Dealing With Stupid People [Monday, June 11, 2nd period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh leaned up against a desk in the Danger Room, hands in his pocket and a grin on his face.

"President Andrew Jackson, in the main foyer of his White House, had a big block of cheese and I can't believe I'm giving this speech," he began. "He did not, sadly, have a cracker the size of Lake Tahoe. I checked. My old boss, the White House Chief of Staff, used this folksy excuse to make us all talk to total crackpots once a year and today that privilege falls to you."

He waved his hands. "Pick a desk, make yourself comfortable, the computer'll drop someone insane off to talk to you. Try not to laugh in their faces--they're all based on real people. Um, sadly."

Comments

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

The three cartographers visibly deflated.

"Okay," the older one said meekly.

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

There were, of course, no mathematicians down the hall, so now Inara was a bit stuck. "They're a bit busy at the moment. Before I bother them, why don't you tell me why it makes a difference which inaccurate projection you use?"

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

That, of course, took another fifteen minutes of death by Powerpoint intensive slides to demonstrate exactly why they found the Peters projection to be so much better.

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Inara really should have had some coffee. "That's really quite interesting. And why is this important to you?"

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

The longest ten minutes later, the older man concluded his life story with "and that's why you need maps."

Re: Big Block of Cheese!

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"That's," mind-bogglingly boring, "definitely something worth considering, and I'll be sure to take your message to the President."