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Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater Wed, 07 Apr 2010I posted this over of Ye Olde Tome of Faces, but I figured it was worth further exposure. Ian's Theory of Antagonistic Causation: any action taken in anticipation of a given outcome virtually guarantees the opposite outcome. Ian's Corollary of Antagonistic Cancellation: actions taken in conscious anticipation of the Theory of Antagonistic Causation instantly negate it. This, of course, explains the following situation: you're waiting for a bus, and all you want in the world is a cigarette. You look at your watch. There are at least 5 minutes left until the bus is supposed to arrive, and they're never early. Within 20 seconds of lighting up, the bus appears. This also explains why hopefully lighting a cigarette when you don't really want one absolutely never makes the bus magically appear. A similar situation: you're desperately hungry, and waiting for your order to arrive at your table. You decide to go to the bathroom, which seems to have the near-magic power of making the food appear. When you get back, the food has indeed appeared, but is also lukewarm and rapidly cooling. I was originally going to call them Murphy's instead of Ian's Theory and Corollary, but then I figured, why give that dude credit? Posted at 08:39 permanent link category: /misc Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater Written by Ian Johnston. Software is Blosxom. Questions? Please mail me at reaper at obairlann dot net. |