THERE are some seriously dumb people in the world. (From Warrington Guardian)

THERE are some seriously dumb people in the world.

With Dave Lawrenson

I first realised that when watching Take Your Pick at the age of 12. This massive woman was playing the yes/no game. The host, Des O'Connor, explained to her that the object of the game was to respond to his questions without saying yes or no or nodding your head. She said that she understood and Des started the clock.

His first question was, "Are you enjoying yourself tonight?" The woman paused for a few seconds, weighed up her responsive options and then calmly said, "Yes."

I will never forget that moment. It took me hours to stop laughing and sporting bloopers videos have the same effect.

I have loads of them but my most recent acquisition is the best of the bunch. I won't tell you which one it was - we don't do free publicity at this paper - but I will tell you some of the highlights.

There are lots of funny football clips on the video and the best of the bunch comes from a non-league game in England.

The ball comes into the box and a defender gets kicked in the head by one of his teammates as he nods the ball clear, despite calling for it to be left to him.

He falls to the ground like a sack of spuds but play continues and within seconds the ball is pumped back into the box.

It falls near the knocked out defender and with another hapless slash at a clearance the same teammate completely misses the ball and boots him again.

What a moron!

The same can be said for an American boxer who struggles to get into the ring. It takes him several attempts to get through the ropes and when he finally manages it he gets a sarcastic cheer from the crowd.

That sound was still clearly in the memory banks after the fight, which amazingly he won, for instead of tackling the ropes again he decides to simply throw himself at them.

The ropes bounce him upwards and he thunders on to the concrete floor and has to be helped to his feet by some spectators.

How can you be a professional boxer and not know how to get into and out of the ring? That's like being a triathlete and not knowing how to swim.

Some professional footballers aren't much better in the intelligence stakes.

You have to question the logic behind David Beckham telling the Press that he got yellow carded on purpose against Wales last year.

He knew that he would miss England's next game anyway after breaking a rib during the match and decided to pick up a yellow card, take a one game ban and rub his disciplinary record clean in England's World Cup qualifying game.

Clever thinking indeed but only if no one knew about it.

For once the scam was out in the open then Beckham was bound to be investigated by the FA.

He somehow managed to avoid any disciplinary action but it is fair to say that Beckham's 'see how clever I am' interview with The Daily Telegraph did not have the desired effect.

But my all time favourite moment of sporting stupidity centres around former Liverpool full back Jason McAteer. He was once asked to get a coat hanger to help someone break into their own car after they had left their keys inside.

He toddled off and came back with a wooden coat hanger. Classic!