# This is not what I call brilliance **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324 "2024-03-01T16:47:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324/61 "2024-03-04T21:42:28Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > that probably wouldn’t work now since anyone could just Google the answers. It also wouldn’t work because the questions were like “Who was Captain Kangaroo’s sidekick?” Unless the goal is to exclude anyone under the age of 45. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324/62 "2024-03-04T21:45:31Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > It sounded pretty good at first, from here at least. That described my impression of it as well. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324/63 "2024-03-05T01:43:27Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > be obnoxious enough and it might pay off. The motto of all Karens ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324/64 "2024-03-05T01:52:16Z")
I’m sorry, LSLGuy. I wish you good luck in the future! ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324/65 "2024-03-05T03:04:48Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I still don’t know how to clean gunk out from between multi-razor blades, but I am 20 minutes older and 20 IQ points stupider for trying to learn. Drive though a car wash holding it out the window. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324/66 "2024-03-05T03:07:53Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > _minor hijack_ I had a friend who was once teased by a grocery store co-worker for using coupons when he shopped, saying things like “It’s only a dollar.” His response was, “Okay, then give me a dollar.” When his co-worker refused to do so, my friend would say, “But you don’t think a dollar is that important, so why not give it to me?” He used to say that the money he saved using coupons all the time financed his annual trips to Las Vegas. Sounds like Bill Gates; I wonder if he still does that. Or Warren Buffet. The internets is full of stories of them doing that: > **[Warren Buffett once bought Bill Gates lunch at McDonald's with coupons](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-once-bought-bill-160000274.html)** > > The Oracle of Omaha still values a good deal. So: use coupons and become a billionaire! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324/67 "2024-03-05T09:48:54Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > In the olden days this kind of stuff appeared in newspaper feature Hints from Heloise More recently the UK adult comic Viz acquired a following for its Top Tips > **[VIZ BEST EVER TOP TIPS. - Free Online Library](https://www.thefreelibrary.com/VIZ+BEST+EVER+TOP+TIPS.-a0141813202)** > > Free Online Library: VIZ BEST EVER TOP TIPS.(Features) by "The Mirror (London, England)"; General interest [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324.md?page=3)