Starting Over is a total dirty secret of TV watching.
Totally. Um, I mean, what's Starting Over?
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Feb 22, 2005 12:31:09 pm PST #77 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
bon bon - Feb 22, 2005 12:32:43 pm PST #78 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
There's some anecdote Bob points to all the time, about how someone really smart-- Feynman, maybe-- scored rather low on an IQ test, and people theorized it was because he could make even "wrong" answers work.
I don't think your intelligence is implicated if you get the answer right away, but you may be stymied for a really long time because you can come up with lots of different possible solutions.
There's a great anecdote about Bill Gates on one of the links.
Jesse - Feb 22, 2005 12:36:52 pm PST #79 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, I kinda mean in terms of how deep a groove you dig when you pursue a train of thought -- it makes it harder (in my analogy) to jump right up and shift metaphors.
Yeah, I see what you mean.
I don't think your intelligence is implicated if you get the answer right away,
Phew. I was afraid I was borderline retarded there for a minute.
But then, I'm the person who spends a lot of energy insisting that being good at trivia doesn't make me "smart."
sarameg - Feb 22, 2005 12:39:43 pm PST #80 of 10002
you may be stymied for a really long time because you can come up with lots of different possible solutions.
This is sort of why I did so horribly in the probability&stats portion of my physics education. It wasn't intelligence that worked to my disadvantage, though, more just the seriously overdeveloped case of what-if-itis. Everybody else was like oooh, use this equation while I was mentally flipping my 43rd penny or something.
brenda m - Feb 22, 2005 12:39:46 pm PST #81 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I have no idea what the hell that game or whatever is talking about, but what I do know is that I'm not much inclined to try.
kat perez - Feb 22, 2005 12:41:21 pm PST #82 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Dude, being good at trivia totally makes you smart. And a millionaire if you play your cards right with Alex Trebek. Quit stomping on my Jeopardy dreams, man.
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2005 12:43:21 pm PST #83 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There's some anecdote Bob points to all the time, about how someone really smart-- Feynman, maybe-- scored rather low on an IQ test, and people theorized it was because he could make even "wrong" answers work.
They sometimes have these banner ads at the NYT that are very much like questions to an IQ test. One they have is where there is 4 different numbers and you're supposed to pick the one that doesn't belong. I managed to make a case for each posiblilty.
Jesse - Feb 22, 2005 12:43:23 pm PST #84 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dude, being good at trivia totally makes you smart. And a millionaire if you play your cards right with Alex Trebek. Quit stomping on my Jeopardy dreams, man.
Um, being rich doesn't make you smart, either. Nor vice versa. I'm just saying.
Now I have to get my learn on.
Emily - Feb 22, 2005 12:45:35 pm PST #85 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I did get it, thanks to ita and her whitefont. But I'm not sure how long it would have taken if not for that. It might just never have occurred to me. What does that mean?
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2005 12:48:25 pm PST #86 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It might just never have occurred to me. What does that mean?
I really don't think it means anything.
Or maybe it means that the stupid puzzle annoyed me, so I read the whitefonts (as I wanted to know the answer before I left work).