The last post is the WINNER!

[savagewind]

That would be a "copper bottomed" mistake in Cleese's turn of phrase. But for the sake of the psychology of handling mistakes, I like the analogy.

I think that a copper-bottom pot is a good thing in the kitchen.

 

[sun rise]

I think that a copper-bottom pot is a good thing in the kitchen.

The internet told me that "copper bottomed" means the opposite of the way he used it. So you are right and get a gold star. Why he used it the wrong way is a mystery to me.

 

[savagewind]

The internet told me that "copper bottomed" means the opposite of the way he used it. So you are right and get a gold star. Why he used it the wrong way is a mystery to me.

Now, maybe for the rest of our Earth lives, we have to wonder, when we have the time, what meaning other than copper bottom does copper bottom have?

 

[savagewind]

Now I get it! Copperbottom is good so if your missile misses its target it is good. That is true.

 

[savagewind]

That is a FACT, Isn't it @Deeje?

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

In college, I wore a "nerd pack". And then in a more modern incarnation, trying to reflect the past into the present:

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GCM d(-) s()) a+++ C()>+ ULVHSC*(++++) P(++) L(++) E(-) W(++) N(+++) o(+) K--(-) w(+) !O M() !V PS(++) PE() Y() !PGP t(+) 5(+++) !X R(-) tv(+) b(++) DI(++) !D G(+) e(+++) h(--) r(+++) y
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

I'm afraid it's all Geek to me...

 

[savagewind]

Let me help you.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

If I got depressed about being wrong, I'd be living in a casket just waiting for the dirt to be shoveled over me.

Instead, I celebrate my wrongness. I use for my inspiration the story of Gordon the Guided Missile narrated by John Cleese in that immortal talk "The Importance of Mistakes". And if you watch a very young child learning to walk, you'll see a "Gordon" in action. So we need to enjoy (and correct) our mistakes.

Gordon the guided missile sets off in pursuit of its target. It immediately sends out signals to discover if it is on the right course to hit that target. Signals come back: “No, you are not on course. So change it. Up a bit and slightly to the left.”

And Gordon changes course as instructed and then, rational little fellow that he is, sends out another signal. “Am I on course now?” Back comes the answer, “No, but if you adjust your present course a bit further up and a bit further to the left, you will be.”

He adjusts his course again and sends out another request for information. Back comes the answer, “No, Gordon, you’ve still got it wrong. Now you must come down a bit and a foot to the right.”

And the guided missile goes on and on making mistakes, and on and on listening to feedback and on and on correcting its behavior until it blows up the nasty enemy thing.

And we applaud the missile for its skill. If, however some critic says, “Well, it certainly made a lot of mistakes on the way”, we reply, “Yes, but that didn’t matter, did it? It got there in the end.”

All its mistakes were little ones, in the sense that they could be immediately corrected. And as a results of making many hundreds of mistakes, eventually the missile succeeded in avoiding the one mistake which really would have mattered: missing the target.

That's a good management story...of course, before Monty Python, that's what Cleese did...

 

[sun rise]

Now, maybe for the rest of our Earth lives, we have to wonder, when we have the time, what meaning other than copper bottom does copper bottom have?

The internet tells me using copper as a marker for mistakes is very very rare. I did find this not that it means anything.

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 14/11/2017 12:13:48:

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The bits used on Electric irons for electrical and electronic work are made of copper-plated iron.

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Doh! A copper-bottomed mistake. Meant to type "The bits used on Electric irons for electrical and electronic work are made of iron-plated copper."

 

[sun rise]

That's a good management story...of course, before Monty Python, that's what Cleese did...

The video with that story was shown to us when I worked for the local phone company. I remembered it and have had occasions to make something of it a few times.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

or wearing a black bra under a white blouse

When I was with the paper, there was a manager in the county I had to deal with on occasion for information for stories. He frequently wore a black bra with a white shirt, usually pretty thin white shirts, so you really couldn't miss it...and usually pretty lacey bras...and a tie...

 

[savagewind]

So.........we now MUST change our minds about what the missile story really and actually means.

 

[savagewind]

When I was with the paper, there was a manager in the county I had to deal with on occasion for information for stories. He frequently wore a black bra with a white shirt, usually pretty thin white shirts, so you really couldn't miss it...and usually pretty lacey bras...and a tie...

I think thAT YOU REALLY MEAN, "HE". lol

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

The internet told me that "copper bottomed" means the opposite of the way he used it. So you are right and get a gold star. Why he used it the wrong way is a mystery to me.

It's John Cleese...he said it to be funny...duh!

 

[sun rise]

When I was with the paper, there was a manager in the county I had to deal with on occasion for information for stories. He frequently wore a black bra with a white shirt, usually pretty thin white shirts, so you really couldn't miss it...and usually pretty lacey bras...and a tie...

Assuming you really meant 'he', calling attention to wearing a lacy bra would be an interesting development.

 

[sun rise]

I think thAT YOU REALLY MEAN, "HE". lol

You were faster than I.

 

[savagewind]

OK. It is time for that time. Night time. A shower....maybe after some dishes......brush the teeth......floss if you have a mind to.......toilet.........light........reading glasses (they are usually where they should be).....and BED. so, goodnight

 

[savagewind]

You were faster than I.

I guess that sometimes I am.

 

[sun rise]

I guess that sometimes I am.

And you'll be in bed before I since it's only 4:38 right now.

 

[savagewind]

And you'll be in bed before I since it's only 4:38 right now.

Yes, you are California. That is nice.........and expensive, I have heard.