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TK-421 said:
Now I don’t claim to be any sort of genius on the topic of maths, but surely this takes the piss. Last week I was talking to a lass at work who reckoned her boyfriend thinks she’s thick because she couldn’t work out how long it would take to travel 60 miles at 60mph. Naturally, I agreed with her boyfriend that she is indeed thick as the answer is clearly 1 hour (60/60=1), simple yes? Wrong, this was an impossible thing to explain to her and she couldn’t get it out of her head that it took her about 45 minutes to get from Peterlee to Barnard Castle which is 30 odd miles so how can it only take an hour to do 60 miles :rolleyes:
After spending far longer than intended trying to explain the basic rules of arithmetic, I ring my mate who is also on shift to confirm I’m right as I’m starting to doubt myself. I put the same question to him and he replies ‘well it takes me about an hour and a half to get from here to Newcastle’. :eek: I put the phone down.

Neither of them knew the dates of the First World War either. Surely this is basic stuff or is this just how it is now?
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The general rule is, think of the stupidest person you know. Half of the population are stupider than that person.
 
Dun Scathach said:
The general rule is, think of the stupidest person you know. Half of the population are stupider than that person.
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I do hope this is not true. Mind it would be impossible correct to prove because someone must know the stupidest person, or they are the stupidest person.
 
Spike said:
Our lass didn't know where rain came from and how clouds formed until today when she asked me in all seriousness why the tarmac was steaming, so I believe there are no bounds to how thick a grown adult can be
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I've just asked my 7 year old and he understands the water cycle. He also had a basic knowledge of how wind was created in that the water vapour hit an invisible barrier at the edge of space.
 
Spike said:
Our lass didn't know where rain came from and how clouds formed until today when she asked me in all seriousness why the tarmac was steaming, so I believe there are no bounds to how thick a grown adult can be
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For ultimatum confusion would suggest bringing 'operation popeye' into the conversation:)
 
I have a theory about young people knowing very little general knowledge. When we were kids you had to watch whatever was on the telly at the time. There were hardly any channels. So you watched loads of things you might not of if you had more choice. Hence you absorbed a wider range of stuff, from news, history whatever. Kids today watch whatever they want, whenever they want, which is mostly mindless cack and generally new. Never old programmes or old films. Hence they don't learn, gain any info beyond the small area they're interested in. Hence idiots.
 
PtangYang kiperbang said:
A lass who worked for me, asked how come you could drink the water in Skegness.

I said what do you mean.

She said if you go on holiday in Spain, you can’t drink the water, but if you go on holiday in Skegness you can.

I said you’re aware that Skegness is in England aren’t you? She said yeah, but it takes 3 hours to get there and 3 hours to get to Spain, so how come you can drink the water in Skegness?

I gave up at that point.
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We play a game at work for who makes the brews. We ask a random question and whoever is furthest away loses and makes them.
The question was how far in miles is the moon from earth?
One lass said 4000, so I chuckled and said that’ll probably get you to Europe. So she went in a huff and said well f***ing 400 then :lol:
 
TK-421 said:
Now I don’t claim to be any sort of genius on the topic of maths, but surely this takes the piss. Last week I was talking to a lass at work who reckoned her boyfriend thinks she’s thick because she couldn’t work out how long it would take to travel 60 miles at 60mph. Naturally, I agreed with her boyfriend that she is indeed thick as the answer is clearly 1 hour (60/60=1), simple yes? Wrong, this was an impossible thing to explain to her and she couldn’t get it out of her head that it took her about 45 minutes to get from Peterlee to Barnard Castle which is 30 odd miles so how can it only take an hour to do 60 miles :rolleyes:
After spending far longer than intended trying to explain the basic rules of arithmetic, I ring my mate who is also on shift to confirm I’m right as I’m starting to doubt myself. I put the same question to him and he replies ‘well it takes me about an hour and a half to get from here to Newcastle’. :eek: I put the phone down.

Neither of them knew the dates of the First World War either. Surely this is basic stuff or is this just how it is now?
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safcforever said:
We play a game at work for who makes the brews. We ask a random question and whoever is furthest away loses and makes them.
The question was how far in miles is the moon from earth?
One lass said 4000, so I chuckled and said that’ll probably get you to Europe. So she went in a huff and said well f***ing 400 then :lol:
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The moon is in an elliptical orbit round the Earth so you would need to be specific.
 
safcforever said:
We play a game at work for who makes the brews. We ask a random question and whoever is furthest away loses and makes them.
The question was how far in miles is the moon from earth?
One lass said 4000, so I chuckled and said that’ll probably get you to Europe. So she went in a huff and said well f***ing 400 then :lol:
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4000 miles would get you well into the Middle East.
 
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