FabSwingers.com forum: Pointless knowledge

By *unny.side.up.cpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Over the years I have enjoyed playing racing games, to the point where I now have the layout of the Laguna Seca Raceway etched onto to back of my otherwise empty skull. No matter how long between races, I can always recall the track corner for corner.

So let’s hear it, what are your pointless nuggets of knowledge?

Bonus points if you can mention anything you’d have rather retained instead.

Personally, I’d like to be conversational in one of my target languages as it is a skill I deeply admire, so being better at remembering more of that would be a nice.

Looking forward to reading the replies!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve ’flown’ an F-18 simulator for so long, that I can now recreate flights that real pilots make. Including the completion of full checklists, air to air refuelling, and landing on a moving aircraft carrier, which is said to be the most difficult thing any pilot could attempt to do.

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

The fricking periodic table song.

I have no need to know an outdated periodic table. I have no need to know any form of it.

Do I know it? Yes.

Why do I know it? Because I decided it would be a good party trick for uni parties.

I'm such a fucking twonk.

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By *ake_or_deathMan
over a year ago

Manchester

I can tell you that YTV's Christmas Line was Leeds double-48199, if that's any good to you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The fricking periodic table song.

I have no need to know an outdated periodic table. I have no need to know any form of it.

Do I know it? Yes.

Why do I know it? Because I decided it would be a good party trick for uni parties.

I'm such a fucking twonk."

That’s not rubbish I answered the one question I have ever heard on a quiz show having remembered the first 12 elements on the periodic table

Oh wait it’s been 45 years stored in my head for that one moment

Perhaps a waste lol

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By *addyAWoman
over a year ago

Beside the Seaside

I know how many 4 inch sausages go round the earth at the equator.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh and OP, Laguna is the most amazing track isn’t it?

I loved trying to ‘ride’ it on XBOX MotoGp games.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Murder trials in classical Athens had to be held outside, because the 'sin' of a murderer was 'contagious'

(sin and contagious are close enough for the purposes of this discussion, because we are not going down that fucking rabbit hole ok)

The word sycophant may have originally been a pussy joke, although it could also have been about laws against luxury products in the prelude to Athenian democracy

I could go on... and on and on...

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

I can remember any amount of useless things from 40 years ago, would be useful if I could remember some things from last week.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I am familiar with most of the intel processors in the 1150 socket. Some I have used in my builds are G3258,4130,4150,4430,4440,4590,4690k Something for everyone!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I remember the number plate of a big old car my dad had with leather bench seats in the front. I cannot for the life of me commit my own phone number to memory.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I remember the number plate of a big old car my dad had with leather bench seats in the front. I cannot for the life of me commit my own phone number to memory. "

Oooo number plates, I can remember every the plates from every vehicle me or my family have owned.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I can remember the registration plates of almost all the cars I've owned, plus my Grandad's and Grandma's cars. I can remember a whole bunch of phone numbers from the past and I can recite all the books of the Bible in order, from Genesis to Revelation.

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By *unny.side.up.cpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"I’ve ’flown’ an F-18 simulator for so long, that I can now recreate flights that real pilots make. Including the completion of full checklists, air to air refuelling, and landing on a moving aircraft carrier, which is said to be the most difficult thing any pilot could attempt to do. "

That’s impressive! I feel like a number of the skills would be transferable to real life (if you were planning to be a pilot/instructor)

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Over the years I have enjoyed playing racing games, to the point where I now have the layout of the Laguna Seca Raceway etched onto to back of my otherwise empty skull. No matter how long between races, I can always recall the track corner for corner.

So let’s hear it, what are your pointless nuggets of knowledge?

Bonus points if you can mention anything you’d have rather retained instead.

Personally, I’d like to be conversational in one of my target languages as it is a skill I deeply admire, so being better at remembering more of that would be a nice.

Looking forward to reading the replies!"

I have the lyrics to a million songs, but I wouldn't swap them for anything... although there was a mid 80's rap song called "Just Buggin (nothing serious)" by Whistle, that I would happily swap for just about anything.

Cal

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By *unny.side.up.cpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"The fricking periodic table song.

I have no need to know an outdated periodic table. I have no need to know any form of it.

Do I know it? Yes.

Why do I know it? Because I decided it would be a good party trick for uni parties.

I'm such a fucking twonk."

Haha that could go either way, you’re very unlikely to need the knowledge, but at least you can pretend to be smart

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By *unny.side.up.cpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"I can tell you that YTV's Christmas Line was Leeds double-48199, if that's any good to you."

I hope one day I can use this and give you credit. I’m not even sure I know what it means

I’m guessing trains??

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By *unny.side.up.cpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Some great replies so far

I won’t reply to all because it will annoy everyone, but keep ‘em coming! Enjoying reading them.

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By *unny.side.up.cpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Oh and OP, Laguna is the most amazing track isn’t it?

I loved trying to ‘ride’ it on XBOX MotoGp games."

It’s a great track. I have others that I prefer, but I think this one sticks in my mind because I spent so damn long as a kid trying to nail the corkscrew

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Oh and OP, Laguna is the most amazing track isn’t it?

I loved trying to ‘ride’ it on XBOX MotoGp games.

It’s a great track. I have others that I prefer, but I think this one sticks in my mind because I spent so damn long as a kid trying to nail the corkscrew

Exactly the same here.

Spent so many years watching the likes of Doohan, Rossi, Stoner, and Lorenzo, yet I could never anticipate the turn in and always crashed/used runoffs.

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

So many song lyrics. I do like having a relevant song lyric for pretty much every life situation but I also feel that brain space could be put to better use!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"So many song lyrics. I do like having a relevant song lyric for pretty much every life situation but I also feel that brain space could be put to better use!

I also have this!

"This is the greatest and best song in the world"

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