Funny other half comments

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ok, so some of our wives, husbands, partners who aren't science or maths oriented, can say some funny things at times huh?...aaand my dear wife is no exception, she is brilliant at many things but has zip interest in astronomy/science/maths.

Today (my birthday ) I ask her "do you know the formula for the area of a circle?" she pauses...and replies confidently "yeah, r (pause)...plus o, u, n, d"

I cracked up ...and just had to share

Even better response than a time a few years ago when I asked her if she knew which way North was and after a slight pause...used her index finger and pointed up....

Mike

[Atmos (Colin)]

Are you sure she used her index finger

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

Are you sure she used her index finger

Oh..she has given me a few of those...don't worry

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Awww comw on guys1.. must be a few other funny comments from the great unwashed???

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Awww comw on guys1.. must be a few other funny comments from the great unwashed???

Can't say anything. She's watching

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Well,

My wife (who is not at all overweight) came home from lunch with her friends and told this one:

"Why are married women often fatter than singles?

Because a single girl will come home, look what's in the fridge and go to bed.

A married woman will come home, look what's in the bed and go to the fridge"

I'm vaguely glad she is slim.

Cheers

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Happy Birthday Mike!

[PCH (Paul)]

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Happy Birthday Mike!

Wrong thread Matt, lol

[Malcolm]

Jesus Christ Marie, they're minerals.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Being young and single, nothing to add!

[Allan_L (Allan)]

When I got my first scope, (6"Newt) and the first target was Saturn, I beckoned my wife to have a look and got the expected WOW!.

Soon after, with a new bigger aperture scope, (8" Newt) I beckoned her to look at Jupiter.
Ahh! Nice! Was the response.

Next time I called her to look, I think it was Orion Nebula, she said firmly:
"Look Darling, I'm glad its there, but that's the end of it!!!"

She hasn't looked through a scope since.

[w0mbat (Ian)]

Well it wasn't my better half but a long term friend....
The preamble doesn't matter but the conversation led to my friend saying
"I don't trust science". Seeing her mobile phone on the table in front of us I picked it up and said "but you know it works, here's the evidence". I went on to mention GPS etc etc.
Completely seriously my friend replied "But that's technology".
At that point I gave up.
Ian

[Stonius (Markus)]

Originally Posted by w0mbat

Completely seriously my friend replied "But that's technology".
At that point I gave up.
Ian

Yup, most people who "don't trust science" use it every single day.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by Stonius

Yup, most people who "don't trust science" use it every single day.

They use science to spout how much they distrust it
Oh the irony abounds

[inline_online (Dan)]

I've tried showing the stars to my wife many many times with the same result each time: "That's nice darling but really they're all just little white dots in the sky aren't they?"

After I got into spectroscopy I thought that might interest her a bit more (although I skipped the heavy stuff re physics while discussing it with her). Her response: "Great, you've moved from little white dots to rainbows with black lines."

Sometimes you just can't win.

[michaellxv (Michael)]

I reminded my darling wife that I have an observing night this weekend (ignore that it will be clouded out), her response.

Oh, it's that time of the month again!

[raymo]

I stuffed it up for myself 60 yrs ago by getting my wife to trudge through
the snow to the bottom of the garden at 1am to look at a beautiful view
of Saturn. She also has not looked through a scope since.
raymo

[kittenshark (Cheryl-Ann Tan)]

Still can't get over the incident when a couple came into the store and while he was browsing the telescopes she said, I'm going to the sex shop next door.

Needless to say he left in a hurry, presumably to spend the telescope budget on other types of toys.

Never saw them since. Smart wifey.