Our local newspaper, Dagblad van het Noorden, provides us not only with important need-to-know-news, but also with fun interviews (the one concerning the ‘wildplasser’) and not so important news that is just amazing or funny. So I’ve decided to share some of these pieces of ‘news’ with you every Thursday from now on and call that Thursday’s Trifles. I will not translate the whole interview or article. But I’ll give you a decent summary.
Men have more spatial aptitude than women.
Interview with someone from a games development company about their research into the spatial aptitude of men and women.
The games development company concluded that men have better spatial aptitude than women. Their research consisted of interviewing 500 people and a practical test.
”All 500 people did the practical test?”
”No, one man and one woman were asked to pack things in a suitcase and in a car. The man did it quicker and better.”
”Was he a mathematician?”
”Just a normal guy.”
”And the woman was confused? Or did she only have one arm?”
”She was a normal woman who likes camping. …….”
”Did the man and woman also have to perform a parallel parking test?”
”No, that is a different test. But women are better in packing a suitcase.”
”So, their spatial aptitude doesn’t go any further than a suitcase?”
”….”
”What gets left at home when there is no more space in the car?”
”The hairdryer. ….”
”You are a games company. What does this research have to do with games?”
”We also make small games, that people can take with them on their holiday.”
”People rather bring games than a hairdryer?”
”Sociability is important on holidays.”
”You believe that women rather spend the evening playing games than blowdrying their hair?”
”A whole evening blowdrying, that’s no use to anyone.”
No date with rich man.
The council of a Dutch district wanted to register local unmarried mothers on welfare with a dating agency. They had made arrangements with a dating agency and an image/styling consultancy to ‘update’ the candidates.
Project ‘Up to Date’ was dropped after it caused a lot of outrage within local politics. It was criticized as being loathsome and unethical.
Oh my,wonders will never cease! What a loopy test of spatial awareness :-)I suppose the 'dating' idea was to find partners for these women so that the welfare payments could be stopped . . .
ReplyDeleteSo I had a scary... to me... experience reading this. When I looked at the name of your local, I translated it as Daily Blat of the North. Then I looked of the real translation - So... the Blat is silent.
ReplyDeleteI agree that blowdrying for a whole evening is useless... and probably not too good for the hair.
I think it's entirely appropriate that men pack the car. Let's face it, we're too busy blow drying our hair! These are very cute, keep em coming. As for Project Up to Date, I'd have volunteered! Well maybe not for the dating agency but for the makeover, totally!
ReplyDeleteHow weird!
ReplyDeleteJabblog,
ReplyDeleteyou're right about both ;-)
IT,
fortunately it is a silent Blat indeed ;-)
Baino,
LOL
(I'd have volunteered for the makeover too ;-))
Mimi,
I know!
Of course we can pack suitcases better than men. Otherwise we would never get a month's clothing packed away for a one week holiday. Spatial Aptitude may be men's forte but Spacial Attitude is definitely for the women.
ReplyDeleteGranmo,
ReplyDeleteLOL ;-)
I knew this was a disaster when I read that men pack suitcases better. Hah. At least in my house. =)
ReplyDeleteDid they ask the men to pack the same items in the same suitcase?
ReplyDeleteRe getting the the welfare moms hooked up: How,practical, how Dutch! Too bad it didn't work! (PS, I'm a Dutchie).
My favourite part is that they made an entire conclusion based on 1 man and 1 woman. That's like asking one man and 1 woman to cook a microwave dinner to decide who is a better chef.
ReplyDeleteWHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD? The whole world has gone crazy. I'd like to tell whom ever is in charge of the research budget at that particular company that there are starving children in Africa who could make a much better useage out of his money - as it obviously isn't doing his company any good.
This made me giggle. I look forward to next Thursday.
That test interview was bizarre! Never mind having only one test involving only one woman and one man, but he first says the man did it quicker and better, and then contradicts himself by saying 'woman are better in packing a suitcase'. Wha ... ?
ReplyDeleteLOL!
Skittles,
ReplyDeleteI thought this highly scientificly based test 'proved' that women pack suitcases better and men are better in packing a car. Whatever, it's nonsense anyway. ;-)
Miss Footloose,
I'm sure they had to pack some games and a hairdryer?
Also typically Dutch, object to every new idea ;-)
Jewels,
So... you mean... research based on the results of a test done by two people isn't scientific? Gosh!
:-)
Jay,
yes, but the test was done by company that produces games, so... perhaps they don't take themselves too serious too. They shouldn't!
;-)