Is this bizarre for a 17 year old to ask you how long to boil a frank?

[aggiebaldaino]

Open to your comments about the above topic.

[kaileemccann]

Haha

[loulizlee]

Some teenagers today would not know that.  Most teenagers I know personally are pretty smart and self-sufficient.  If their parents have taken time with them as they grew up, I'm sure they would know.  It's not always the teenager's fault.

[kaileemccann]

Im a teenager myselff .

[masked_brown_guy]

depends what kind of 17 year old it is, if a monkey ask me that I would see it as a scientific break through.

[tartarsauce2008]

...boil a frank... What? I read that correctly, right?

[tamajared]

I am a young person who still doesn't know how to cook much of anything. I'm in my 20s.

[raven1114]

assuming the 17 year old wasn't severly delayed then yeah i'd find it strange that a person that age didn't know how to boil a hotdog lol.

[dreamyxo]

I don't think it's bizarre.  I don't think many 17 year olds can cook anyway.  Heck I'm way past 17 and I don't know the exact time.  In the rare occasion I ever cook hot dogs I prefer to fry mine as opposed to boil.  Even when I did boil them I didn't know the exact time I just left it in until it split.  It was probably too done by that point but I like my food cooked well done.

[southernhorizons]

Well, at least they didn't ask how to boil water! Actually, probably some teenagers would not know how to boil hotdogs, or do much of any cooking, if they were never independent enough to try to cook for themselves. Some kids take their meals for granted, and don't show an interest in how it is prepared until suddenly they have to fend for themselves and then they're stuck.

[Azanne07]

this doesnt surprise me. I couldnt tell you how long to boil a hot dog. I just keep them in there til they boil over or they split. they still taste good.

[Phx0808]

What is odd is someone using the word frank. I assume (going out on a limb here) you mean a hot dog.
Boiling a frank sounds like you are trying to boil a person named Frank.

Now to the question, no it is not odd. I have friends older than 17,
who come over and ask me how long do I put this in the microwave for?
Learning is power. People learn by asking questions.
The best learning is done when you need to know how to do it.
Since being online, I need to also say, stupid questions DO exist.


 

[wittylance]

My step dad just throughs the whole package in the microwave, thats how he cooks them. I am 19 and I actually can cook most anything I just made steak burritos or hamber they got to choose for my parents and my girlfriend. I make all kinds of stuff. I like pepered steak with this special seasoning I make that as well.  My mom taught me how to cook as well as my grandmother.  I like baked chicken with BBQ sauce.  I just check to make sure its done I cut it open and make sure its not pink.  I would hope most teenagers at 17 knows how to cook because life only gets harder when you are out on your own, away from home, besides my dad and I do most the cooking because my mother has health problems.

[lynnc35]

I am guessing this is a teenage boy, I guess it could be a girl, but in any event, someone who probably has never been around the actual cooking of food, not hanging out in the kitchen, and pretty much has every thing handed to them, I have a husband who is 30 who asked me how you know if hamburger is bad. But then, I may  not know certain things about cars, so to each their own talents and gifts.

[Julielunday]

ehh really it just depends on the way the child was brought up. some kids are spoiled and have everything done for them, others have to learn the hard way and love the rough life to learn new things. so honestly i do not think it is so bizarre