Stupid Question of the month

A few possible responses:

1) Dunno. Did he?
2) If you know the answer, how's about sharing it with the rest of us?
3) If you don't, do you suppose it might be a good idea to just shut up?

It may be, as one of the story's sources says, that "it's not unreasonable for people to ask" such a question. That's a far cry from concluding that it's reasonable for a newspaper to spend 1A space posing the question.