# Would you still vacation if. . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-vacation-if/573360>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 3, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-vacation-if/573360 "2011-03-03T15:30:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-vacation-if/573360/21 "2011-03-04T19:14:05Z")

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“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action”.  
-Auric Goldfinger

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-vacation-if/573360/22 "2011-03-04T20:14:20Z")

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The first time we went to Hawaii, a week before we arrived there was a fatal shark attack. Poor surfer’s funeral was held the week we were vacationing.

A year or so later, we went to San Diego. The day before we arrived, a surfer was killed by a shark.

I considered issuing an APB to all surfers the next time we vacationed, but so far, so good.

FTR, we were NOT in the Meditteranean during its rash of shark attacks.

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-vacation-if/573360/23 "2011-03-06T15:12:43Z")

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I have a coworker that seems to attract natural disasters. First there was [a tsunami](http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/02/27/725245/07/webeta725245-07.txt) warning. Then next year he went to Disneyland, it rained so hard there was flooding. Then he went to Disneyworld; feet of snow in most of the country.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-vacation-if/573360/24 "2011-03-06T15:45:51Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> _what if we were the cause_?

I always knew I posted with the Movers and the Shakers of the world at large.  
This thread is now my cite. 😃

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-vacation-if/573360/25 "2011-03-07T12:05:48Z")

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While the Swedish Air Force’s latest plane [JAS Gripen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen) was in its development phase there were two spectacular crashes with it. Both times I was abroad and saw the headlines when I got back home. It scared me a bit. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-vacation-if/573360/26 "2011-03-12T21:50:43Z")

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So **kayaker** were you on vacation Thurs/Friday? If so I think it’s time you accepted that you need to start staying home.

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