You know, I was pondering this same question – even to the point where I almost posted a GQ thread about it (and I may yet). It stands to reason – if you eat 21 mozzarella sticks at a sitting, it can’t possibly be as bad as eating three a day for a week. Can it?
I totally believe this.
I believe Michael Jordan was kicked out of the NBA the first time he “retired” because he was caught betting on NBA games. But (NBA Commissioner) David Stern did not want to ban his #1 draw permanently, hence Jordan’s short-lived forray into baseball.
I also believe the 1984 was fixed to go 7 games (the team trailing in the series got EVERY freaking call from the refs) because the then-struggling NBA needed the exposure and revenue.
I prefer the Everett Many Worlds Interpretation- put simply, every quantum decision spawns two universes… one where decision A was made, and one where decision B was made. The universe is branching constantly.
This leads me to Quantum Immortality. In our own universes, we’re immortal. If I get into a plane wreck, you guys in the “outside” universe might see me die. In my own universe, however, I miraculously escape (although I might be injured, I won’t die). Ultimately, everyone I know will die, and yet somehow I’ll keep going. This fate happens to EVERYONE.
Where’s my proof? Well, have you died yet? No? I rest my case. 
I also suspect that so-called “dark matter” is actually gravitic leaking from other universes- some incredibly small percentage of gravity from the other universes leaks through to all the other universes, and this is what is actually making up the up-to-90% of the missing matter of the universe. It’s not there, it’s in the universe(s) next door- we can only detect a small fraction of the gravity in that other universe.
I always thought the opposite- that it was worse to eat a whole lot of something unhealthy at one sitting than to eat a little of it over a period of time.
"Chime" - If I’m not in Wyoming right now, I’m going to have a lot of explaining to do to my boss & wife.
Hmmm…I also have a friend (not Shawn) who says this very thing. Maybe they’re all from Wyoming…
I absolutely love the one that says that Bush masterminded 9/11, that the jets were flown by remote control, etc.
Cracks me up every time I hear it.
That happiness and unhappiness even out over time. If I’m happy now, I’ll be unhappy soon, and vice versa.
I think that if you don’t make your kids go outside once in a while, indulge themselves in an occasional mudpie, and come into contact with domestic animals on a regular basis they will develop allergies (the nasal kind) and will forever be slaves to the allergist.
A couple weeks ago I heard a guy on the bus insisting that the CIA had planned 9/11 forty years ago, but had been distracted by A) The Vietnam war protests and B) The fact that the World Trade Centers weren’t built yet. He swore this was true, because he knew about the Bilderbergers and the Illuminati and he’d read somethng on the Internet about it.
My favorite theory? The Reagan administration never happened. What we thought was Reagan was actually a large mechanical doll or a holograph. This of course was done to hide the fact that Hillary Clinton murdered Elvis because Jimmy Hoffa wouldn’t return her phone calls.
I ahve a theory that kind of goes along with the book character ones.
I think, like in Toy Story, that the toys move around when we humans aren’t present.
This would explain so much–the Lego found by my bare foot at midnoc on the stairs, the lost dolls or “action figures” that were in the family room just yesterday, the parts that go missing from board games etc.
That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.
Like the airborne fat disease one–it may well be true!
:dubious: What about the other way around? Those cat-things are horrible, but I do not avoid intimacy or commitment. Anyway, cats avoid intimacy and commitment.
Mine are:
There are aliens. Yes, there are. No, they’re not watching us or anything, we just haven’t made contact yet.
I believe in long-term karma.
I believe if you keep your kids indoors all the time and never let them be exposed to anything they will become fat, lazy, and allergic to everything.
I believe age really is in the mind.
Hillary!!! That Bitch!!! How is it Elvis’ fault Jimmy couldn’t pick up a phone?
Alcoholics don’t go bald.
Soylent Green is made of people.
There is some truth to this theory. A while back I read somewhere that country/farm/rural kids whom are regularly exposed to animal dander/molds and pollen have lesser symptoms than the city kids who are not as exposed or who are kept indoors to keep the contact to a minimum.
I am absolutely convinced that dragging the cursor over the page-loading-or-download-progress-o-meter actually makes pages load more quickly and helps downloads along…
According to a TV documentary, Investigation Into the Invisible World, the majority of Icelanders believe in hidden beings — elves, ghosts, trolls, etc.
An ever-recurring theme is the “fact” that elves live in rocks, and any number of Icelanders will very matter of factly attest to it. Standing beside an amorphous collection of these rocks, one woman told us it was a universty for elves. She was at that very time in contact with a female elf who happened to be sitting alone in a large classroom. They communicated via telepathy, with the information hanging in the air in 3D.
Seemingly normal men — one is a cop — will readily admit they played with elves or spirits when they were children. Another told how he played with elves and dead people, and he now encourages his sons to do develop this ability to see and interact with hidden people.
A teacher with her students in the background tells how she and her class recently saw a sea monster (a la Nessie) which was “about 45 feet long.”
We see the video of a TV report…
On one of the Icelandic roads, some stones had become a driving hazard. But these stones housed elves. So authorities arranged for a careful relocation of the stones in order not to disturb the little people.
It was all rather interesting. If we have any Icelandic dopers, please don’t take offense with my post. I’m not making fun of your people. Just telling some of what I saw in the documantary.
Bjork has commented on this. She says that it’s much easier to understand if you live there. She also said that she believes in elves as well.
I think that if Hitler had gotten into art school, he would have never gotten into politics and thus WW2 and the holocaust would never happen. Instead, he would have focused all of his energy into becoming a mediocre artist.
I’m also a believer in the Trousers of Time Theory: whenever we make a decision that will result in an outcome that significatly affects ourselves or the people around us, the time-space continuum splits, creating two parallel universes where each outcome plays out.