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[Andy J]

1 hour ago, Andy Stephenson said:

I was given a business gift of a swivel connector that you plugged into your phone receiver that prevented this.

Would your free item prevent two headphone cables stored in a draw from entangling?

 

Always thought it would be a good research topic for a post graduate student as to why it happens. Do cables attract each other or is there another theory?

[Gary Manuel]

2 hours ago, Robin Colbourne said:

 

This used to drive me up the wall!

Edited July 10 by Gary Manuel

[kevin b]

[Martian]

5 hours ago, Robin Colbourne said:

 

I started to breathe in a shaky way

[Andy Stephenson]

2 hours ago, Andy J said:

Would your free item prevent two headphone cables stored in a draw from entangling?

 

Always thought it would be a good research topic for a post graduate student as to why it happens. Do cables attract each other or is there another theory?

Someone was awarded an Ignoble Prize for a paper they researched on this very topic a few years ago. You may even be able to find it with a bit of searching.

[Shaun Walsh]

2 minutes ago, Andy Stephenson said:

Someone was awarded an Ignoble Prize for a paper they researched on this very topic a few years ago. You may even be able to find it with a bit of searching.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0611320104

[Robin Colbourne]

1 hour ago, Martian said:

I started to breathe in a shaky way

Martian, you reminded me of that question, "How do you torture an engineer?"

Answer:  "Tie him to a chair and fold a map up in front of him incorrectly."

[Andy J]

1 hour ago, Shaun Walsh said:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0611320104

Thanks Shaun I already thought it was due to a random string theory. Interesting read though.

 

Now the clever part is to invent head set leads that don't entangle.

[Geoff S]

4 hours ago, Andy J said:

Would your free item prevent two headphone cables stored in a draw from entangling?

 

Always thought it would be a good research topic for a post graduate student as to why it happens. Do cables attract each other or is there another theory?

 

My wife complained yesterday that her single set of headphone cable got tangled. In this case you obviously don't need two to tango(l).

 

I used to keep my meter, oscilloscope, signal generator etc cables tidily in my bench drawer at work  - i was convinced they were reproducing they were so hard to extract.

[Brian Cooper]

I called the Paranoia Hotline today.

The voice that answered asked, "How did you get this number"?

[Gary Manuel]

I noticed that other people’s phone handset cables used to always develop at twist over time - as though they somehow turned it around whilst using it, or worse - picked it up with the cable on one side and replaced it with the cable on the other side. What’s wrong with people! Grrrr.

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

Probably due to changing hands/ears while on a call - music on hold has a lot to answer for!

[Gary Manuel]

8 minutes ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said:

Probably due to changing hands/ears while on a call - music on hold has a lot to answer for!

That’s no excuse for not unwinding it so that the cord lays naturally without tangles before replacing the handset. 

[Brian Cooper]

[Brian Cooper]

[EvilC57]

5 hours ago, Gary Manuel said:

That’s no excuse for not unwinding it so that the cord lays naturally without tangles before replacing the handset. 

All this talk of tangled cables reminds me of a cleaner we once had at work, who used to pull a cylinder type vacuum cleaner around behind her with the most awfully tangled mains cable we’d ever seen in our lives. This was bought about by the fact that she used to wind the cable up (around her elbow) from the plug end. We tried explaining to her several times that if she wound it from the vacuum cleaner end, it wouldn’t happen because the plug would spin around on the floor as she went, therefore removing the twists. She just couldn’t get it - you can’t help some people!

[Eric Robson]

She probably thought you were winding her up!

[Gary Manuel]

10 hours ago, EvilC57 said:

All this talk of tangled cables reminds me of a cleaner we once had at work, who used to pull a cylinder type vacuum cleaner around behind her with the most awfully tangled mains cable we’d ever seen in our lives. This was bought about by the fact that she used to wind the cable up (around her elbow) from the plug end. We tried explaining to her several times that if she wound it from the vacuum cleaner end, it wouldn’t happen because the plug would spin around on the floor as she went, therefore removing the twists. She just couldn’t get it - you can’t help some people!

Yep, some people are odd 😉

[EvilC57]

37 minutes ago, Gary Manuel said:

Yep, some people are odd 😉

I’ll second that!

[Don Fry]

I’m lost here, who’s odd. I would not dream of telling the office cleaner how beautiful she was, or comment on her cables. Note she has a Henry to swing. I’ve got a pen.

[kevin b]

[Brian Cooper]

[Brian Cooper]

[extra slim]

Mornin all, early start this morning, as I'm walking a bit better on my dodgy leg today, I didn't think orthopaedic shoes would help............but I stand corrected

[Shaun Walsh]

2 hours ago, extra slim said:

Mornin all, early start this morning, as I'm walking a bit better on my dodgy leg today, I didn't think orthopaedic shoes would help............but I stand corrected

That's a lame joke!