"Wrong place at the wrong time" <---- Isn't that wrong??

[BillGates]

Think about it, it's such a common saying, yet when referring to something bad happening to a person, I think it would make more literal sense to say "Wrong place at the right time" or even "Right place at the wrong time".


Sincerely,

Bill "Grammar Nazi" Gates


P.S. - If you argue my point, I will tell Al Gore to turn off the Internet.

 

[Stojakapimp]

I see what you're saying...but I think the phrase is more trying to say something like "bad place at a bad time."

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: BillGates
Think about it, it's such a common saying, yet when referring to something bad happening to a person, I think it would make more literal sense to say "Wrong place at the right time" or even "Right place at the wrong time".


Sincerely,

Bill "Grammar Nazi" Gates


P.S. - If you argue my point, I will tell Al Gore to turn off the Internet.

you're dead wrong but im afraid to say anything. please don't have the internet shut off

 

[Hubris]

Nah, wrong place at the wrong time is correct. It's something BAD that happens, so say you get mugged in a bad neighborhood....not only are you in the wrong place (the bad neighborhood) but you're there at the wrong time (when the mugger was around).

If you say "wrong place at the right time", the right time part implies that the happening was positive. Same with "right place at the wrong time". If something bad happens, then EVERYTHING was wrong about it, and you're up sh!t's creek without a paddle.

I guess I'll have to take my chances with Gore wielding the ban hammer.

 

[snooker]

Al Gore can do it, after all he said he created it right?

Watch out for AL!

I agree that it means more like bad place at bad time.

 

[ATLien247]

Just say bad and wrong...

Ba-dong

 

[GasX]

I am much more efficient with my words.

you say: I was in the wrong place at the wrong time

I say: I got fvcked!

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I am much more efficient with my words.

you say: I was in the wrong place at the wrong time

I say: I got fvcked!

rofl

 

[Azraele]

I've been in the wrong place at the wrong time before. Not fun.

 

[ElFenix]

i was in the wrong class at the wrong time... gave the wrong answer too. do i get a cookie?

 

[bmd]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i was in the wrong class at the wrong time... gave the wrong answer too. do i get a cookie?

Only if you like chocolate chip. Otherwise no.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: Hubris
Nah, wrong place at the wrong time is correct. It's something BAD that happens, so say you get mugged in a bad neighborhood....not only are you in the wrong place (the bad neighborhood) but you're there at the wrong time (when the mugger was around).

If you say "wrong place at the right time", the right time part implies that the happening was positive. Same with "right place at the wrong time". If something bad happens, then EVERYTHING was wrong about it, and you're up sh!t's creek without a paddle.

I guess I'll have to take my chances with Gore wielding the ban hammer.

I agree

The implication is that in order for the 'bad thing' to have happened, the person had to be in the 'wrong' place at the 'wrong' time.

p(mugging) = p (alley) x p (2 am)

p(sucked into another committee) = p (watercooler) x p (when boss walked by)

 

[Brutuskend]

Here's one that REALLY bugs me!

There is a sign not far from my house that says.

"The wages of sin,
is death."

Every time I drive my that thing i wanna "Fix" it!!!

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS


p(sucked into another committee) = p (watercooler) x p (when boss walked by)

I don't remember this formula in my stats or orginizational structure classes. Maybe it's time to crack those books open, it could explain a lot of my meetings this week.

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: bmd

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i was in the wrong class at the wrong time... gave the wrong answer too. do i get a cookie?

Only if you like chocolate chip. Otherwise no.

can i have one?

 

[BillGates]

Yeah, but let's say something bad was "GOING" to happen... For example, I watched an "Amazing Sports Videos" type show on Discovery Channel last night. Some biker was riding along and got nailed right on the top of the head with a home run - all captured on tape. Another dude got his car window shattered by a home run blast.

In these cases, the people were in the wrong place at the right time (for the incident to happen). If they were in the wrong place (where the baseball was going to land) at the wrong time (for the incident to happen), they would not have been hit and would not have been on TV.

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

Its kind of like the idiots who say 'I could car less about it.' when they mean that they dont care whatsoever, when infact and some people do say it right should be 'I couldn't care less about it.'

Just stupid little things that people notice dont work right together but say it anyway....

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Here's one that REALLY bugs me!

There's a sign in my neighborhood that bugs me too.

Slow
Children
At Play

Thinking about slow children always makes me sad.