Comments | thathastu: And such is life...

thathastu

And such is life...

Nov 13, 2006 23:40

Have you ever believed something to be true all your life...only to find out someday when you're merrily living away, that it was completely and utterly untrue?

I've just had one such belief shocked out of me that The Three Investigators were created by Robert Arthur and not Alfred Hitchcock as I had believed ever since I knew of Jupiter, ( Read more... )

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floopilot November 14 2006, 05:23:16 UTC

oh .. :(

I know... thathastu November 14 2006, 05:49:50 UTC

But look at the bright side...the series was called Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators.

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Re: I know... quizzie November 15 2006, 03:41:52 UTC

That is one misleading title.. Me too thought he wrote the series :(

Deception's the whole point... thathastu November 15 2006, 05:43:50 UTC

it seems. If you read the wikipedia article on the series, Robert Arthur chose good ol' Alfred because he was famous.

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Uh Oh anonymous November 15 2006, 20:43:15 UTC

Nothing more than the Stork-newborn theory. I used to always wonder about the absence of Storks over Maternity clinics and hospitals. You aren't really talking about this kinda revelation, are you?

Now wait a min... thathastu November 16 2006, 04:57:54 UTC

The stork theory is not true? When did that happen?

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And thats how I learnt... ittiam November 17 2006, 02:37:24 UTC

...that you can make a blog out of any conversation you've had!

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Re: And thats how I learnt... thathastu November 17 2006, 15:43:39 UTC

Given all the jibber jabber we do, probabilistically speaking, some content was sure to make it here with a non-zero probability, don't you think?

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Re: And thats how I learnt... ittiam November 17 2006, 23:29:58 UTC

Dont you mean "some content was sure to have a non-zero probability of making it here"? If the content makes it, then obviously its probability is non-zero, I would think.

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