I was the same way with geometry, although I was pretty good at it in High School. But I never really saw much of a use for it besides figuring out how tall a flagpole was. Then I took Machine Shop and I finally saw what it was all about.
Hey, I'm still trying to noodle out Euler's Equation on a part-time basis. Part-time... you know... 30 hours a week.
http://omor.com/SF/archives/Chang12.gifIt got to be a kind of secret-password-and-countersign with a guy I know, like spies ID-ing each other before the microfilm was passed from one to the other...
"E to the eye pie," says one spy (me).
"Plus one," the other spy (him) answers with the correct countersign.
"Equals zero," the first spy (me) answers, confirming the contact, and the microfilm is passed.
We used to do that little litany as we passed each other in the hall.