Random Irritations

[Deleted member 18121]

people who dont say thank you, or smile, or acknowledge you when you hold a door open for them or stand back to let them through.... if you're one of those people you can f right off and learn some manners.

 

[Slime]

Women who take offence when said doors are opened for them!

 

[Slime]

Golf commentators who talk about holes-in-one.
In my mind it has to be hole-in-ones as two holes-in-one is just impossible.

 

[Slime]

When a golfball horseshoes out of the cup, straight back at the golfer, and it's described as a 360º .................................... when it just isn't, it's a 180º!!

 

[Kellfire]

Golf commentators who talk about holes-in-one.
In my mind it has to be hole-in-ones as two holes-in-one is just impossible.

Well sadly you're wrong, it's holes in one. Just as the plural of surgeon general is surgeons general.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

When a golfball horseshoes out of the cup, straight back at the golfer, and it's described as a 360º .................................... when it just isn't, it's a 180º!!

Geometry isn't my strong suit by I would say it's a 360.

180 would be straight on leaving the hole directly between the player and the ball.

 

[Imurg]

I'm with Slime.
A 360 has to go all the way around the hole and carry in in the original direction..

 

[User20205]

How many degrees would it have to travel to come back to the player??
360 in a full circle?? 180 would see it behind the hole ?

 

[User20205]

I'm with Slime.
A 360 has to go all the way around the hole and carry in in the original direction..

That would be a 540?

 

[Kellfire]

Scientifically speaking, it's probably somewhere between 180 and 360 degres... It almost certainly isn't a full 360 and it definitely isn't a 180.

See my picture labelled with the angles and with a rough ball direction in green to show the direction of the ball circumnavigating the hole and how it travels through the angles on the circle. In my case it enters around 30 degrees and leaves at about 290 so it would be a 260 degree turn.


But we use 180 figuratively to mean a reversal, which is why people say 180. They're applying a figurative notion to reality incorrectly.

 

[User20205]

Scientifically speaking, it's probably somewhere between 180 and 360 degres... It almost certainly isn't a full 360 and it definitely isn't a 180.

See my picture labelled with the angles and with a rough ball direction in green to show the direction of the ball circumnavigating the hole and how it travels through the angles on the circle. In my case it enters around 30 degrees and leaves at about 290 so it would be a 260 degree turn.


But we use 180 figuratively to mean a reversal, which is why people say 180. They're applying a figurative notion to reality incorrectly.

Did u draw the diagram?? That’s dedication. 👍👍👍👍

 

[Imurg]

That would be a 540?

If the ball is going from A to B and performs a lap of the hole on the way then surely it's moved through 360° as it's now carrying on in the same direction..

 

[Kellfire]

Did u draw the diagram?? That’s dedication. 👍👍👍👍

I did indeed.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

If the ball is going from A to B and performs a lap of the hole on the way then surely it's moved through 360° as it's now carrying on in the same direction..

How many degrees in a circle?

If the ball returns (give or take) to where it first hit the lip it has completed a circle I.e
360 degrees.

 

[Slime]

How many degrees in a circle?

If the ball returns (give or take) to where it first hit the lip it has completed a circle I.e
360 degrees.

So which direction would the ball end up going after a 90º lip out?
Work that out, then go another 90º.

 

[Slime]

Well sadly you're wrong, it's holes in one. Just as the plural of surgeon general is surgeons general.

If someone get two holes-in-one, that's two holes in one shot .......................... not possible in my head.
The plural of merry-go-round is merry-go-rounds.

 

[Kellfire]

So which direction would the ball end up going after a 90º lip out?
Work that out, then go another 90º.

Left. As per my diagram.

 

[Slime]

So which direction would the ball end up going after a 90º lip out?
Work that out, then go another 90º.

Left. As per my diagram.

So what if the ball went 90º right?

 

[Deleted member 18121]

People pushing to get off the tube first to then take the stairs 1 at a time blocking everyone else who is in a rush

 

[Deleted member 18121]

People walking down the street engrossed in their mobiles and getting in the way .... There should be a rule that I can smash the phone out of your hand and stamp on it