Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

"Isn't there some guy in Australia who does that in under a minute?"
~Pizza delivery guy

Partial credit for knowing where Faz is from, but still, try harder.

He then said that my ~20 sec solve was about a minute, so I'm assuming that without a clock he just has a really inaccurate perception of time.
 
One time at Puzzle Addictions there was a grandmother that was looking over my shelves and got to the keychains:

Her: "Oh look! It's a little babyyyyy!"
Me: "Yeah aren't they cute? You should get one and name it!"
Her: "They ARE SOOOOO CUTE! I don't know what to name them... um um I know. I will get one for each of my Grandchildren!"
(so she picks up 6 of them) "This one will be "xxxx" and this one "xxxx" Oh my God they are so cute!" (then held all 6 close to her chest).

I have many more stories... this one is a favorite. :)
 
theanonymouscuber said:
A cuber (well, sort of a cuber, he acts like a non-cuber) was telling me how angry he was about the guy who, "claimed he was the fastest cuber in the world". I asked him, "Who are you talking about?" He replied, "The guy who thinks he's the fastest at all the events. Feliks or something."

:fp
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Pffffffftt AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Matt said:
My 7 year old cousin asked to see my 3x3x3, so I gave it to him. He did something like (R L' R L' R L' R L') and said "that was easy". Then I showed him my 7x7x7 and he was like "How...?". It was cute BUT he's still a noob.

AND

At school, my friend asked to see my 3x3x3. He just kept doing (R U') and said " You keep doing this and it solves, right?". He thinks that because I did (R U') x 63 or whatever in class
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What is he, a staples button?
 
izovire said:
One time at Puzzle Addictions there was a grandmother that was looking over my shelves and got to the keychains:

Her: "Oh look! It's a little babyyyyy!"
Me: "Yeah aren't they cute? You should get one and name it!"
Her: "They ARE SOOOOO CUTE! I don't know what to name them... um um I know. I will get one for each of my Grandchildren!"
(so she picks up 6 of them) "This one will be "xxxx" and this one "xxxx" Oh my God they are so cute!" (then held all 6 close to her chest).

I have many more stories... this one is a favorite. :)
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More stories!!!
 
izovire said:
One time at Puzzle Addictions there was a grandmother that was looking over my shelves and got to the keychains:

Her: "Oh look! It's a little babyyyyy!"
Me: "Yeah aren't they cute? You should get one and name it!"
Her: "They ARE SOOOOO CUTE! I don't know what to name them... um um I know. I will get one for each of my Grandchildren!"
(so she picks up 6 of them) "This one will be "xxxx" and this one "xxxx" Oh my God they are so cute!" (then held all 6 close to her chest).

I have many more stories... this one is a favorite. :)
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Touching :) Most old people I know go "bahh" on my cubes.
 
theanonymouscuber said:
More stories!!!
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okay!!

A 12 yr old boy walks into my store really quick, and asks me this:

boy: "Can I buy a box from you?"
me: "I don't sell boxes!"
boy: "But... you have boxes right?"
me: "Hold on I'll get you one..." (so I went and got him a few boxes of different sizes)
boy: "no no no! That box over there!" (and points at a 3x3)

--I guess not all people have heard of a Rubik's cube... or they just forget (or are too lazy!)

Later that week I went to a 24 hour cafe and the bar tender asked if she could play with my 'box'. I laughed so hard and explained to her the history behind the cube, etc. etc. Then I told her about that boy.
 
izovire said:
okay!!

A 12 yr old boy walks into my store really quick, and asks me this:

boy: "Can I buy a box from you?"
me: "I don't sell boxes!"
boy: "But... you have boxes right?"
me: "Hold on I'll get you one..." (so I went and got him a few boxes of different sizes)
boy: "no no no! That box over there!" (and points at a 3x3)

--I guess not all people have heard of a Rubik's cube... or they just forget (or are too lazy!)
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That's hilarious. I don't really understand why someone would call it a box though. After all, it is a cube shaped object, so one would naturally think of it as a cube.

Edit: On the topic of your store, do you get a lot of non-cubers who wander into your shop?
 
One of my noob cuber friends doesn't really get the concept of BLD at all, yet he claims to be an extremely knowledgeable cuber. He asks me to proove to him that I can solve it blindfolded, but at the time I really didnt feel like doing another blindfold solve (had just finished 2 before he came up) so I scramble by doing J-Perm, reverse bowtie alg, reverse sexy move x2 for each F2L pair, and a 4-move cross set up. In my "inspection" i looked at every side for <2 seconds and then put my blindfold on and began the solve. It took me like 1 minute but I turned it as slow as possible. Than I show him thie cube and he is like "WOW! YOU CAN DO IT BLINDFOLDED! Now you just gotta work on that inspection."
 
izovire said:
okay!!

A 12 yr old boy walks into my store really quick, and asks me this:

boy: "Can I buy a box from you?"
me: "I don't sell boxes!"
boy: "But... you have boxes right?"
me: "Hold on I'll get you one..." (so I went and got him a few boxes of different sizes)
boy: "no no no! That box over there!" (and points at a 3x3)

--I guess not all people have heard of a Rubik's cube... or they just forget (or are too lazy!)

Later that week I went to a 24 hour cafe and the bar tender asked if she could play with my 'box'. I laughed so hard and explained to her the history behind the cube, etc. etc. Then I told her about that boy.
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An old lady who had alhzemiers called my V5 a box.
 
theanonymouscuber said:
That's hilarious. I don't really understand why someone would call it a box though. After all, it is a cube shaped object, so one would naturally think of it as a cube.

Edit: On the topic of your store, do you get a lot of non-cubers who wander into your shop?
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Yeah, about 95% are non-cubers...

The most common comments are about my Cubes without stickers on them... they're like "Oh look I can do this one!!!"

There are some people that come in and expect Jigsaw Puzzles.... they come in and say "Oh, there aren't any puzzles here!" and walk out. I'm trying to jigsaw but wholesalers ask for me to order in quantities of 1000's only.

I have some more interesting stories... after I get home I'll share some more :P
 
izovire said:
Yeah, about 95% are non-cubers...

The most common comments are about my Cubes without stickers on them... they're like "Oh look I can do this one!!!"

There are some people that come in and expect Jigsaw Puzzles.... they come in and say "Oh, there aren't any puzzles here!" and walk out. I'm trying to jigsaw but wholesalers ask for me to order in quantities of 1000's only.

I have some more interesting stories... after I get home I'll share some more :P
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Yes please. More would be nice.
 
At the 24 hour cafe again:

I'm practicing 7x7 when a drunk guy (and his sober friend) come in and sit not too far away from me.

Drunk: "I bet you can't figure that thing out!"
Me: "Sure I can. I can solve it in 5 minutes"
Drunk: "Well, I think that's just crazy!"
(after 2 solves he watches me the entire time. I scramble again.)
Drunk: "I bet you can't figure that thing out!"
Me: "You want to make a bet? How about $20 that I CAN solve this!"
Drunk: "Okay! I bet you CAN'T!!!" (slams $20 onto the counter, at the same time his friend laughs. The bar tenders also watch this bet and smile.)

I got like 5:4x... a pretty slow time for me. :fp

Drunk: "OMG!!! I can't ****ing believe it! Oh man did you guys watch this ****? Here's your $20... WOW!"

:)

So I kept practicing thereafter and a few solves later:

Drunk: "I bet you can't fix that thing!"
Me: "How much you want to bet?"
His Friend: "Okay I think it's time to go now"
Drunk: "No hold on. I don't believe he can do it."

And so his friend pulled him away.

This isn't the only occasion where I earned some money from a cubing bet. :P
 
izovire said:
At the 24 hour cafe again:

I'm practicing 7x7 when a drunk guy (and his sober friend) come in and sit not too far away from me.

Drunk: "I bet you can't figure that thing out!"
Me: "Sure I can. I can solve it in 5 minutes"
Drunk: "Well, I think that's just crazy!"
(after 2 solves he watches me the entire time. I scramble again.)
Drunk: "I bet you can't figure that thing out!"
Me: "You want to make a bet? How about $20 that I CAN solve this!"
Drunk: "Okay! I bet you CAN'T!!!" (slams $20 onto the counter, at the same time his friend laughs. The bar tenders also watch this bet and smile.)

I got like 5:4x... a pretty slow time for me. :fp

Drunk: "OMG!!! I can't ****ing believe it! Oh man did you guys watch this ****? Here's your $20... WOW!"

:)

So I kept practicing thereafter and a few solves later:

Drunk: "I bet you can't fix that thing!"
Me: "How much you want to bet?"
His Friend: "Okay I think it's time to go now"
Drunk: "No hold on. I don't believe he can do it."

And so his friend pulled him away.

This isn't the only occasion where I earned some money from a cubing bet. :P
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This should be my life at the lunch table at school.
 
Back then I solved the cube in 50 seconds and I solved it in class and a kid said I quickly took peices out and put them back in. I had to solve it 5 more times for him to believe me. Lol
 
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