Also, gul·la·ble.

Origin: 
1815–25; gull + ible

Related forms

gul·li·bil·i·ty, noun

gul·li·bly, adverb

Synonyms
credulous, trusting, naive, innocent, simple, green.

Tests For Gullibility:

1.

A popular test of gullibility is to tell a friend that the word gullible isn’t in the dictionary.

2. 

Look! Gullible’s written on the ceiling!

3.

4. 

Tell someone you have a great knock-knock joke. She says ok, you say, ” Ok, you start it.” she’ll say, knock-knock? You say Who’s there?

5.

 I’ve been hearing this “joke” that goes “if you say ‘gullible’ VERY slowly, it will sound like green beans.” I know I’m stupid, so someone PLEASE explain the joke to me. I’m getting frustrated! Not stupid or frustrated, just plain GULLIBLE!

6.

(A customer has used the store’s emergency exit, setting off the alarms. A husband and wife walk up to my cheese display while the alarms sound.)

Wife:  ”What’s that sound!?”

Me: “Oh, that’s just the employee alarm.”

Wife: “Employee alarm?”

Me: “Yes, it tells the managers that one of the employees tried to escape the building, so they can retrieve them.”

Husband: *chuckles*

Wife: *serious, eyes wide* “Oh, that’s awful!”

Me: “Don’t worry, by now they have already sedated them and locked them back in the closet with the rest of the off-duty employees.”

Wife: “They lock up the employees?!”

Me: “Only when they are not being used. It stops them from being late to work, you see.”

Wife:  ”Some one needs to do something to help these poor–”

Husband:  ”Dear, he is joking. That was a door alarm.”

Wife: “Oh…are you sure?”

Husband: “Yes.”

Wife: *looks relieved and walks away*

How Gullible Are We?

A freshman at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair on January 26. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to the alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment.

In his project he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical “dihydrogen monoxide.” And for plenty of good reasons, since it can:

1. cause excessive sweating and vomiting

2. it is a major component in acid rain

3. it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state

4. accidental inhalation can kill you

5. it contributes to erosion

6. it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes

7. it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients

He asked 150 people if they supported a ban of the chemical.

One hundred forty-three said yes, six were undecided, and only one knew that the chemical was……Water!

The title of his prize winning project was, “How Gullible Are We?”

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My Gullible Sister

One year at Thanksgiving my mom went to my sister’s house for the traditional feast. Knowing how gullible my sister was, mom decided to play a trick. She told my sister that she needed something from the store and sent her for it.

While she was gone, my mom took the turkey out of the oven, unstuffed it, restuffed it with a Cornish game hen, put stuffing back over the top of it, and put it back in the oven.

When it came time for dinner, my sister pulled the turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the stuffing. When her serving spoon hit something, she reached in and pulled out this little bird.

With a look of total shock on her face, my mother exclaimed, “Patricia, you killed a pregnant bird!”

At the reality of this horrifying news, my sister started to cry.

It took my mother two hours to convince her that turkeys lay eggs.