IgnoranceI once was in a programming class where the task was "build a calculator". A student did one with buttons 1, 2, 3 all the way up to about 25 and then ran out of space on the screen. We've asked this before but liked it so much we're asking again: What's the best example of ignorance you've encountered?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Aug 2012, 12:30)
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Olympic fooleryA colleague on watching an Olympic swimming event on the TV in the office -
Him - "Some of these swimmers are like fish. They ARE just fish, that's all there is to it"
Me - "Like fish?"
Him - "Yeah, some of them have webbed feet and everything".
Me - "I doubt they have webbed feet, and besides fish don't have feet"
Him - "Well, flippers then. Fish have flippers"
Me - "No - fish have fins. Seals and turtles have flippers".
Him - "Well seals are fish".
Me - "What!!?? Seals are fish???"
Him - "Well, they are a sort of fish".
It's hard to soar with the eagles when you work with turkeys.
(, Fri 31 Aug 2012, 9:28, Reply)
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