When I was a kid I was obsessed with the story of the gordian knot and Alexander’s wacky solution to it. I decided for some strange reason to train myself to untangle knots and to this day I’m still pretty good at it.
Seeing this reminded me of finding the two Newton’s cradles that I own that had survived my most recent move that were all very tangled and spending a good 5 minutes untangling them and cursing this weird drive I have to untangle knots.
But why are they getting tangled often enough for people to form opinions on how hard they are to untangle?
This is a worse sight than a guy suffering from testicular torsion.
It’s the same sight
#firstworldproblems! :-)
Is that a newton’s cradle? How did it get tangled?
Had mine happen while I put it in a box to move desks. Was a pain to untangle
Yeah.
Use a toothpick to open up the loops in the knots. Focus on one of the outermost strings and move the ball through the loops until it’s clear. Then you only have four tangled strings and so on.
You’re just better off buying a new one
God damn. How hard are you swinging the Newton’s cradle for this to happen?
