If I worried about what could kill me, I'd never leave the house.

[JazzManJim]

And even then, I'd be really careful.

I've posted stories on big rocks that could whack the planet, Frankenfish that could wreck my local ecosystem. I've read threads on various diseases, the price of my own life, and a bunch of other things that, were I to worry about each of them, would provide me with enough worry to power a large-ish city.

But none of that matters, really.

All I can do is to deal with the problems that are directly under my control. If I try to do too much, then I get frustrated. If I worry about all of it, then I get tense and skittish and really ugly. If I adopt a "what's the use" attitude, then I'm horrible to be around.

So I just handle what's in front of me. I take care of my own business and try to make life for those around me a tad bit better, inasmuch as I can.

That's how you get along in the world, I think.

 

[Aphrodisiac]

I simply walk out the door and don't think twice.

Maybe that is my problem , at times I don't think.

 

[marksgirl]

I bravely just GO!

 

[scylis]

if everybody worried about what could kill them, i wouldn't be able to get within 50 feet of another person w/o forcing the issue.

 

[DannyBoyUK]

The odds of being hit by a meteorite are, say, a million to one.

The odds of being hit by a meteorite after singing MY WAY in the morning are a billion to one.

Sing MY WAY tomorrow morning and you will increase your chances of staying alive.

 

[JazzManJim]

The odds of being hit by a meteorite are, say, a million to one.

The odds of being hit by a meteorite after singing MY WAY in the morning are a billion to one.

Sing MY WAY tomorrow morning and you will increase your chances of staying alive.

No, you'll just decrease your chance of being killed by a meteor.

You'll increase your chance of being killed by a neighbor.

It'll even out.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

I just like to run through t-storms wearing iron undies, steel spikes, and dragging a chain behind me..you people are just odd

 

[DannyBoyUK]

Then refine the technique.....

The odds of being killed by a neighbour per se have got to be more likely than being killed by a neighbour AND turning ariybd five times before going out the door.

So after you have sung MY WAY, spin around five times - neighbours AND meteorites will stay away

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[JazzManJim]

So after you have sung MY WAY, spin around five times - neighbours AND meteorites will stay away

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But then you'll get dizzy, stumble into the street and get run over by a car.

None of your neighbors will help you because of the previous singing.

See? You're doomed no matter what you do.

 

[DannyBoyUK]

But the chances of something dreadful happening after you have been talking about the theme the previous night on Lit must be HUGE !

So the more you discuss it here, the less likely it is to happen.

JMJim is the safest dude amongst our membership !

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[J.B.]

uh-huh, uh-huh I like your veiw point -I mean- your point of view.

 

[DannyBoyUK]

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One can do ANYTHING with statistics.....

 

[JazzManJim]

I am invincible! INVINCIB...<thud>...OWWWWWW!!!!

 

[DannyBoyUK]

That reminds me of when I got heavily reprimanded at school for adding a piece to the Societies section of the school magazine just before it went to the printers

It read

POISON SOCIETY
Our society this year has had one of the most successf -