Knowledge Gifts

'I wish I had learned more trivia.'

"Ya know, 'DUH' can be a very hurtful word."

'I don't need them. My wife knows everything.'

'Do either of you fancy joining our pub quiz team?'

Before the Internet

Head full of Books.

Man sees vending machine, 'What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You 50 Cents'

Beyond the known and the unknown.

"Teach a man to fish, and he'll know how to fish."

The Tree of Knowledge

Useless information desk at trivia buff convention

Professor McWit, crushed by an avalanche of Philosophy 101 texts, proves again that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

'Is that you talking or Wikipedia?'

A learning curve

Infomaniac.

"Before the library cuts I was well-read now I just have ill-informed opinions."

"I figure I have about 20 years of school to go."

"You're such a know-it-all, I don't even know what you and I have in common."

Well, this answers a lot of my questions.

Yes, I know all the answers to everything. Why do you ask?

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

Fear/Knowledge

Kid at bus stop to kid: 'Needless to say, I cured my Mom of her home-schooling kick.'

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Eternal Student.

'Does this have anything to do with Einstein's theory of relativity?'

"My answers could be right. Your quiz just asked the wrong questions."

Teacher pointing to P,Q, on board: "OK class, which letter comes next? Redbeard, you should know this."

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"