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Originally posted by Fleabittenisn't it by chance that we're born at all?
I think you've got a bit of a contradiction here. Luck implies chance or randomness. To say that one is 'born' lucky would imply that there's something deterministic to it. So, I would say no, I don't believe we're born lucky or unlucky. We all recieve varying amounts of good and bad fortune through our lives, but I think it's down to chance.
Originally posted by trev33Absolutely. So you might say we're fortunate or unfortunate enough to be born (depending on how you look at it; though I favor the former). But that in and of itself doesn't mean we're born with a predisposition towards good or ill luck.
isn't it by chance that we're born at all?
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Originally posted by Fleabittenhow so? look at what some people are born in to, can't that be considered as luck or the lack of it?
Absolutely. So you might say we're fortunate or unfortunate enough to be born (depending on how you look at it; though I favor the former). But that in and of itself doesn't mean we're born with a predisposition towards good or ill luck.
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Originally posted by trev33The situation into which one is born could be considered the result of luck. However, let's go back to what you've originally asked, which is are certain people born 'lucky'.
how so? look at what some people are born in to, can't that be considered as luck or the lack of it?
Are the circumstances into which one is born the determination as to whether one is lucky or not? Or are we talking about the events that occur through one's entire life? After all, I could be born into deplorable conditions but, through fortuitous events, rise to a very comfortable station (or vice versa). If we are talking about the cumulative events that one goes through in their lifetime as being the definition of whether we're 'lucky' or not, then I'll stand by my original answer.
My socks and shoes always match
Is It Luck?
There's a foot at the end of each of my legs
Is It Luck?
I can play my bass for you
Is It Luck?
Some girls like to kiss my face
Is It Luck? Is It Luck?
There's food inside your mouth today
Is It Luck?
The barber cuts your hair just sooooooo
Is It Luck?
When the taste of sex is on your lips
Is It Luck? Is It Luck? well Ler
These songs always sound so fast
Is It Luck?
Polyester makes you sweat
Is It Luck?
If a graham cracker gets you off
Is It Luck?
Love, love,
Is It Luck? well Herb
She said she wanted my body and not my mind
so I showed her my dictionary to show the
words that I know and from not what I examined
I can be how loquacious when I set my mind down to it
And she wasn't impressed
no no no no no no no
no no no no no no no
no no no no no
She wasn't impressed at all.
She whispered in my ear!
She whispered in my ear
she said, "You wanna get lucky little boy?"
Oh I smiled
I smiled and I said, "Is It Luck"
Originally posted by trev33In the 1920's and 30's when some of us were born, there were no such thing as vitamin pills. Most of the healthy folks my age and older were the firstborn. My husband is one of those lucky people. I was born last, to a run-down mom who was anemic and overworked. My body was not made as well as my older sisters. Doctors, ten surgeries, and alot of meds and vitamin pills have kept me alive, however, so I should not complain. My oldest sister has had only one operation and that was 8 months ago at age 85. She did not have the chronic things like allergies, arthritis, etc., etc.that have plagued me. Then there is so-called "bad luck" which is just from making the wrong choices in life.
isn't it by chance that we're born at all?
Originally posted by trev33When I do everything right, when I work hard for something, when I put love and energy into something I want to achieve then I am usually lucky. Sometimes I do all wrong and in that case (I do not know why) my fellow Fortuna leaves me.
can a person be born lucky? or is any good fortune that come anyones way worked for?
I don't know why.
Maybe it's about luck.
Originally posted by gambit3Ecclesiastes 9:11. Spoken by King Solomon. He said in chapter 10:12...."The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself." Your quotation applies to this thread about "luck". The other quotation can apply to just about any thread!
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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Originally posted by ivan2908when the penny drops, pick it up before it rolls under the couch.
How dare you 😠! User 22093
edit: was it heads or tails? and did you call it correctly? it's very important.
Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss.
Gas Station Proprietor: Sir?
Anton Chigurh: The most. You ever lost. On a coin toss.
Gas Station Proprietor: I don't know. I couldn't say.
[Chigurh flips a quarter from the change on the counter and covers it with his hand]
Anton Chigurh: Call it.
Gas Station Proprietor: Call it?
Anton Chigurh: Yes.
Gas Station Proprietor: For what?
Anton Chigurh: Just call it.
Gas Station Proprietor: Well, we need to know what we're calling it for here.
Anton Chigurh: You need to call it. I can't call it for you. It wouldn't be fair.
Gas Station Proprietor: I didn't put nothin' up.
Anton Chigurh: Yes, you did. You've been putting it up your whole life you just didn't know it. You know what date is on this coin?
Gas Station Proprietor: No.
Anton Chigurh: 1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.
Gas Station Proprietor: Look, I need to know what I stand to win.
Anton Chigurh: Everything.
Gas Station Proprietor: How's that?
Anton Chigurh: You stand to win everything. Call it.
Gas Station Proprietor: Alright. Heads then.
[Chigurh removes his hand, revealing the coin is indeed heads]
Anton Chigurh: Well done.
[the gas station proprietor nervously takes the quarter with the small pile of change he's apparently won while Chigurh starts out]
Anton Chigurh: Don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky quarter.
Gas Station Proprietor: Where do you want me to put it?
Anton Chigurh: Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin. Which it is.
[Chigurh leaves and the gas station proprietor stares at him as he walks out]