Why do cables get tangled?

[MarillionFan]

WTF is it with cables / headphones. Everytime I go into a drawer, or laptop back it's like some Merchant seaman from the 1800s has got hold of them and tied them into a four clover crookshank knot.

I just took my headphones off, put them down and when I came back they were tangled. Gremlins? Aliens? Invisible 1800s Merchant Seamen?

WTF is going on !!!!

[vetran]

Why do birds sing so gay?
And lovers await the break of day
Why do they fall in love?
(Fools fall in love)

[mudskipper]

Is this you? (Nice shirt BTW)

[SimonMac]

I read somewhere that cables can be "right or left handed" ie they only loop correctly one way, no idea if its true or not I am a contractor so can afford a pair of wireless headphones

[d000hg]

There are right and wrong ways to coil cables, as any music-tech knows. YouTube has the answers.

[original PM]

Knot your cables - a simple bow will suffice.

they will not get tangled then

[cojak]

It's all about Topology, innit.

[doodab]

Because you're not taking account of the twist when you coil them up.

[MarillionFan]

Cables?

Pah.

You should see the problems I have with bottles.



I think it's sommat to do with the warp drive being faulty.

Ah interesting. I always wondered how SimonMac was going to disappear up his own arse.

[BrilloPad]

Maybe MrsMF gets up in the night and tangles them just to annoy you.