Trivial things you don't understand/mildly annoy you

[jutty274]

The Internet, it's the Internet

it's the tinternet, didn't your grandmother teach you anything.

[Only Me]

P.S.

It's the World Wide Web, the World Wide Web (or Web for short).

Jeez, I'm turning into Nev  

Too late

[Samdy Gray]

Was that one of the Legends nights, Sam? If so, yes it bugged the hell out of me as well.

It was.

[Honkytonk]

it's the tinternet, didn't your grandmother teach you anything.

No no, it's t'internet.

[Reg Smeeton]

I'm still mad about that quiz night some years ago now where the quiz master insisted the correct answer to "Who invented the Internet?" was Tim Berners-Lee.

The way that getting  told something is a wrong answer in a quiz when you know it's right, deserves its own section in a thread entitled "really fucking annoys you for years afterwards." I've got a back catalogue, some of which I could really do with dumping from memory....but I can't. 

It dates back a long way to when I was kid about 12, on holiday with the parents at a hotel, and there was a last man standing type quiz. Name a sea....2 before me offer Red and Black....so I go Yellow. Cunts, think this is funny, and despite pointing out it's between China and Korea, I'm eliminated. 

However my all time favourite in a sports quiz....theme all answers have the Christian name Roger. Q. Who scored the winning goal for Leicester in a replay of the 97 LC final v MBoro. Me. Steve Claridge....wrong it's Roger Claridge.

On a brighter note, there is a quiz at the CG on April 10 (best check that) fundraiser for NSPCC, which is advertising a round on STFC, amongst the usual....how sexy is that going to be?

[jutty274]

I was at one once where they asked the question who is the lead singer of Kiss?
My team put Paul Stanley ( the only lead singer they have had ). The question master reckoned it was Gene Simmons. We came second by 1 point, the team that won had put gene Simmons. We went to the next quiz 2 weeks later & the question master apologised for getting the answer wrong, then proceeded to get another 3 answers wrong to easy questions.
Never went there again.

[Reg Smeeton]

I was at one once where they asked the question who is the lead singer of Kiss?
My team put Paul Stanley ( the only lead singer they have had ). The question master reckoned it was Gene Simmons. We came second by 1 point, the team that won had put gene Simmons. We went to the next quiz 2 weeks later & the question master apologised for getting the answer wrong, then proceeded to get another 3 answers wrong to easy questions.
Never went there again.

Ouch....at least you got an apology. Setting quizzes isn't easy. There's always a few things which crop up like....what's the world's biggest island? The answer always wanted is Greenland though in my book it's Australia.

[pauld]

what's the world's biggest island? The answer always wanted is Greenland though in my book it's Australia.

Why's that even in dispute? Surely it's just a question of fact isn't it? Or is there some detail around it that allows for grey areas?

[Flashheart]

Why's that even in dispute? Surely it's just a question of fact isn't it? Or is there some detail around it that allows for grey areas?

I think it might be in dispute because Greenland has the longest coastline of any island.

[Talk Talk]

Or is there some detail around it that allows for grey areas?

Very much this. Ooooh, tasty discussion!  

It depends on the definition of an island and whether continents can be classified as islands. It varies depending on where you look. For example, Afro-Eurasia is completely surrounded by water and hence a massive island but is considered as two continents by most people. If you apply that rationale then Greenland is the biggest island and Australia is a continent.

[pauld]

Very much this. Ooooh, tasty discussion! 

It depends on the definition of an island and whether continents can be classified as islands. It varies depending on where you look. For example, Afro-Eurasia is completely surrounded by water and hence a massive island but is considered as two continents by most people. If you apply that rationale then Greenland is the biggest island and Australia is a continent.

Ah, OK, that makes sense. Cheers TT.

[Talk Talk]

Ah, OK, that makes sense. Cheers TT.

...and then we can have the argument around if Eurasia is a continent or whether it should be split into Europe and Asia 

[Reg Smeeton]

Why's that even in dispute? Surely it's just a question of fact isn't it? Or is there some detail around it that allows for grey areas?

"Facts" can change....like Pluto used to be a planet, but apparently is now a large asteroid.

I'm sure when I was a kid, the continent of which our former penal colony was the largest bit, was called Australasia. This enabled NZ, New Guinea and the islands to be counted in. So Australia, was the largest island. At some point it seems to have morphed....the continent is now Australia.... So it ceases to be an island, when clearly it is.  Sometimes the other bits get lumped in and the term is Oceania, which makes much more sense, otherwise NZ is in Australia, when clearly it isn't.

It's all a bit like trying to decide where Europe begins and ends....the classic question being what is the highest mountain in Europe?  As a kid, it was Mt Blanc, but now it's Elbrus, and you'd probably need to ask Vlad Putin, which country that's in.

[pauld]

I always thought the continent was Australasia/Oceania as well, but there you go.

[Reg Smeeton]

I think it might be in dispute because Greenland has the longest coastline of any island.

Is Greenland part of Europe or North America ?