a coin toss isn't random, though it isn't predictable necessarily. instead it tends to land on the side the was up when you flip it. i've used this knowledge on occasion.

hmmm…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A668694

the hitchhikers guide 2 the galaxy…

The Jante Law

Thou shalt not presume that thou art anyone [important].

Thou shalt not presume that thou art as good as us.

Thou shalt not presume that thou art any wiser than us.

Thou shalt never indulge in the conceit of imagining that thou art better than us.

Thou shalt not presume that thou art more knowledgeable than us.

Thou shalt not presume that thou art more than us [in any way].

Thou shalt not presume that that thou art going to amount to anything.

Thou art not entitled to laugh at us.

Thou shalt never imagine that anyone cares about thee.

Thou shalt not suppose that thou can teach us anything.

the northerners

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hmm, this undermines a significant part of my american-style public persona…. i best be careful.

i don't understand people's sense of irony sometimes…. i really don't….

apparently something about the eye in the new u.s. 20 dollar bill will burn in the microwave…