I was on another forum that, for whatever reason, had lapsed into discussion of drawings of elephants, and I noted that the only drawing of an elephant of any significant note (scholars may not share my opinion, but that is their fault, not mine) was the drawing by Antoine de Sainte Exupery.

I was tempted to attach a copy of the drawing, but if you treat your audience lick f-wits needing spoon-fed, then you cannot expect a credible response.

So thank you, @GammaGlobulin for your challenging topics, and my apologies that I have so often ducked to allow them to fly over my head, rather than rising to take them on the brow.

And by this little tribute to the erudition of our fellow poster, and the drawings of the pilot Antoine de Ste Exupery, and the not-closely-related topic of third angle projection, I have learnt that you may be allowed to place the rear view to either extreme left or right.  

That, naturally enough, led me on to the topic of imaginary folding your third angle like a cube, and the completely obvious question of the order that the sides of a die (singular dice) go around one another.

Somebody posted a Confused icon up in the post, and I was reminded about the other night I was out bevvin’ wi’ Donald Trump and Einstein at Mare Largo (Mair bevvy, if you’d wanted my opinion, but…)

Anyway, they both came out of it “Ah’ve got nae idea whit he wis talking’ about”

and one of them said “He must be stoopit”

and the other said “I’ll need to read and learn and understand his speeches”

9 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

imaginary folding

 

Imaginary folding of PROTEINS is important work requiring supercomputers.

 

When I was younger, I could fold proteins in my head, just as some perform complicated math problems in their heads.

 

Protein folding is important work that could lead to new drugs.....

 

And, new drugs, is food for the head, too.

 

 

I can imagine folding third angle drawings.
I cannot imagine folding proteins, although, like folding tents, it may be easier to do than understand, or watch.

Whenever I read about folding businesses, I think of the Paper Science Building, at UMIST, which seemed to be painted to look like brick, and how the Japanese have such an advantage over us with their background in Origami.

4 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

the Japanese have such an advantage over us with their background in Origami.

 

Perhaps they do....

 

But, so far, the Japanese have not found a way to fold NATTO....

 

 

Enjoy, if you will, and at your own risk...

 

 

Noodle-folding led to the invention of the number two, and by extrapolation, all other numbers.  Except 1, and zero, the latter of which was invented by the Arabs, although developed into an aircraft by the Japanese.

There seems to be some debate on the origin of the zero, though I think that the Arabs were the first to make a place for it, which is perhaps more important than the negligible quantity itself.                                                     

1 hour ago, StreetCowboy said:

Noodle-folding

 

This is the first I have heard of it.

 

Live and Learn on TV, I guess.

 

 

In one important respect, this Topic recalls to my mind this great classic film:

 

 

 

NOW, will you finally rise to take the bait?

 

Or, is this just too abstruse?

 

 

 

I thought this post was about Gamma Globule.

 

Then I saw the word Or.

Gamma / Street, get a room!!!