Ask a paranoid guy anything...

[Arcadio]

I'm paranoid about death and risks. I always overanalyze small risks and try to decrease them by any means possible.

Ask away...

 

[marleymarl]

I just cut the brakes to your car....

 

[yllus]

Are you worried about manhole covers exploding from underneath you as you walk over them, shearing off a leg or two?

 

[40Hands]

Do you not walk over grates on sidewalks for fear that you will fall in?

 

[Allanv]

You leave the house and ________________ <--- fill out the blanks

 

[KeithTalent]

Turn around.

KT

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: yllus
Are you worried about manhole covers exploding from underneath you as you walk over them, shearing off a leg or two?

Oh.. Thanks a lot. One more thing to worry about.


Yesterday I covered all unused electrical sockets in my apartment so that nothing can accidentally touch them and start a fire.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Arcadio

Originally posted by: yllus
Are you worried about manhole covers exploding from underneath you as you walk over them, shearing off a leg or two?

Oh.. Thanks a lot. One more thing to worry about.


Yesterday I covered all unused electrical sockets in my apartment so that nothing can accidentally touch them and start a fire.

What if the covers touch them and start a fire?

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: Allanv
You leave the house and ________________ <--- fill out the blanks

I leave the house and look to both sides of the street before crossing to make sure there are no cars coming, even though it is a one-way street.

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Arcadio

Originally posted by: yllus
Are you worried about manhole covers exploding from underneath you as you walk over them, shearing off a leg or two?

Oh.. Thanks a lot. One more thing to worry about.


Yesterday I covered all unused electrical sockets in my apartment so that nothing can accidentally touch them and start a fire.

What if the covers touch them and start a fire?

I used tape. The tape is not touching them.


Let me go make sure.... brb.

 

[DainBramaged]

I'm thinking of riding a motorcycle from California to Texas. Think I'll make it? What will happen if not?

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Do you not walk over grates on sidewalks for fear that you will fall in?

Yes. I only walk on grates that I have concluded to be safe after analyzing them for a few seconds before I step on them. Some of them you can tell that there is a 0% risk of them falling in.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Who is that guy over there? *points to the doorway behind the OP*

 

[Juddog]

Who are those guys in the van parked across the street from your house?

 

[rivan]

Have you ever had your steering wheel come loose while driving, separating completely from the steering column?

I have.

 

[nakedfrog]

How do you fall asleep?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Has this ever happened to you?

 

[Juddog]

You ever have dreams of insects crawling on you, only to wake up and find a spider on your arm?

 

[SpunkyJones]

Do you check to see if some one is in the shower stall before you use the toilet.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Arcadio

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Do you not walk over grates on sidewalks for fear that you will fall in?

Yes. I only walk on grates that I have concluded to be safe after analyzing them for a few seconds before I step on them. Some of them you can tell that there is a 0% risk of them falling in.

Wow, I do the same thing. I look both ways on one ways too, because you just never know when someone will be going the wrong way.

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I'm thinking of riding a motorcycle from California to Texas. Think I'll make it? What will happen if not?

I don't really know. I don't analyze other people's risks. The only thing I thought about your trip is that, even though you will not pass through NY (my home), your trip could unleash a series of events that would end up killing me, based on chaos theory.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

You should become friends with an actuary.

 

[MattCo]

Originally posted by: rivan
Have you ever had your steering wheel come loose while driving, separating completely from the steering column?

I have.

Narrator: A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.

Business woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?

Narrator: You wouldn't believe.

Business woman on plane: Which car company do you work for?

Narrator: A major one.

 

[sdifox]

Do you have a cellphone?

 

[sandorski]

Are they following me?

If so, who are they? Alien or Government?