# Angles are real and we walk between them

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 28, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434 "2012-12-28T22:42:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/61 "2013-01-05T14:01:51Z")

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It’s fine to be disrespectful and flippant about Angles but let me tell you my story.

Years ago I was out , late at night, in one of the seedier parts of town, walking toward the railway station. Ahead of, but unknown to me was an armed confrontation between police and a disturbed gunman.

As I approached he heard, or possibly sensed, my presence and turned his loaded gun toward me. Fortunately I was still walking in the adjoining street and since he, like everyone else, could not see around corners, my life was saved.

I now consider that intersection my Guardian Angle.

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**Author:** ![ddaug4uf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@ddaug4uf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddaug4uf)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/62 "2013-01-07T11:23:49Z")

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I love the dope, where else can you go to get so much information that is integral to surviving the day.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/63 "2013-01-07T13:33:47Z")

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> [@ddaug4uf](#):
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> I love the dope, where else can you go to get so much information that is integral to surviving the day.

Glad to know we’re making a differential in people’s lives.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/64 "2013-01-07T17:06:03Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Glad to know we’re making a differential in people’s lives.

…infinitesimal though it may be.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/65 "2013-01-08T15:05:32Z")

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This thread reminds me of what the little acorn said when he grew up:

Geometry

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