[QUOTE=A.R. Cane]
Patience is a virtue, probably the only one that many of us has left.
I’d also suggest you not count your chickens before they hatch, it often leads to disappointment.
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Well… really what I was thinking about doing was hatching them so that I could count them. I had the order right, according to your proverb. What you should suggest instead, in this context is rather “Don’t hatch your chickens before they’re ready. If you do, you may turn them into horrible mutants that eat you alive.” Or something.
Hey ivylass you might be interested to know (or not) that your moralizing has fallen on deaf ears, as the brain behind those ears has not been convinced it is the correct target of these comments.
[QUOTE=Frylock]
Hey ivylass you might be interested to know (or not) that your moralizing has fallen on deaf ears, as the brain behind those ears has not been convinced it is the correct target of these comments.
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Well that’s your problem. A proper brain is *between *ones ears.
[QUOTE=Frylock]
Well… really what I was thinking about doing was hatching them so that I could count them. I had the order right, according to your proverb. What you should suggest instead, in this context is rather “Don’t hatch your chickens before they’re ready. If you do, you may turn them into horrible mutants that eat you alive.” Or something.
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Eh. I’m with you…waiting to find out potentially important information that is quite literally sitting right in front of you waiting to be revealed would bother me, too. People are often wrongly accused of being impatient when they’re really just objecting to unnecessary (and, in cases like yours, arbitrarily-imposed) delays.
I guess I just don’t understand “the joy of not knowing”. I’ve heard the old axiom that ignorance is bliss, but I thought it was supposed to be an ironic statement, not a suggestion.
Given this, and that the OP has essentially been answered, I’m going to close this. Those who wish to discuss the wisdom or morality of the proposed action can take it up in IMHO or another forum.
