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About the Daily Coin Flip Throughout
history, people have been plagued by important questions that they lacked sufficient
information to answer. Will fortune favor me? Should I invest in corn this
year? Will the King stub his toe and have the household staff executed? Many
methods of answering such questions have been tried, each with its own
defect. The
ancients read the entrails of chickens, but this led to much indignation
among domestic fowl, who were known for their
modesty. The ancients also interpreted signs and portents, but there often
was not a comet or birth of a two-headed goat handy just at the time when
someone wanted to invest money. Another
ancient method of answering questions in the absence of adequate evidence was
astrology, which is still used today. This method requires that one trust in
the expertise and honesty of an astrologer, a person who knows the addresses
of the houses in which various heavenly bodies can dwell. While general
answers, such as “This is a good time to speak up at work,” can be had for
the price of a newspaper, more specific answers are expensive. It might be
unwise to speak up at work without some idea of whether the answer means that
one should tell the boss that his ties are uniformly hideous, which is what
one has been dying to say. It
is also possible to read tea leaves and palms. The reading of tea leaves has
largely fallen out of favor since the invention of the tea bag, and to have
one’s palm read requires that one pay an expert. Neither method is of much
use if one needs an answer quickly, such as to the question, “Should I bring
in my left-hander to face the next batter?” One
method does not require the investment of much time or money, that one trust
an expert, or that one face irate birds. This is the
coin flip. One simply asks oneself a question, decides which side of the coin
corresponds to which answer, and flips the coin. It is convenient and sure to
provide an answer. Its only defect is that scientists have yet to establish
its reliability compared with the other methods. This
site is dedicated to the coin flip. Questions and answers are provided, and
one need only flip a coin to determine one’s own answer. In case the coin
should land and balance on its edge, an answer is provided for this
eventuality. Enjoy. Copyright
Ó 2009-2012 by
James Lyons Walsh. Contact:
info at dailycoinflip dot com |
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Acknowledgement: The writing of this site
involves extensive use of Wikipedia for fact checking. humor, satire,
quirky, horoscopes, prognostication, puzzles, horoscope, puzzle, satire of
horoscopes, satire of prognostication, parody of horoscopes, parody of
prognostication |