Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[5BLD]

When someone asks you to mix it up, put it in a pot and stir it.

[CRO]

"Don't look at me scrambling it"
"I can scramble it the way nobody can solve it"
"Solving it is not a big deal, you just memorized a lot of moves" ("moves" meaning algs I think )
"I just use a hammer to solve it"
"You're a geek"

[Ltsurge]

My math teacher called my guhong a cheap Chinese rubiks copy

[MrSpike]

Within one school lunchtime I had 4 teachers and 5 friends ALL say that they just peel the stickers off and put them back on... one person is okay for me. But 9 is taking the P**s

A seperate instance I'm walking out of school gates, just finished a solve (whilst the teachers on duty were looking) One of them says "can you actually solve that?" *facepalm*

Doing some solves at lunchtime in the common room. Guy says "Can't people like do that one handed in 8 seconds" -.-

Broke a record in common room one day and got exited about it (smashed my previous by 4 seconds) Guy says to me " was that a world record" ... "no" ... "I thought it was like 30 seconds"... "It's 5.66" *facepalm*

MANY MANY more... xD

[chrissyD]

Doing some solves at lunchtime in the common room. Guy says "Can't people like do that one handed in 8 seconds" -.-

Its rare but it can be done

[Tao Yu]

Well to be fair, you can't expect people with no interest in cubing to know the world record. Do you know the sudoku/speedstacking/Swimming, etc WRs?

I think the name of this thread is not that good. I think I should be "Non cuber reactions" or something.
I see lots of posts where people expect non-cubers to know stuff that only cubers would know.

[asportking]

My brother was cubing at his school, and one kid came up to him and said "You can't actually solve those. That cube's just programmed to solve itself."

[ianography]

My brother was cubing at his school, and one kid came up to him and said "You can't actually solve those. That cube's just programmed to solve itself."

That a darn thing to say. Almost as darn as the one that thought that there was a USB hidden under the center cap.

[cubersmith]

The really REALLY annoying moment when your mum doesn't believe you can do 3x3 blindfolded although you just did it RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER. She said she saw me peeking the whole time and later remarked that's it's not truly blindfolded unless I don't look at it at the beginning; I should be doing it by touch. WTF. You want me to do it by touch, with textured stickers rather than challenge my memory skills which is MUCH MUCH harder?

Incidentally, my blindfold is the type where it's literally impossible to peek. Oh why didn't I do it under the table instead...

And then, the slightly more hopeful moment when you realise your mum's opinions don't matter the tiniest bit in cubing...

LOL, no offence but your mum must be quite annoying when it comes to cubing. I saw what you said about her on UKO thread as well :P

Also, do it behind your back, that might convince her :P

[Phlippieskezer]

Cubing in class, solving a 5x5.

Teacher, after a bunch of kids stare annoyingly in amazement: "It's just a bunch of pattern identifications and lots, and lots of memorisation of moves."

I also doing K4, so lol.