Commonsense v Intelligence

My husband! Degrees, post grads, diplomas and absolutely no common sense! It drives me mad at times! ?

On holiday in Rome last , he spent 5 minutes trying to validate our bus tickets, then told me the machine was broken. Tried another machine on the bus and it was "broken too!"
There was nothing wrong with the machine, the ticket was not only upside down, but back to front. This was despite there being an arrow on the ticket to show the direction to put it in the machine.
What makes it worse, is that we have been to Rome over thirty times and he still can't get it right!

The following day the same thing happened again. I was so frustrated, that huffing and puffing, I took the tickets from him, only for one of the passengers to shout, Non funziona, in other words, the ticket machines really weren't working.

I think the examples given above are of very clever people, not very intelligent people.

Intelligence is cleverness plus common sense.

My beloved late step father! Degrees in various subjects etc etc, but zero common sense!

I remember my mother leaving a list stuck on the fridge for him that read something like:

1) Collect dry cleaning

2) Add tablet to Bronwen (the dog) food

3) Eat the lunch that I have left for you

4) Phone plumber to confirm appointment

And it ended Sharpen up for Christ's sake! In very bold capital letters!

She was a highly organised person, I could feel her pain (and exasperation) in the final sentence!

When I was volunteering in a school, we were taking a group of small children on a trip and were given high viz jackets. One of the teachers said to me 'Do we wear these under or over our coats?'

Most posters have one or the other but not both and often neither.

GabriellaG54

GabriellaG54

Speak for yourself - I serpently have both and the stertificates to proove it.