I'm losing my favourite game
Dec. 15th, 2004 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaReturn of an old rant:
I just called the Swan to book my car in for some work on Saturday. During my fifteen second conversation with the receptionist, she said "just bear with me a second" three times.
That's a whopping 12 bwm/minute, on average.
I just called the Swan to book my car in for some work on Saturday. During my fifteen second conversation with the receptionist, she said "just bear with me a second" three times.
That's a whopping 12 bwm/minute, on average.
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Date: 2004-12-15 01:57 am (UTC)Plus, at an estimate, another 2 seconds each time to say the phrase.
So that's 9 seconds gone.
How did you fill in the gaping 6 second void?
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Date: 2004-12-15 02:01 am (UTC)The third time it was more than a second, while she put me on hold and talked to the mechanic.
Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:01 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:16 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:18 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:19 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:21 am (UTC)What's it take to make her lose?
Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:22 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:23 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:25 am (UTC)I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:29 am (UTC)Area of Vatican City: 0.44 km2
Number of Popes in Vatican City: 1 (usually)
Vatican City Pope density: 2.27 Popes/km2
Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:37 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:37 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:39 am (UTC)In fact, every time you so much look at your friends page, you'll see
In fact, you'll probably worry about that, as soon as you think about looking at LJ. Which probably counts as a loss.
Have a nice, productive day!
Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:40 am (UTC)Re: I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:42 am (UTC)I remember being delighted during a lecture on computer architecture (a rare occurrence) when the lecturer started talking about the speed of light being a limiting factor in laptop design.
He pointed out that, for the purpose, it was most useful to think of the speed of light as being "about a foot per nanosecond".
Re: I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:49 am (UTC)Yeah, I can see how "1" is a useful approximation.
Re: Thankyou so much.
Date: 2004-12-15 02:52 am (UTC)Re: Thankyou so much.
Re: I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 03:03 am (UTC)What happens for nine days ? I'm not very well up on my popery.
Re: I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 03:08 am (UTC)Re: I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 03:10 am (UTC)Re: I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 03:10 am (UTC)Or are you referring to the infinite number of popes-in-potentia ? In which case surely it isn't infinite, it's about 24, or however many redhatty guys there are in the College of Cardinals these days.
Re: I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 03:13 am (UTC)0/x = 0, regardless of the value of x.
x/0 = infinity, regardless of the value of x.
Re: I see I'm not the only person who likes silly ratios.
Date: 2004-12-15 03:14 am (UTC)