Aidy wrote:
>> Aidy wrote:
>
>> You really don't understand electricity. I suggest you come up with a
>> different analogy that you understand so as to not make yourself look
>> more stupid than you already do. Either that or get a GCSE student to
>> explain it to you.
>
> You really don't understand electricity. I suggest you come up with a 
> different retort so as to not make yourself look more stupid than you 
> already do. Either that or get a GCSE student to explain it to you.
>
> Do you see what I did there?

Yep. Used a flawed analogy and then when someone called you on it just 
paraphrased what they said to you.

If you understand electricity, why are you lying about how it works?

On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:34:08 +0100, "Aidy" 
wrote:

>
>"Ollie Clark"  wrote in message 
>news:slrnh34all.si3.usenet@greedy.zen175545...
>> It wasn't the wording that was the problem. You were completely wrong
>> about how electricity works.
>
>So?  Who cares?  Everyone understands the meaning of "electricity follows 
>the path of least resistance" to mean that certain paths are used more than 
>others.  It's not a scientificically accurate idiom, but people undertstand 
>its meaning.  If I said that "windows keep the cold out" everyone knows what 
>I mean despite it not being scientifically accurate.
>
>You're just being pedantic in an attempt to muddy the waters.  No-one here 
>cares how electricity works.
>
>> The analogy was wrong
>
>So?  Seriously....who cares?  No analogy is 100% accurate, but the 
>electricity one is commonly understood.
>
>> Can we forget about the electricity?
>
>You obviously can't because it's all you can talk about.  *My* understanding 
>of electricity is just fine.  It's not my fault that the theory of following 
>the path of least resistance is not 100% scientifically accurate.  I used it 
>to demonstrate a point using a commonly understood phrase, not to educate 
>you how the lights in your house work!  Get a life.

LMAO! It's fun watching you dig your hole ever deeper. Keep it up,
Aidy, there''s not many around like you. 

You're definitly the most incompetent troll on Usenet.

Svenne