Like most clueless people I consider myself reasonably intelligent. Mensa has never come knocking on my door offering me free membership but I have managed to make it 71 years and stay married to an Angel for 45 years. Still try as hard as I may, there are 3 things in this world that I cannot understand. I have read, consulted that bastion of truth and unbiased information, the internet and spent hours discussing with many people considered experts in their field still resulting in a big, fat zero in the understanding column. So here is my challenge and offer: Any person or thing that can clear up just one of these three conundrums for me will receive a full year of free nougat. (Disclaimer: If the transportation of nougat across state lines and international borders has been impacted by the Omicron variant, the judges (me) reserve the right to substitute a hearty hand-clasp in lieu of the confection).
The three things are as follows:
- Cricket: I have sat in a sports bar in Manila with no less than 4 British expats watching a live match in the middle of our night as they explained test matches, dibbly-dobbly bowlers, pitch, power play, pudding and pull, runs, batsmen, an over, a nick, no-ball and nurdle and on and on and on….Nothing! Even Wikipedia let me down and I rely heavily on that site just to get through a day. There is no way to match explanations with what happens on the field; and the game never ends.
- Cryptocurrency: All you have to do to become rich is solve problems using enough electricity to light the city of Poughkeepsie for a week and then you have created a coin that may be worth $300,000.00 today and barely get you a Hershey Chocolate Bar tomorrow; that is, if you can find anyone who accepts crypto in exchange for anything. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Litecoin, Polkadot, Erectile Dysfunction…Oh, sorry, that’d from another email…You get the idea. I guess Elon Musk understands it because you can buy a Tesla with it because he needs the cash.
- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT): I thought non-fungible meant it was resistant to penicillin. But I find out it is a non-interchangeable unit stored on a blockchain that cannot be duplicated. Some original art NFT’s have gone for $600,000.00 so I guess they are good to have. So NFT = WTF but I would like one if you have an extra.
This is a bit of a sticky-wicket so may all your tokens be fungible!