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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Sum Es EstBack during my single days, out on the town with a lovely but not very sharp dinner date, our "getting to know you" conversation turned to travel and language skills and such.
I was asked what languages I spoke. I replied that during my schoolboy days I studied French and Latin, but that the Latin was less useful, as it is a "dead" language and not spoken any more.
"What do you mean, Latin isn't spoken any more? Of course it is!"
"Really? Where?"
She looked at me like I was the stupidest person she had ever met.
"In Latin America, of course. Why do you think it's called that?"
(, Sun 2 Sep 2012, 8:49, 3 replies)
NoUnfortunately, she was not interested in my talents as a cunning linguist.
So I went home by myself after the date and practiced my skills as a master debater.
(, Sun 2 Sep 2012, 21:25, closed)
Many people claim that Latin is the official language of The Vatican - but that's bullshit too - they use a multitude of languages, principaly (and unsurprisingly) Italian.
(, Mon 3 Sep 2012, 9:32, closed)
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