tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post5949071715287264977..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Truth is stranger than fiction (Valentine’s Day edition)rhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-28310405716912195572013-02-28T16:34:59.862-05:002013-02-28T16:34:59.862-05:00"Andrea's mom said it to Andrea on Thursd..."Andrea's mom said it to Andrea on Thursday, and two days later Andrea said it to me."<br /><br />Yes, I know, but I was writing in terms of a generality regarding such fantastic accounts. As for your specific account, that leaves it to be a chain of unlikely coincidences (or a falsehood, of course). My assumption regarding this would be something that I think might go back to Sherlock Holmes, and goes to the effect that, when the impossible is eliminated, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth of the matter. So, are such things impossible? I suspect so although I would be happy to believe differently. As a bit of an aside, something that has always struck me as odd regarding the behavior of spirits is that they hardly ever (not counting this case) seem to do anything useful. Instead, they content themselves with knocking over knicknacks, walking through walls, and doing other things that just aren't helpful. Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-27305782534999177912013-02-28T16:15:56.147-05:002013-02-28T16:15:56.147-05:00LightExpectations, so do I.<b>LightExpectations,</b> so do I.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-37237465727991528572013-02-28T16:15:02.504-05:002013-02-28T16:15:02.504-05:00Snow, I get where you're coming from and I agr...<b>Snow,</b> I get where you're coming from and I agree about the dubiousness of the "told and retold" phenomenon. However, two points: 1. Andrea's mom said it to Andrea on Thursday, and two days later Andrea said it to me. 2. I am the sort of person who can repeat things verbatim. It bugs me to no end when someone gives "the gist" of something that happened but manages to get a lot of details wrong. In this instance, I heard it from the person it happened to only a couple of days previously, not through a series of embellished re-tellings. rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-47704290587034725742013-02-28T14:56:47.709-05:002013-02-28T14:56:47.709-05:00I have no idea if you care how I, given my stance ...I have no idea if you care how I, given my stance about the supernatural, think about such things, but I'll tell you in case you do. I would see them as either a coincidence, or as an embellishment of the truth. Note that I didn't say a lie, because my best guess is simply that as things get told and retold, the account is gradually altered to the point that one's memory changes, and the truth of what happened is forgotten, and a comforting story replaces it. This is why when I recall events from many years ago, I wonder if they really occurred as I remember them.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-64814158742478391952013-02-22T17:21:19.754-05:002013-02-22T17:21:19.754-05:00I love things that make me say, "Hmmm....&quo...I love things that make me say, "Hmmm...." :)<br />LightExpectationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429082992688255145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-14522805625129908322013-02-19T08:28:47.092-05:002013-02-19T08:28:47.092-05:00Shooting Parrots, I thought so too!<b>Shooting Parrots,</b> I thought so too! rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-71024736340829457672013-02-19T06:07:22.337-05:002013-02-19T06:07:22.337-05:00Remarkable!Remarkable!Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.com