Not necessarily.
But hey, in for a penny, in for a pound.
Fascinatingly, though, I first learned what a gnomon was while playing the Infocom text adventure 'Wishbringer' on an Atari ST, which had a cardboard sundial included as part of its packaging.
Only after throwing it away, thinking it was a shit novelty, did I realise it was fundamental to finishing the sodding game.
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Fascinatingly, though, I first learned what a gnomon was while playing the Infocom text adventure 'Wishbringer' on an Atari ST, which had a cardboard sundial included as part of its packaging.
Only after throwing it away, thinking it was a shit novelty, did I realise it was fundamental to finishing the sodding game.
i learned what it meant
when i was about 8. not showing off, i just liked to read the dictionary to piss my teacher off. kevin the kitten my fucking arse!
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Sun 17 Oct 2010, 0:38,
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Bet she could work out what 'kevin the kitten my fucking arse' meant fairly swiftly.
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I pissed my teacher off by correcting her spelling when I was 10.
I thought I was being helpful. I could spell "fluorescent" but I couldn't spell "tact."
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