Must be true?
2007-01-31 00:27:08 · 21 answers · asked by ? 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
That's actually a great question and although most people will deny this, it is a proven fact that a statement becomes more credible and believable if it rhymes. Research has shown that this maybe due to the "jingle" effect which means that you internalize statements that you remember more than ones that are harder to remember and things that rhyme stick to your memory much more effectively than things that don't.
Excellent observation about the subconscious human nature.
2007-01-31 00:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by TJTB 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Very good question. I have a very close friend who believes that. I find it very problematic. If you think about it, if everything happens for the best of all possible reasons then bad is good. If, to be extreme, a madman chops off your thumb then that was a good thing. Chopping off your thumb gave you a renewed appreciation for your other nine fingers and taught you how to live with hardship, etc., so not having your thumb chopped off would, by bizarre logic, have been worse than having your thumb chopped off. In this sort of world view, everything horrible is actually good. It seems far more liberating and realistic to me to realize that awful things do sometimes happen and there's no reason to try to rationalize why it's for the better. It's not for the better, but make the best of the situation because that's the only choice you have. The worst instance I hear is when someone tells a grieving parent that it's a good thing his or her child has died. This invariably angers me even if the person saying it has some misguided notion that it's somehow a kind thing to say. A dead child is not good. It is a terrible sorrow, but we must go on as best we can. I find it easier to do so without having to invent reasons why it's a good thing.
2016-05-23 22:31:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. "Green Eggs and Ham" is the road map for life...always eat in a box with a fox or in a house with a mouse.
2007-01-31 00:32:27 · answer #3 · answered by Max Power 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe everything does but probably nursery rhymes.
2007-01-31 00:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2007-01-31 00:37:21 · answer #5 · answered by madfairy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really dont know where you got that idea
was it something that someone told you on here
i can assure you ol chap it just is'nt true
but then all along , i think you knew !!
2007-01-31 01:17:27 · answer #6 · answered by nicemanvery 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, also some other things are true without rhyming.....someone said you are a w**ker.....i said it's a shame your Father wasn't !!
2007-01-31 03:44:17 · answer #7 · answered by Shredder 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, in fact, I do.
Is it the same with you?
What about Winnie the Pooh?
Anyone like beef stew?
I like anything new.
2007-01-31 00:32:42 · answer #8 · answered by The Iceman Cometh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Och aye, jock mckay ate awe the steak pie.....
Mrs mcguire peed in the fire, the fire wis to hot so, she peed in the pot, the pot wis to wide so ,she peed in the clyde , and awe the wee fishies swam up her backside..
These are true !!!!!!!!
2007-01-31 00:52:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What rhymes with orange, silver or purple?
2007-01-31 00:38:02 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋