Monday, May 16, 2005
Let's Get Trivial
I had a nice weekend...getting a chance to catch up with Irf, Julia, Jack, and Rudman while dining at Papa Razzi on Friday night. On Saturday night, the atmosphere was slightly more informal, as six of us discussed the pros and cons of Rudman's two long banjo-playing fingernails, over margaritas and mexican food at Border Cafe in Harvard Square. Earlier that day, Brendan, Irf, Jack and I played some doubles tennis, then I was forced to play two-on-two basketball against my will. That pretty much summarizes my weekend. On with the show...
I realized a long time ago that I was able to readily store and retrieve huge amounts of information from my brain -- as long as said information was of no significance and could only help me during Trivial Pursuit or PJ Ryan's Tuesday Night Pub Quiz.
Girl group who sang "Cruel Summer" featured in "Karate Kid"? Bananarama.
ALF's real name? Gordon Shumway.
The victims of Roger Clemens' first twenty-strikeout game? Seattle Mariners.
This is the kind of information that is readily accessible to me. As you can see, it is useless and hardly impressive, but there's a lot of it in my brain.
Who was President of the U.S. in 1926? Don't know for sure.
How do you calculate the circumference of the open end of a cone? No clue.
What's the formula to find the molar weight of a chemical compound? You got me.
That would be good stuff to know, wouldn't it? In fact, lots of kids in high school have the answers to those questions, but not me. Sure, I knew these answers at one point in time, but they've all been displaced by these useless tidbits of knowledge that I effortlessly absorb. I'm afraid that someday, the trivial facts will overrun all of the practical knowledge in my head until I won't be able to find my car keys, but I can name all of the hosts of Family Fued in chronological order (Richard Dawson, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, "Al" from Home Improvement...just a guess).
There is comfort in knowing that I am not alone. Jack has been suffering from this affliction as well, but I believe that his useless facts have more to do with Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and his wild flower project during sophomore biology. Irfan can name all of the Transformers and all of the uniform numbers of the Red Sox starting lineup. Irf -- to his credit -- seems to have also maintained a wide range of perfectly useful facts. Then again, so has Jack. Hmmm. Maybe I am the only one suffering from this mental decay. Can anyone else feel my pain here? If you can, let me know...I can't be the only one with this disorder.
Did I promise to stop making bad jokes? Oh, deer.
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I realized a long time ago that I was able to readily store and retrieve huge amounts of information from my brain -- as long as said information was of no significance and could only help me during Trivial Pursuit or PJ Ryan's Tuesday Night Pub Quiz.
Girl group who sang "Cruel Summer" featured in "Karate Kid"? Bananarama.
ALF's real name? Gordon Shumway.
The victims of Roger Clemens' first twenty-strikeout game? Seattle Mariners.
This is the kind of information that is readily accessible to me. As you can see, it is useless and hardly impressive, but there's a lot of it in my brain.
Who was President of the U.S. in 1926? Don't know for sure.
How do you calculate the circumference of the open end of a cone? No clue.
What's the formula to find the molar weight of a chemical compound? You got me.
That would be good stuff to know, wouldn't it? In fact, lots of kids in high school have the answers to those questions, but not me. Sure, I knew these answers at one point in time, but they've all been displaced by these useless tidbits of knowledge that I effortlessly absorb. I'm afraid that someday, the trivial facts will overrun all of the practical knowledge in my head until I won't be able to find my car keys, but I can name all of the hosts of Family Fued in chronological order (Richard Dawson, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, "Al" from Home Improvement...just a guess).
There is comfort in knowing that I am not alone. Jack has been suffering from this affliction as well, but I believe that his useless facts have more to do with Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and his wild flower project during sophomore biology. Irfan can name all of the Transformers and all of the uniform numbers of the Red Sox starting lineup. Irf -- to his credit -- seems to have also maintained a wide range of perfectly useful facts. Then again, so has Jack. Hmmm. Maybe I am the only one suffering from this mental decay. Can anyone else feel my pain here? If you can, let me know...I can't be the only one with this disorder.
Did I promise to stop making bad jokes? Oh, deer.
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