This is something that bugs me about people in general. Every notice how you could go hours without using the bathroom, and the very minute you go into it to 'go', the second you close the door the telephone always rings?

Or how if your surfing the web, you could be looked at completly acceptable things with no one bothering you at all, and the second you go to a website that's a bit un less appropriate someone will immedatly walk into the room and will refuse to leave?

Or if your expecting a call and have a dial up ISP and cant go online because of it, you wait for hours up hours for the call, and finally decide to go online for 2 minutes to check and (if applicable) download new e-mail and that will be when the call comes.

Or how you could be talking with your friends/co-workers about someone and are saying good things and the second you start saying more candid things that person will walk in.

Or how the minute your favorite TV show comes on, the cable will go out, an it wont come back on until the exact second it's ending.

My point is that, how is it that these people always seem to 'know', such that they put the kybosh on things? It's like they put implants in everyone and monitor their thoughts so they know exactly when to 'appear'.

Comments?

Murphey's Law in action is a terrible thing....

Well, I guess if they are monitoring everyone of our steps, the best thing to foil them would be to wear that aluminium hat ...

Its just a matter of perception, like the traffic-lights example: you can convince yourself that some conspiracy turns every traffic light red when you approach, and by selective view, you will only notice the times when you are right, not the times the traffic lights are green (it works the other way round, too, if you are convinced your driving angel/personal charm will turn all traffic lights green for you).

If you would keep a list for every time, you would notice that it evens out.

(one exception: you are right behind a tram or bus - they get special green waves to be fast and not stuck in traffic, so if you are right behind one, they will get green, and you will get red.)

about the things you mentioned: if it worries you, keep an objective memo of every instance, maybe it helps you.

constanze, was that an intentional pun? "foil" them by wearing an aluminum hat? Get it? "FOIL" them? Ha ha ha!

It's funny 'cos it's true.

And then there's the thing of watching a certain episode of a tv show, not watching the show for a while, and when you finally sit down to watch it again, it's the same episode you've seen before...

I used to answer phones for a cable company and I'll tell you this for certain: no cable company worth it's salt would ever cut off a good show in the middle without a really good reason. Because as soon as something good goes off the air, the irate callers pick up the phone and start screaming (which is a really •••••• way to get your cable fixed btw). So if it goes off for no reason, please think a bit before you pick up the phone and start yelling at someone who probably can't fix it anyhow. People who answer phones are generally overworked and quite underpaid and yelling at them just makes them more miserable and less sympathetic to your troubles. And it is just a TV show, more than likely to be repeated in a while anyhow.

no cable company worth it's salt would ever cut off a good show in the middle without a really good reason

Same for broadcast networks. This lesson was driven home in 1968 by the infamous "Heidi Game" between the Jets and the Raiders. The network swithed away from the (American) football game with the Jets leading 32-29 and 65 seconds remaining, to show the scheduled movie "Heidi". The Raiders scored two touchdowns in the last minute to win 43-32. Of course, no viewers saw it, because NBC had decided that the movie started at 7. Period.

To this day, NBC executives say the order from the top was to stick with the game; allegedly the signals got crossed and some poor fella who worked in the control room got the blame for switching to Heidi. Then again, has any NBC executive ever admitted that he was the person who ordered Star Trek cancelled?

Why is it whenever I'mk doing nothign on abus, nobody will talk to me, but the second I try to bury myself in a good book or put on the headphones suddenly EVERYONE becomes a Chatty ••••••• Kathy doll?

"They" know because the sattelites with mind control ra ugh. YES MASTER.

Because if your reading a book, your not doing anything, and people can feel free to talk to you.

Brian,

maybe you look more sexy with a book or headphones on?

A few years ago the Jets and Raiders were two of the worst teams in the league and scheduled to play a Monday night game. Some commentator joked that the station would be flooded by irate calls from people demanding to see Heidi.