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Betwixt and In Between (Free verse) by dougsoderstrom

There was a time in my life, When I was betwixt and in between, So............ confused as I was, I decided to do nothing, And that has made all the difference. Doug Soderstrom, Ph. D. December 27, 2004

zodiac

29-Dec-04/4:24 AM

Are you mentally retarded? For one thing, this isn't Dovina's string, it's mine. And I see you haven't even done me the courtesy of answering my questions. To recap the high points:

Q: 'Doing nothing' "made all the difference" from what? Do you mean to say you know how your life would have turned out if instead of doing nothing you'd decided to, say, whemy yourself blind - so that you were able to measure the "difference" between the two outcomes?

You're confused. Here are examples:

1) Doug Soderstrom, Ph.D., does nothing.
2) Doug Soderstrom, Ph.D., buys a lottery ticket and wins $1,000,000.

Difference: $1,000,000 minus the cost of the lottery ticket, to say the least.

Of course knowing the difference requires that Doug, Ph.D., know both outcomes. To wit, suppose instead that he just bought the lottery ticket and won the million. He might say, "Jesus! Just imagine if I'd done nothing. I wouldn't have won the million dollars. Buying the lottery ticket made all the difference." Of course, he'd probably use a lot more ellipses, but you get the point.

And of course he's wrong. He could have being doing nothing and just happened to find $1,000,000 under his couch. Then buying the lottery ticket or doing nothing would have made no difference. HE JUST DOESN'T FUCKING KNOW.

And of course, you didn't think about any of this. You just half remembered Robert Frost's much better poem and lifted the line whole. Well get this, buddy:

Robert Frost didn't say "Taking the road less traveled made all the difference"; He said, "I'll say, 'Taking the road less traveled made all the difference', because I'm a bum."

You said, "Doing nothing made all the difference." Do you get the distinction? I bet not.

As regards your aboveposted comment, you're dangerously wrong. Please, please for the love of God give it up. And answer my fucking questions or I'll whemy you into nonexistence, I swear.

Love, zodiac

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