Why do we need to have it explained?
Obviously it's important for someone to know how it works, but I don't need to know.
I know how to use it and how to wire a plug. All I need.
Who needs to know WTF Virginia Woolf was on about? Me.
Selective knowledge FTW.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:52, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

you don't need to
but kitty was saying that people have tried and not succeeded so was wondering where the problem lay.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:54, Reply)

somewhere between my ears and my brain probably
derpbelmdribble
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:55, Reply)

PEBKAC

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:58, Reply)

I thought it was POBKAC
problem occurs between keyboard and chair. What's the E?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:59, Reply)

Exists?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:05, Reply)

It is 'exists'

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:05, Reply)

Exists

( Kroney, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:06, Reply)

WTF was she on about, then?

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:55, Reply)

yeah that's how I feel
it bugs me when people say that you should know how something works before you use it. I bet they couldn't build the car they drive, or sew the clothes they wear.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:55, Reply)

yeah, fuck that
as long as you know how to use it

there are some things where it is advisable to know how it works, so you can sort it if it goes wrong, or use it in the appropriate way, but that doesn't apply to a lot of things.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:57, Reply)

My driving instructor told me how to change a wheel
and then asked me to describe it back to him. I was like "I open my phone, I ring AA, I wait". I know how to change a tyre, but I can't physically bloody do it, especially when they've put the wheel nut thingies on with a drill.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:00, Reply)

last time I tried to do one myself I did something to my back
and almost blacked out, on my own, in a cul-de-sac in one of the dodgiest parts of Cardiff.

Bugger doing that again.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:01, Reply)

in a cul-de-sac?
that's so ghetto.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:05, Reply)

it was full of scum

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:08, Reply)

have you seen the Antoine Dodson meme?
It made me laugh so much. "they rapin e'rybody out here!"
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:18, Reply)

I've done it myself a couple of times
And changed the car battery.
Thank god I now have AA membership.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:07, Reply)

Because it's interesting?

(PsychoChomp, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:59, Reply)

not to everyone
and nor should it be.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:00, Reply)

only to some.
I find some science fascinating, but when you get down to really technical stuff I get bored.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:01, Reply)

Well you if you keep asking questions like you say you do up there
then you'll get to the technical stuff and then to the maths.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:02, Reply)

that's the problem
maths evades me, which is pretty lame because I'm supposed to be all clever and shit. I had to get Wiggy to help me with my drafting work last night because I just couldn't figure out why some stuff in the room plan I was drawing didn't add up. I think it's when maths and logic are combined.

Don't get me started on Sudoku. When I do it on the train I try and pretend I'm doing the crossword so no one notices how fucking long it takes me. 5 minutes? Yeah maybe for Stephen Hawking!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:07, Reply)

I'm good at maths, and I enjoy it
but I don't even want to try Sudoku. Doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)

Sudoku is about logic
You can do it with letters of symbols. No need for mathematical ability.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:13, Reply)

that is true
Strangely, given the way my brain works, I don't tend to enjoy logic puzzles particularly.

I prefer crosswords and things.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:15, Reply)

Logic puzzles I can do
Cryptic crosswords baffle me until I see the solution and then I'm amazed I didn't get it. It's a certain way of thinking.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:18, Reply)

my mum's really good at cryptic crosswords
I'm a fucking whiz at join the dots.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:20, Reply)

it helps to know the way the crossword writer works
unfortunately the only cryptic one I know the system for is the one in the Sun. It is the best thing in the paper though, by a long way.

Other than breasts obviously.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:22, Reply)

Not everything is interesting
I really can't get excited at the thought of car maintenance for example. Most people feel the same about poetry whereas I love it.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:02, Reply)

I disagree, everything can be interesting it depends how it is presented.
edit: everything new stuff you already know doesn't count.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:04, Reply)

I suppose this is true to an extent
I had a physics teacher at school who made rainbows dull, but a Latin teacher who made it fun.

It depends on your audience though, I'm sure you wouldn't find it very interesting to know the different ways of constructing a corset.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)

No, but I know the best way of getting a woman out of one

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:11, Reply)

Put a dead mouse down the back?

(PsychoChomp, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:12, Reply)

If you can fit a dead mouse down the back
They're wearing it wrong.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:14, Reply)

Thanks Literal boy
you've ruined my joke.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:14, Reply)

You're welcome!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:15, Reply)

Maybe, but some things are just going to have a passing interest
Rather like going to a museum - 'Oh, that's interesting' and then you move on to the next case.
I'm never, ever going to be queuing up outside Maplins waiting to buy bits to build a new solenoid.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)

I don't even know what a solenoid is

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:21, Reply)

Here
you go
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:22, Reply)

Wikipedia?
You mean WIKILIES! Yesterday it said Russ Abbott was dead. I was sad until I realised that's where it was from.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:27, Reply)

I doubt the world is going to lie about solenoids on wikipedia
I do like looking at the edit history for some articles though, like when people vandalised Anjem Choudhury's wiki article, so it simply says "Anjem Choudhury is a cunt."
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:31, Reply)