Thursday, February 23, 2006

Meaningless arguments

Three utterly meaningless arguments
Warning: The arguments are REALLY stupid.

Seatbelts causing accidents
Me: Wearing a seatbelt shows the driver that you are not confident of his driving, which will make him nervous and make him drive the car in this state, which is likely to cause more accidents.
Chyrag: A passenger wearing a seatbelt will assure the driver that the passenger is safe, and give him that much more confidence to drive better.

Effect of straw girth on coconut water sales
Me: increased straw girth increases sales as the coconut water finishes faster, leaving people wanting for more
Bhan: decreased straw girth gives the impression that there is more water in each coconut, which will increase the sales
(Note: Later, actual study on this, with figures to prove either point)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Me: That's a stupid book
Chintan: No, its not

Remember the warning?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

after reading freakonomics, boozing till you pee booze and playing quake until u wake up all night and do nothing else.... i can't even expect you to like this book (seagull). u wanna argue more?


- chintz

ruhey said...

warning is of no use...
we still read it...
better not give a warnin frm next time..
else ur entire blog needs a warnin..hehehehe
was tht mean?..who cares???
;)

Mihir said...

hmm...
i know... tat is stupid...