is one particular line:  
“Well allright…hold my sign, I don’t wanna loose it”

Whoever actually composed that rant obviously didn’t know the difference between the words “lose” and “loose”. And, the last time that I checked, “all” and “right” were two separate words, not one word.

What was that old saying about “people who live in glass houses”?