Good luck bad luck

September 25, 2006 9:26 AM

Somedays you're the pidgeon, others you're the statue.
posted by Mwongozi (25 comments total)

wgat
posted by boo_radley at 9:29 AM on September 25, 2006

Was there a subtle pun that I missed there, or did you just misspell "pigeon"?
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:38 AM on September 25, 2006

Shit happens.
posted by brain_drain at 9:38 AM on September 25, 2006

I wasn't aware that sometimes surviving a car crash could be feasably equated to taking a dump on a statue.

Live and learn, live and learn.
posted by illovich at 9:39 AM on September 25, 2006

I can't spell.
posted by Mwongozi at 9:40 AM on September 25, 2006

Hunh?
posted by CaptApollo at 9:41 AM on September 25, 2006

So, what you're saying is, if you crash a car but survive, that's lucky, and if your baby is killed by dogs and then your father is stabbed and his partner killed, that's unlucky?
posted by creeky at 9:44 AM on September 25, 2006

Sometimes you're the deer, and other times you're the headlights.
posted by wheelieman at 9:46 AM on September 25, 2006

Is there some sort of connection here? Was the Top Gear guy married to the woman in the car crash whose baby was killed by dogs, and whose father was stabbed? If so, they're having a very bad week.

Or are they all just BBC news articles about unfortunate events?
posted by blue_beetle at 9:50 AM on September 25, 2006

I'm scared... hold me.
posted by Bageena at 9:53 AM on September 25, 2006

It's ok, Bageena. It'll be over soon.
posted by yeti at 9:54 AM on September 25, 2006

So what you're saying is, tomorrow you're going to do a worthwhile FPP?
posted by biffa at 9:54 AM on September 25, 2006

So some people are lucky, some are unlucky, and some are really unlucky. None of these people did anything bad to anyone else. So while I could possibly see the statue metaphor, I'm not getting the pigeon part.

Further, bad luck of this type doesn't strike me as particularly interesting.

The thought comes to mind that if you KNOW you can't spell, using a spellchecker would be a good idea.
posted by Malor at 9:57 AM on September 25, 2006

And then we get a spammer in the thread?
posted by Joeforking at 9:59 AM on September 25, 2006

posted by brownpau at 10:02 AM on September 25, 2006

You are all acting veeeeeery strange.
posted by micayetoca at 10:04 AM on September 25, 2006

posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:11 AM on September 25, 2006

and then I found five dollars.
posted by hal9k at 10:12 AM on September 25, 2006

Somedays I justdont understatue verywell.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:12 AM on September 25, 2006

Somedays you feel like Norm, somedays you feel like Cliff.
posted by Gungho at 10:13 AM on September 25, 2006

posted by ericb at 10:15 AM on September 25, 2006

posted by ericb at 10:17 AM on September 25, 2006

There are days when this is like MetaFilter, and days when it is like Fark.

But, if you can't have a good old "people that are nearly dead" thread, what's the point of getting out of bed?
posted by HuronBob at 10:17 AM on September 25, 2006

Surely if they were lucky, they wouldn't have crashed their cars to begin with?
posted by Goblindegook at 10:18 AM on September 25, 2006

I'd like to join in, but I'm too busy ruminating on windshields and bugs.

That is all. Please carry on.
posted by Benny Andajetz at 10:26 AM on September 25, 2006