The Multiplication of Bananas by Umbrellas: Electrical Phenomena 24
Eric R. Laithwaite
Adult people are very lothe to show their ignorance to their fellow men, which is a pity, because they then go around feeling inferior when, were they to declare their ignorance to a companion or small group, the odds are that nobody would know anyway! Small children are not so commonly afflicted this way. As they become teenagers they begin to have pride and to pretend, in the main, that they understand, certainly the fashionable words of the day.
