Where does beef come from? etc.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by TonyS

We had a girl start working in our office with 4 A's at A-Level, we thought she'd be really bright, but she didn't understand the concept of length, width, height for measuring a rectangular box and she thought Dublin was in the UK!

Sometimes I wonder whether all you have to do nowadays is spell your name correctly on the exam paper to get an A!

No, it requires having no life for a while. The exams aren't easy, they just don't require any common sense.

And an 'A' means nothing. The subject is far more important than the grade.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

they just don't require any common sense.

I should have no problems then

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Although I had a gf who thought the X files was a documentary (she loved the program),

I would have got my coat at that


All this said, I did have to ask a lass what a word meant during a serious conversation (IIRC) the other week. I kicked myself extra for it because I knew in the back of my mind it just wouldn't click when she said it

I also work with a guy who didnt know where beef came from. Best bit was, when we told him it came from cows, he came back with 'Yeah right, I'm not stupid you know, milk comes from cows, not beef'

He also didn't know hamburgers were made from beef. When we asked him where he thought hamburgers came from the reply was 'France'.

Originally Posted by El Saxo

I also work with a guy who didnt know where beef came from. Best bit was, when we told him it came from cows, he came back with 'Yeah right, I'm not stupid you know, milk comes from cows, not beef'

He also didn't know hamburgers were made from beef. When we asked him where he thought hamburgers came from the reply was 'France'.

Hehehehe. Got to love morons

[ogden]

I'm sure he's not a moron, just in touch with his female side.