Do you think ghosts are all around us?

[smearbrick1]

I'm not a believer in ghosts either...except Casper...he's cool.

But I will say that 2 nights ago, before I went to bed I noticed the oven was turned on, so I turned it off. My son said he woke up and went to get something to eat around 2:30 am and noticed the oven was on, so he turned it off... :? ...I asked my wife and daughter if they turned it on...they said "No".... :shock: now I don't know how it turned on all by itself but I'm pretty sure it wasn't the dog...Jesus Christ Fokker, it doesn't even have thumbs :shock: :lol:

There is only one explanation for this... the gas man. Those shady gas men hang out in closets and pantry cupboards just waiting for an opportunity to fiddle with your gas stove/refridgerator/grill...etc. Of course, if your stove is electric, this theory is shot to hell.

[housepig]

If you decided that you wanted to find a red truck of a specific make with a specific engine and specific interior options and specific other features... all for $300, would you be able to just go out and find it?

sure... if all the cars I see are $500, I keep looking. If they are blue, I keep looking. If theyare missing an important option, I keep looking. Once I find it, I stop.

it's the same reason that you always find your keys in the last place you look.... once you find them, you stop looking.

the questions I would ask your folks...

- was the car they found the first one they looked at?
- are there any details that have been left out over the years? maybe because they'd make it not as punchy a story?

[smearbrick1]

If you decided that you wanted to find a red truck of a specific make with a specific engine and specific interior options and specific other features... all for $300, would you be able to just go out and find it?

sure... if all the cars I see are $500, I keep looking. If they are blue, I keep looking. If theyare missing an important option, I keep looking. Once I find it, I stop.

it's the same reason that you always find your keys in the last place you look.... once you find them, you stop looking.

Reminds me of a Jeff Foxworthy joke:
Of course it's there in the last place you looked or you would have looked there first.

"Have you found your keys?"
"Yeah, but I'm still looking for them."

[northcat_8]

I'm not a believer in ghosts either...except Casper...he's cool.

But I will say that 2 nights ago, before I went to bed I noticed the oven was turned on, so I turned it off. My son said he woke up and went to get something to eat around 2:30 am and noticed the oven was on, so he turned it off... ...I asked my wife and daughter if they turned it on...they said "No".... now I don't know how it turned on all by itself but I'm pretty sure it wasn't the dog...Jesus Christ Fokker, it doesn't even have thumbs

There is only one explanation for this... the gas man. Those shady gas men hang out in closets and pantry cupboards just waiting for an opportunity to fiddle with your gas stove/refridgerator/grill...etc. Of course, if your stove is electric, this theory is shot to hell.

It's electric... we live in the country, we're lucky it's still not wood.

[gummyAvenger]

If you decided that you wanted to find a red truck of a specific make with a specific engine and specific interior options and specific other features... all for $300, would you be able to just go out and find it?

sure... if all the cars I see are $500, I keep looking. If they are blue, I keep looking. If theyare missing an important option, I keep looking. Once I find it, I stop.

That's assuming you can line up the things you want one at a time... that the odds only increase linearly. However, the odds would increase exponentially with each item added to the wish list.

it's the same reason that you always find your keys in the last place you look.... once you find them, you stop looking.

the questions I would ask your folks...

- was the car they found the first one they looked at?
- are there any details that have been left out over the years? maybe because they'd make it not as punchy a story?

I don't know if it was the first one they looked at, but I know they didn't look for long.
It's always possible that details could have been left out over the years, but I seriously doubt it. You'd have to know my mom... she doesn't exagerate.

In any case, I certainly didn't intend to start up a big debate
Like I said before, I'm not here to convince anyone... just stating what I know. I'm sure we could keep going back and forth for quite a long time

Hmm... not saying there's any significance here, but I just noticed that it's the "religious" post that got the most (all?) scrutiny. Maybe there's something inside all of us that tends toward the spritual. Maybe a nerve that gets touched that prompts us to react? Food for thought... 8)

[flaninacupboard]

You know what, my girlfriend wanted a convertible smart car, she may have even prayed to marilyn manson for it to be so. then, we looked on autotrader, and THERE WAS A CONVERTIBLE SMART CAR! it was close, it was low mileage, it was cheap. WOW!!! thanks marilyn manson!!!1!!

[jimmalenko]

You know what, my girlfriend wanted a convertible smart car, she may have even prayed to marilyn manson for it to be so. then, we looked on autotrader, and THERE WAS A CONVERTIBLE SMART CAR! it was close, it was low mileage, it was cheap. WOW!!! thanks marilyn manson!!!1!!

That's some faith she must have in MM

[gummyAvenger]

You know what, my girlfriend wanted a convertible smart car, she may have even prayed to marilyn manson for it to be so. then, we looked on autotrader, and THERE WAS A CONVERTIBLE SMART CAR! it was close, it was low mileage, it was cheap. WOW!!! thanks marilyn manson!!!1!!

:P