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Holy crap that is funny. Took like 3 posts for the ripping starts.

Happy birthday!

<------ Engineering major, just for the record.

Crappy news, but so it goes. Like you said, focus on the more important things and enjoy your life... its the only one you will get.

Id play just for kicks but don't have any interest in the bet. I have been working on losing weight for about 5 wks already... down from 223 to 209 already... and dunno how much further down my aim is. If you folks do the $ (don't let me from stopping it) I'll just watch or play as an amatuer.

Yeah, bad typo there. Clearly meant 'bit by a rabid fox.'

I agree with what you are saying here, just before you seemed to imply that one action was clearly not random (running with the fox) and one was random (play/fire/pinata). I think that either really could be random AND/OR just unpredictable. I don't think it would be wrong to describe either action random... or either action unpredictable.

But also just brings up the fact that language is a fluid thing. You can not base the right or wrong usage of a word based on a book definition. If most people would use 'at random' for this situation and most people reading it would understand the meaning of that usage, I claim that it is the proper usage no matter what the definition is. Though I am not an english professor.

a. "let me put it in a top 10 list for you."

lol

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I found the fact that she ran a mile with a fox attached to her arm very random.. You know what i would probably have done? punched it a good 5 to 10 times and tried to kill the animal. I wouldn't run to my car... throw it in the trunk and drive to the hospital i would get that stupid animal off my arm and kill it and then go to the hospital... seems like it would be pretty awkward having a fox on my arm lol.and i find that the whole idea that she at the time walking randomly got attacked by a RABID .. fox outa the blue. The way she handled itself was random. Whats got your pantys in a bunch mama not make you a birthday cake this year?

 

 

Hmmm...panties not in bunch...since you didn't specify what you considered to be "random."

 

I challenge you to a fox-off-the-arm-punching contest.

 

My argument is not with your judgment on her choice of actions (wouldn't have been my choice either), but with your USE OF THE WORD RANDOM.

 

In all reality...running back to her car with the fox attached still isn't random. It is one of several realistic choices this woman could have made. You are misusing the word "random" when you should be saying "unlikely" or "unpredictable."

 

That is all.

 

For clarity's sake, I'll give you an example of a random action after fox attacks and latches (in this case):

 

Dress the fox in Victorian period garb, conduct a dramatic interpretation of "The Tempest"~by Shakespeare in 3 acts, then light the fox on fire while building a pinata containing fly larva.

 

That, once again, would be "random."

Wait, now. By your own stated definition, your example at the end would be "unlikely" or "unpredictable", not random either. Not to mention that your stated definition is flawed.

at random, without definite aim, purpose, method, or adherence to a prior arrangement; in a haphazard way: Contestants were chosen at random from the studio audience.

So in theory, if she ran back to her car with a definite aim or purpose it would not be random. But if she ran haphazardly, with no purpose or aim it would be random. If she did the shakespeare fire larva thing with an intent in mind it would not be random, if it was done for no particular reason it would be random.

Though like you did state, the fact that the fox bit her would not be random by the view that under the circumstances a fox could be expected to act that way... though it could be considered random with the opinion that in a normal course of walking through the woods, you do not get bit with a rabid fox (at least not in my experience).

Great author, so many of his books were ahead of their time.

Congrats to Obama, 44th president of the USA.

Im just surprised the vote above is as close as it is.

No, seriously, is that at SIU?

I am insanely addicted to the "Song of Ice and Fire" by Martin... but have not read anything else by him. I will check it out. BTW, that series is so interesting, can't wait for the new book to be released!

I am a King fanatic and could go on forever. If you like the story behind the Talisman you should absolutely read 'black house' which is a sequel to the Talisman. It is also cowritten by King and Straub.

If you have time and liked these books (and have a little time) you should consider reading the 'dark tower' series by King. It is 7 books long and takes awhile to read but is along the same lines. I consider this series to be one of the best ever written. It helps that so many of Kings books parallel each other with common characters and ideas... it is hard to describe but books like 'talisman' 'black house' 'the stand' 'insomnia' 'desperation' 'the regulators' 'salems lot' plus many others all tie into this series. Not like you have to read them to enjoy the dark tower series, but it is neat that there are commonalities that make it so interesting.

My thoughts will be for you and all of Tyler's family. Keep the memories and know that he will be there forever.

Glad to have ya, welcome!

Easy, just move to a different state where you don't have a record. By the time you get to Washington, consider self exile to canada.

Yeah, I'm surely not going to go see that movie.

Halloween when I was growing up (maybe 90/91 or so) the twin cities got like 40" of snow.

 

40" ?? did u also have to walk to each house uphill with bricks in ur sacs for candy?

Nope, but it did put a serious damper on the trickertreating.

Halloween when I was growing up (maybe 90/91 or so) the twin cities got like 40" of snow.

The Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles was like this for me, not the type of books I would normally read, but well written and exciting. Vampire books are always worth a shot IMO.

And on the spoilers yeah, try and watch it, obviously nothing intentional on the post, but edited.

I love about every apocolyptic or post apoctolyptic story I've ever read. I will check this one out. My favs are 'The beach' (cant remember the author) and 'the stand' (stephen king)... anyone else have favs?

Post of the day! Nice comebacker.

Happy birthday! Happy birthday!