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Because it's interesting?

(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 15:59, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
not to everyone
and nor should it be.
(, 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.
(, 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.
(, 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!
(, 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.
(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)
Sudoku is about logic
You can do it with letters of symbols. No need for mathematical ability.
(, 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.
(, 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.
(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:18, Reply)
my mum's really good at cryptic crosswords
I'm a fucking whiz at join the dots.
(, 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.
(, 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.
(, 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.
(, 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.
(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)
No, but I know the best way of getting a woman out of one

(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:11, Reply)
Put a dead mouse down the back?

(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:12, Reply)
If you can fit a dead mouse down the back
They're wearing it wrong.
(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:14, Reply)
Thanks Literal boy
you've ruined my joke.
(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:14, Reply)
You're welcome!

(, 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.
(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)
I don't even know what a solenoid is

(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:21, Reply)
Here
you go
(, 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.
(, 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."
(, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 16:31, Reply)

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