15 November 2012
Quote of the Day: Carolyn Hax
Carolyn Hax, an advice columnist, has weekly chats. This came from the chat on 12/11/2009:
question: Was hoping you could settle a "discussion": Is it wrong to get away from the family for a few hours and gamble on Christmas day, at the casino?
Carolyn Hax: Since putting "discussion" in quotation marks suggests a problem, "get away from the family" suggests a problem, and "gamble on Christmas day" suggests a problem, I'm just going to skip the part about right and wrong, and say that this getaway isn't going to solve any problems. (Unless your problem is that you have too much money. That's a problem casinos are very good at solving.)
question: Was hoping you could settle a "discussion": Is it wrong to get away from the family for a few hours and gamble on Christmas day, at the casino?
Carolyn Hax: Since putting "discussion" in quotation marks suggests a problem, "get away from the family" suggests a problem, and "gamble on Christmas day" suggests a problem, I'm just going to skip the part about right and wrong, and say that this getaway isn't going to solve any problems. (Unless your problem is that you have too much money. That's a problem casinos are very good at solving.)
Labels: random silliness
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