Is it just me, or do all parents have such unbelievable bouts of stupidity and jack-assedness that it is impossible to fathom how they've gotten as far in life as they have?

Both of my parents experienced this at the exact same time. And unfortunately, the one being subjected to it was me.

Basically what happened is that I had been working on a college application essay for some time now, and I wanted to get it just right, as the school I'm applying for is the only one I've found close enough that has the programs I need. So, I asked both of my parents to proofread it and check for mistakes. First of all, it took my dad about three weeks to even look at it, but eventually he did. After those changes were made, I sent it to my mom, and she said she'd have it looked over by the time I got home from school. She fixed any mistakes, printed it out, and set it on the counter for my dad to look over one more time before it was sent in. It was there for about four days. Today, my mom said,

"We need to send that essay in, the deadline is today.
"Okay, give it to dad to send it in, it should be on the counter where you left it."
"No, I gave it to you to bring upstairs and file away."
"Mom, I just saw it two hours ago, on the counter. I purposely left it there. Why the hell would I file away something that needed to be sent in?"

After a decent amount of time was spent searching, we decided to just print out the one we edited on her computer. Only, we couldn't find that, either.

"Oops, I must not have saved it after I printed it out."

So I basically have a miniature meltdown, and have to re-write about half the essay in about twenty minutes. I succeeded, sent it to Dad, and told him to submit it right away, before midnight, which is when the deadline would end. He looked at me like I was an idiot and said,

"Why? =_="
"Are you serious?!" The deadline, Dad!"
"The deadline isn't today."
"Mom said it was!"
"That's the first I've heard of it."

To which I ask my mom, who says:

"What are you talking about? I never said the deadline was today, I just said that I talked to the counselor today."

Parents have selective amnesia at the worst possible times. I think that took off like three years of my life. The essay did end up getting turned in, though, I'm just really appalled at how stupid parents can be.

Sorry for the uh, rant, lol.