At 11:15 PM Sunday 10/2/2005, Julia Thompson wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
I was at a dinner party Friday night where one of the guests
(a real girly-girl) was bragging on the fact that she had faced
her fear and killed an extremely large spider in her living
room. I told her that killing something that you outweigh by a
factor of several million to one isn't facing your fear of it.
She wasn't buying it.
Well, then I don't face my fear of scorpions.
I just kill them, dispose of the body, and then sit gibbering in the
corner for the next 10 minutes.
At least this way, I'm greatly reducing the chances of someone
getting stung, which is the *real* fear I have. It's extremely
unpleasant to have your 6-month-old stung by a scorpion!
It probably ain't on the short list of the 6mo's favorite things, either.
And some of the ones I kill aren't outweighed by a factor of several
million to one -- several thousands to one on some of them, sure,
but not millions.
Julia
getting paranoid about scorpions again, although I haven't seen any
for over a month now
Of course not. Orion is visible.
--Ronn! :)
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER
GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that
would be eliminated from schools too?"
-- Red Skelton
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