stupid question time!

While it may not be unsportsman like; it is usually a great waste of time. I much prefer to start another game. On occasion I have resigned from the stronger side when playing an off hand game; I mean the poor bloke must be in a desperate need for a win to play on. In tournaments I try to finish off my opponent as expidetiously as possible in order to conserve resting time before the next round.

 While this is true its equally true that noone can be forced to deliver mate as quickly as possible. Good players rarely ever continue when their position is hopeless.

I'd get more satisfaction and less mental strain by giving a hopeless non-resigner a nice mate with a pawn than by putting additional mental effort into a already won game in order to find the fastest mate. In most cases it is possible to do it using conditional moves (trapping opponent into a corner where he has only one move is typically what it would take to checkmate him anyway), so this doesn't even take much more time from me.  OTB may be a different case, but on the Internet I don't see any reason why not to do this.

 If I had this promoted to a Queen is would have been stalemate so I underpromoted to a knight instead and won the game a few moves later

what if you do not have enough queens?

In tournaments, you stop the clock, call the arbiter and he'll bring another. In casual play, just use whatever in place of a queen - upside down rooks, action figures, etc.

i am sorry for what i have done by asking this question!!!   did not know it would cause such a stir!

For the record-

"FIDE Law 3.7E
When a pawn reaches the rank furthest from its starting position it must be exchanged as part of the same move for a queen, rook, bishop or knight of the same colour [i.e. a  white pawn can't become a black rook -my edit]. The player's choice is not restricted to pieces that have been captured previously. This exchange of a pawn for another piece is called 'promotion' and the effect of the new piece is immediate."

Nowhere that I could find does FIDE prohibit 2 same-colored Bishops.

I think AnthonyCG was just pulling our legs.

I hope not because some people may believe it.

Just because it annoys you doesn't mean it's unsportsmanlike, it's the rules.  I like doing that if the chance presents itself, 3 queens up?  That's a no-brainer.

Bobby Fischer was the best!

 Good point.  I do like the idea of a harem though. 

 Yep he was, but he isn't now.  Kasparov could have beaten him with a hangover. 

I once had six queens, a bishop, and a knight. My opponent only had his king.