Can that really happen? If you expect something to happen, can it be unexpected?
2006-08-10 01:56:33 · 17 answers · asked by mayorofsteveville2002 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
anything is possible..
miracles happen..
catastrophe happen..what u expect can happen or vice versa..it's how well u accept it and handle the outcome!
2006-08-10 02:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by whoa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This saying is only a puzzle if you confuse the general with the particular.
Let's suppose that tomorrow a dog is going to bite you, you're going to run into an old friend, and you're going to win a dozen new shirts for being the 1000th customer of a new shop. Those three unexpected (particular) things will be unexpected, but if you have kept in mind the saying to expect the unexpected then their unexpectedness (general) will not be unexpected.
So what the saying means is "expect unexpectedness" - which you can expect without expecting any particular unexpected thing.
2006-08-10 14:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unexpected is an unknown. If you know something, than it isn't unexpected is it? The only way you can expect something is to know what you are expecting! Consequently, it isn't unexpected.
2006-08-10 02:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I certainly didn't expect to see you there with a shirt off holding a can of beer did I? I think not. Pretty unexpected.
2006-08-10 02:34:56 · answer #4 · answered by doesitmatter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does happen...
But that saying, maybe, for me, means you should expect the unexpected so that you'll be aware of your surroundings and avoid the unexpected things... i dont know... its just my opinion...
2006-08-10 02:56:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess so, Did you ever expect to hear from someone, and in the next instant they call you on the phone. The mind is a powerful thing its a shame we only use 10% of it.
2006-08-10 02:06:11 · answer #6 · answered by KIM A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when some thing is expected how can that be unexpected??? if some thing happens against your expectation then it is uexpected. unexpected can not be expected in any case, it may happen. not ligical!!!!!!!!!
2006-08-10 02:05:20 · answer #7 · answered by senthil r 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be unexected, until you start expecting it.
It's correct.
It can also mean "expect something weird that doesnt hapen usually and stay on your guard" - instead of just "unexpected".
2006-08-10 02:02:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymously Anonymous 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're expecting you get disappointed when it doesn't happen. But if you're not thinking about and just wish that someday it will happen, then it happened without you thinking about thats a suprising thing!
2006-08-10 02:46:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Expectations are just preconceived resentments. The saying you refer to just means don't be surprised by changes that occur around and or to you.
2006-08-10 02:03:34 · answer #10 · answered by Add Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋