2006-06-06 13:38:25 · 7 answers · asked by geniusflightnurse 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Let me tell you a story, "The Unexpected Hanging."
The judge found the defendent guilty of murder and sentenced him to death by hanging. "Son," the judge said, "I'm going to hang you next week, but one thing: since you killed those folks so cruelly, I am going to hang you on a day when you don't expect it."
They returned the prisoner to his cell. The prisoner sat and thought and suddenly smiled. They could not hang him at all!
Here was his reasoning. If they got all the way to Saturday morning, the last day of the week without hanging him, he would know it was going to be Saturday and thus he would expect it. Therefore it could not be Saturday. OK, Saturday was out.
Well, if he got to Friday morning and they had not hanged him, he would know it was going to be Friday (remembering of course that it could not be Saturday - see the above reasoning) so he would expect that. Aha! He would be expecting it! Therefore the judge could not hang him on Friday. Friday was out, too.
Thursday? Same reasoning. Get to Thursday morning and he would expect to be hanged on Thursday and therefore he could not be surprised by that and...No, no Thursday hanging.
Weds? Nope.
All the days followed in the same logic. Therefore, no days that week could be used to hang him.
The prisoner was safe.
The judge had the prisoner hanged on Thursday and the true to his word, the judge saw the prisoner was very surprised.
Hope this story brings a bit of joy to your day.
Just hanging around to answer your questions.
2006-06-06 17:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's kind of like the God thing. God can't prove himself to you because that defeats the purpose of faith. If you believe in that nonsense. But I use that with practically every answer so it would be expected but if I was writing about a question about the unexpected and the expected people would expect that I would write the unexpected since this is an extenuating circumstance in which I would write the unexpected but if they were expecting the unexpected, it would, indeed, be expected
2006-06-06 20:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by Jane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because you never know which unexpected thing to expect. It's sorta like "known unknowns".
2006-06-06 21:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if that expectation is out of person then i would disagree with your statement and answer that question as 'No'.
for instance: you might have seen people cheating on people, but then you meet someone and expect that he/she will never cheat. So its like 'unexpected' out of that person and it will never be considered as 'expected'.
If that expectation is out of a situation then I will agree with you and answer that question as 'Yes'.
2006-06-06 20:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by applepie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does but thats how I like it, If I'm unshockable I can't be shocked.
2006-06-06 20:41:34 · answer #5 · answered by michelleramtulla 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I foresee unforeseen consequences to you asking this question.
2006-06-06 20:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes of course. that's a mess-up-your-mind question.
2006-06-06 20:41:58 · answer #7 · answered by CuteMonkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋