I bet Mormans would make the greatest salesmen that ever lived if they entered into that profession. They have suffered just about every vocal abuse known to man. I mean..they must be hardened to what people say about them. Imagine if they decided to pursue door to door selling? They'd probably be 'top salesman of the month' every month for years straight.
Using Wikipedia is like talking to a friend who's really smart but completely aloof. You type in the word or whatever your wanting to research and if you don't type it in just right your taken to topics that have nothing to do with what you were searching for or you don't get an answer at all. Same as that smart friend, he may be a real nice guy but he's got a one track mind and subtle conversation cues on changing the subject just don't work. So for better clarification of this analogy, we've all known people (ahem.. professors) who can talk your ear off about anything. But in order to get to the subject you're wanting to ask them about you have to be blunt otherwise they'll go right on talking about what they want to talk about. It can be a similiar situation talking to old timers. You have to be pretty straight forward about what subject you'd like them to elaborate on from their past otherwise they've got alot of unrelated stories they'll probably be sharing with you instead. Wikipedia is no different. You want to find information on a certain subject? You better type it in just right because it is a cold, analytical information source not a user-friendly guide. This reminds me of an old joke I once read: A salesman new to town wanted to get to know the townspeople better and build up goodwill. He went all over town introducing himself to the shop owners and foremen. As he walked toward one of the shops he noticed an old man sitting on a porch with a mangy, unfriendly looking dog sitting nearby. Attempting to make an aquaintance, the salesmen reached out his hand to the old man and introduced himself. The old man wasn't very talkative so the man tried to make conversation and said to him "Say, does your dog bite?" to which the old man replied "Nope." The salesman reached out his hand to pet the dog but quickly jerked back as the dog lunged for his shirtsleeve. The salesmen, aggravated by the old man said to him perturbed "I thought you said your dog didn't bite!" The old man responded "Ain't my dog."
