[QUOTE=matt_mcl]
THe other day while showering, I was thinking about something (I forget what) during the course of which I was trying to figure out what 26 times 26 is, as I had only memorized the squares up to 25 squared. Well, I thought, if this were a real square, you would have to add 25, to add an extra unit “edge” to the square, then add 26 to the top of it, and that would be a 26 by 26 square. Oh, that’s interesting, to get a square number, you can take one square lower, then add that amount, then add the higher number. So it’s like (x+1)^2 = x^2 + x + (x+1)… or…
x^2 + 2x + 1. Congratulations, Matt, you have just rederived binomial equations from scratch! Bringing you up to grade, what was it, nine? Whee!
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[QUOTE=hajario]
“Yep,” I said to myself, “the next time I am in the market I have to buy myself some of these…pipe cleaners.”
Uh, yeah, I guess that’s how they got that name. :smack:
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Sweet jeebus, the same exact thing happened to me! I bet we were smoking out of the same kind of pipe, too!
I’ve been trying for years to puzzle out if the Saturn logo was the planet or the cursive capital letter “s”. I think the answer is “yes.”
Once when camping on a dark, new moon night (after dirtying our pipes), a friend and I went for a walk through the woods (on a trail, we weren’t that stupid). We didn’t have flashlights, but we did have some votive candles. Holding them in our hands blinded us, so we soon discovered that holding them on top of our heads was better.
“Hmm…” I thought. “If only we had some sort of bucket with a long handle to hold the candles in that had a shield on top so the glare wouldn’t blind us…and maybe a glass window so dew wouldn’t drip on the wick. With some holes to let in air for the flame…”
Another time when eating a cheeseburger, I used a rather overripe tomato, which got rather squishy. “This is fantastic!” I thought. “It’s so sweet! All it needs is a little salt, and maybe a splash of vinegar for acidity! It would be perfect for a cheeseburger!” :smack: D’oh!
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel]
I’ve got an “A-ha!” thats not so much smart, but at least now I feel better.
For years I heard the phrase “Madison Square Garden” and associated it with a square garden modified by the location Madison. It wasn’t until about 5 years ago that I realized that the location was really a garden modified by the location Madison Square.
I’d associated the “Square Garden” with televised prize fights, which, as I’m sure you all know, are conducted in a boxing ring also known as the “squared circle.” Somehow the two were connected in my mind.
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This is exactly what I thought. I thought it was Madison “Square Garden” when it is actually “Madison Square” Garden.
Last night, I dreamt I was, sadly and inexplicably, still in school, and my class was administered a four-page-long I.Q. test. Each question was a different type from the others; some were wordplay puzzles, some mathematical, a few used pictograms, etc. I had the very strong impression that every other student was zipping through the test with alacrity and even joy (to judge from the sounds of pencils scratching and page-flipping), while I was felt utterly intimidated and defeated by the thing before I had even begun – like I needed a good night’s sleep, or a caffeine hit times ten. I even procrastinated the fateful moment of starting it, by signing my name to all the pages first. When I finally addressed my attention to the puzzles, I was quickly stymied by most of them, to the point of not even understanding how I could go about solving them. Things were looking very dire, when I woke up…
… and realized that the whole thing was a dream and [John Malkovich’s voice] in MY head! It’s MY HEAD![/JM voice]
How exactly does one part of one’s brain cook up a gibberish I.Q. test that the other part of one’s subconscious brain can’t make any headway with?
Well if it makes the logo lapsers feel any better, I still don’t get the Toyota logo. I keep thinking ‘bull’ or ‘Taurus’ when I see it. What am I missing?
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]
Well if it makes the logo lapsers feel any better, I still don’t get the Toyota logo. I keep thinking ‘bull’ or ‘Taurus’ when I see it. What am I missing?
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[QUOTE=Toyota Logo - Design and History]
The current Toyota Mark consists of three ovals: the two perpendicular center ovals represent a relationship of mutual trust between the customer and Toyota. These ovals combine to symbolize the letter “T” for Toyota. The space in the background implies a global expansion of Toyota’s technology and unlimited potential for the future.
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Yeh. Whatever, Toyota. :rolleyes:
I’ve always admired the oldNorthwest Airlines logo. First you see the “N”, then you see the “W”… then you notice the triangle that polarizes the N/W formation is actually the compass point for north-west.
Then NWA had to ruin everything by changing it to their crappier new design.
[QUOTE=The Scrivener]
Last night, I dreamt I was, sadly and inexplicably, still in school, and my class was administered a four-page-long I.Q. test. Each question was a different type from the others; some were wordplay puzzles, some mathematical, a few used pictograms, etc. I had the very strong impression that every other student was zipping through the test with alacrity and even joy (to judge from the sounds of pencils scratching and page-flipping), while I was felt utterly intimidated and defeated by the thing before I had even begun – like I needed a good night’s sleep, or a caffeine hit times ten. I even procrastinated the fateful moment of starting it, by signing my name to all the pages first. When I finally addressed my attention to the puzzles, I was quickly stymied by most of them, to the point of not even understanding how I could go about solving them. Things were looking very dire, when I woke up…
… and realized that the whole thing was a dream and [John Malkovich’s voice] in MY head! It’s MY HEAD![/JM voice]
How exactly does one part of one’s brain cook up a gibberish I.Q. test that the other part of one’s subconscious brain can’t make any headway with?
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You know, I’ve had some similar dreams. Not similar in the way that I’d be sitting at the desk with a test, but I’d have something that I’d be looking at or reading or doing that made no sense to me and was something completely out of character for me too. I usually wake up from these dreams, stare straight up at the ceiling and wonder what in the hell just went on for the next couple minutes (or until I turn the alarm off and happen to doze back to slumberland, much to the chagrin of work).
I have used the expressions “eye candy” (good looking) and “nose candy” (theatre slang for cocaine) individually for years without realizing how similar they were.
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]
I have used the expressions “eye candy” (good looking) and “nose candy” (theatre slang for cocaine) individually for years without realizing how similar they were.
Maybe I should start using “ear candy.”
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To me, Ear Candy equates to sappy pop music. Usually performed by guys and girls who are undoubtedly eye candy, who are undoubtedly partaking of nose candy.
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]
Well if it makes the logo lapsers feel any better, I still don’t get the Toyota logo. I keep thinking ‘bull’ or ‘Taurus’ when I see it. What am I missing?
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Yeah, it says “longhorn cattle” to me.
[QUOTE=NicePete]
As a matter of fact, I had an AHA moment just the other day. I was sitting in a diner when an animated hand reached up through my menu, grabbed my hand and pulled me into his animated dimension. Some bad guys chased us around there, then we went back through a mirror into the “real” dimension.
At least that was my take on it.
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Cute Pete, I just had my own “a-ha” moment trying to make sense of your post.
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel]
For years I heard the phrase “Madison Square Garden” and associated it with a square garden modified by the location Madison. It wasn’t until about 5 years ago that I realized that the location was really a garden modified by the location Madison Square.
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Wow, I didn’t realize that until I read your post. :smack:
When I realized why my username pops up in threads about space travel. I chose it because at the time I was working on undersea (sub-) fiber optic (-light) cable projects. The other meaning didn’t occur to me for a long time after.
