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<p>[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 404233, member: 103"]Miscstuff: Often I consider the fact that I have a brain packed to the gills with utterly useless information. Interesting, sometimes fascinating, but...useless in the modern world. However, once in a while, a chance comes for me to parade my tiny bit of erudition in front of an audience which is suitably gobsmacked. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />)!!) </p><p><br /></p><p>It's not quite as easy as, just casually, over drinks at a cocktail party, to introduce the subject of spark plugs. One must wait for the introduction of certain talking points. Cars, for example. A stopped up drain in the kitchen sink. The little flame that fuels the logs in the fireplace. Then it will all come trippingly to the tongue, and you will be thought Most intelligent! And So clever. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, if you don't happen to like cocktail parties -- wait for <i>Jeopardy!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 404233, member: 103"]Miscstuff: Often I consider the fact that I have a brain packed to the gills with utterly useless information. Interesting, sometimes fascinating, but...useless in the modern world. However, once in a while, a chance comes for me to parade my tiny bit of erudition in front of an audience which is suitably gobsmacked. (:)!!) It's not quite as easy as, just casually, over drinks at a cocktail party, to introduce the subject of spark plugs. One must wait for the introduction of certain talking points. Cars, for example. A stopped up drain in the kitchen sink. The little flame that fuels the logs in the fireplace. Then it will all come trippingly to the tongue, and you will be thought Most intelligent! And So clever. And, if you don't happen to like cocktail parties -- wait for [I]Jeopardy![/I] :)[/QUOTE]
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