Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 04-23-19 05:53 <=-

I know that mental aberrations mean all bets are
off, but in order to deal with such people in
real-life situations, one has to make certain
assumptions.

True... and then be prepared to remember all bets were off when the assumptions fall flat... One might be pleasantly surprised...

Well, hardly ever!

As in, What, never?!... ;)

Ah. It was irresponsible not to have someone personing
the station at all times - not that anyone would have
done anything weird, more that there might be avoidable
issues, like scorching the bottom of the pot.

I think it was in a turned off crockpot, so little risk of scorching...
and I agree that little risk of anyone doing anything weird, either.. :)

Better a turned-on crockpot and a minor risk of scorch than
a turned-off one with a somewhat less minor risk of little
bugs growing in the food.

That part of the event was only about the length of time of one of our
church dinners... I don't think there was much risk.... :)

Agreed. I treat it in the same category with Santa Claus, etc... can be fun to play along with.... so not to be totally shunned out of hand... but also not to be taken seriously or as guide/predictor to reality.

Prob is that some people who don't believe in Santa
pay attention to the horoscope. Said the quintessential
taurus.

I've been told I'm a typical capricorn, by those that pay more attention
to such things... (G)

Of course, it's a case of the lore assigning
characteristics to you and people searching
them out and saying, ah, yes, of course.

Indeed. ;) I've found it interesting that one can read the whole set
of horoscopes and likely find them all applying to a single person, no
matter what their sign might be.... it's all done so vaguely.... :)

... You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!

Or not so, that's the problem.

True... facts, like statistics, can be twisted.... and/or strung
together in such a way as to change their meaning...

Same with astrology!

True. :)

ttyl neb

... Buckwheat Scrapple: the other grey meat.

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