Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[danthecuber]

Sometimes I practice some PLLs under my desk during a boring lecture, and this guy next to me is watch me do it and when the cube gets to a solved position, he whispers, "dude, that's amazing, you can do it without looking!"

 

[theace]

At school:
I'm solving a rubik's cube, and when I'm halfway through F2L, my friend grabs it, scrambles it, and yells, "Setback!"

Lol

 

[Magix]

At school:
I'm solving a rubik's cube, and when I'm halfway through F2L, my friend grabs it, scrambles it, and yells, "Setback!"

Then, after I solved it again, a different kid says, "No you didn't solve it!" and scrambles it again.

SIDENOTE: Solving it during class can attract quite a big crowd. The teacher makes a note about how I'm solving it, and the next thing I know, 3/4 of the class is like, "OMFG HOW DOES HE DO THAT LET'S TIME HIM!"

Posts like these are exactly why I don't solve in public places. People make stupid comments or I get too much attention.

I solve because I like to solve, not for attention. ._.

 

[Ordos_Koala]

search in googl "oh oll"
google: "did you mean 'oh lol'?"

 

[danthecuber]

search in googl "oh oll"
google: "did you mean 'oh lol'?"

doesn't happen to me

 

[izovire]

Today I will be posting a series of "non-cubers say the darndest things" stories about most of my conversations with my landlord. :fp

The first story is around the time we first met. I was showing off my cubing times and he was quite impressed.

Landlord: "I didn't know people could do it that fast. I remember when it came out in the '80s and I figured it out myself in 1 month."
Me: "Can you still solve it now?"
Landlord: "I still have the same cube from the '80s. I solve it at home sometimes."

(so then I scrambled my cube and handed it to him)

Landlord: "Oh wow this feels great, what kind of grease did you put in it"
Me: "Just silicone... now, can I watch you solve it."
Landlord: "It takes me a long time"
Me: "That's okay, at least you can solve it right? I'm curious about you solving method."

(So he turns it and jerks it around like he knows what he's doing. 3 minutes pass and the best he got was 7 colors on the blue face.)

Landlord: "It takes me a long time to figure it out. But I can do it using my method."
Me: "Can you please explain your particular method?"
Landlord: "It's quite long and difficult to understand."

(Then his phone rang and it ended like that)

--We can all assume he doesn't know **** about the cube, right?

 

[Ordos_Koala]

doesn't happen to me

probably it's other language my google and your google use... when I clicked at that link, he did it again... btw, first result for me is "Places for question oll near locality Ohaio"

 

[Ordos_Koala]

--We can all assume he doesn't know **** about the cube, right?

when I was in about seven years old and got it first time in my hands, it took me few hours to make one side too

 

[ben1996123]

when I was in about seven years old and got it first time in my hands, it took me few hours to make one side too

Yeah, but he "already knew how to do it".

 

[gbcuber]

When I solve the cube in front of people, the first thing they ask is "What do you do in your spare time?", often followed by, "what's the secret?"

 

[izovire]

When I solve the cube in front of people, the first thing they ask is "What do you do in your spare time?", often followed by, "what's the secret?"

Sometimes it's "What's the secret?" followed by, "There must be some ridiculously long math equation for learning it"

 

[Ordos_Koala]

Sometimes it's "What's the secret?" followed by, "There must be some ridiculously long math equation for learning it"

and sometimes even"cheater"

 

[izovire]

Here's the 2nd story of my landlord. The time of this was just after I opened my store for business. It's linked to the story above ^

(He walks into my store around closing time).

Landlord: "Okay, I forgot how to solve it using my method. Can you teach me?"
Me: "Sure! But first you will need to buy one of my 3x3's"

(So he pays for the cheapest 3x3 in my store, the F-I)

Landlord: "Okay, so you showed me the first step. "Plus", right?"
:fp Me: "Cross"
Landlord: "That's right I remember."

(He continues trying to solve the cross. Time passes and the furthest he got was 3 pieces...)

Me: "Do you need some help"
Landlord: "You know me, I figure things out pretty well by myself."

(Eventually he gives up and I start showing him examples.)

Landlord: "I see what you're doing, but mine isn't working the same as yours!"
Me: "There's nothing different. You're just thinking too much. All you need is 4 pieces to make a cross."
Landlord: ".... ... okay."

(The FI slipped out of his hands and fell on the floor, popping several caps. He then immediately picks up the caps and puts them wherever. :fp :fp :fp)

Me: "You know what, how about I let you borrow my book. (Speedsolving the Cube by Dan Harris)"
Landlord: "But isn't that cheating?"
Me: "Is learning the ABC's from a teacher considered cheating?"
Landlord: "......"

(I just gave him a new FI instead of fixing the caps on the other one... just to get him out of there before he breaks something else.)

--So he borrowed my book for about a week and returns it a week later... The story will continue in the 3rd story. They're linked together. :fp

 

[ianography]

One kid at school knew that I could solve the Rubik's Cube, so he comes up to me and asks if I have the Gear Cube. Although he called it "The Gear Box", I was still quite impressed he knew about it.

 

[whauk]

its a bit OT but i think it fits best here:
in german there is a verb called "loben" and it actually happens to me that whenever i see this word i read "lolben"... i definitely spend too much time in this forum

 

[Cool Frog]

its a bit OT but i think it fits best here:
in german there is a verb called "loben" and it actually happens to me that whenever i see this word i read "lolben"... i definitely spend too much time in this forum

I thought the verb was "lolben" but I had to read it a second time haha.

 

[Owen]

I don't bring my cubes to school anymore, but I decided to bring my megaminx today.
I took it out, and the storm started.

"Woah, how fast can you do that one?" (Legitimate question, but annoying.)

"Can I try?" (No.)

"How hard is it?" (sigh...)

"Wow! it's a six sided Rubik's cube!" (Um... No...)


And then I remembered my I don't bring cubes to school anymore.

 

[Antcuber]

It may be shameless, but I've been guilty of sitting next to pretty girls on the train and solving it as fast as I can repeatedly until they comment on it. Then I go for the phone number.

and that, kids, is how you pick up chicks with a rubik's cube

 

[ianography]

and that, kids, is how you pick up chicks with a rubik's cube

if only there was a like button on this forum...

 

[Ordos_Koala]

if only there was a like button on this forum...

yeah, i'd like your sig

antcuber: try doing it with your teraminx (petaminx? )