2007-03-21 05:43:54 · 20 answers · asked by lushpoppy 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Become involved in local politics.
2007-03-21 07:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by Voight-Kampff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oooh. this is trickier than it looks :)
i started off by saying *both* - that we have *failed* the original task, but *suceeded* in our aim to fail. but when i tried to give a concrete example, it didn't work out. i realised that there is an underlying assumption that if we take on a task, we are attempting to suceed in it.
so to give a concrete example - i take *my driving test* and i don't pass it. have i *failed* in the first task? i don't think so, because i took the test.
you can only say that i have *failed* if my intention was to pass. if my intention was NOT to pass, then i have suceeded, even though the driving examiner says *fail*. i have failed to meet his expectations/goals, but met my own...
so.... i think that the confusion/perceived paradox is because we automatically assume that *fail* is a *negative*. but when you *try to fail*, you are actually substituting another goal, another *positive*.
so *trying to fail to arrive on time* actually translates as *trying to be late*... and *trying to fail a test* as *trying to acheive a low score*.
and therefore, you have suceeded.
well done!!! lol
i just realised that i have assumed your question means that you *suceed in failing*.... if it means that *you suceed at the thing you have tried to fail*, then you just reverse what i've said above - ie you would have *failed*, because your intention was *to not suceed*.
your *sucess* or *failure* is about meeting your goal of sucess or failure, not about your performance in the actual task.
2007-03-21 07:19:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You succeed in life but fail your task
2007-03-21 05:51:06 · answer #3 · answered by JK 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have succeeded at failing.
This means you have succeeded in meeting your goal of failing, yet you have failed at the original object or task.
So, it depends on which task you are looking at. If you are looking at the original task, then you have failed. If you are looking at the task of failing then you have succeeded....it doesn't matter that the task was to fail, you achieved your goal so you succeeded.
2007-03-21 06:17:31 · answer #4 · answered by Carrie M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is impossible to try to fail. If you try anything, even something considered by most to be a failure, and achieve it, it must be considered a personal success. You can fail and you can fail to try, but this question has no answer.
2007-03-21 05:57:10 · answer #5 · answered by somebody_8 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would say fail overall.
Your overall aim is not NOT ACHEIVE a certain task and you do, you have not furfilled your aim.
EG I will answer the next question with 'TURKEY' so it makes no sense. However the next question is 'What will you have for Christmas dinner this year'
I answered the question correctly, but did not want to.
2007-03-21 05:57:43 · answer #6 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You succeeded in failing.
2007-03-21 05:47:52 · answer #7 · answered by Silly Girl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you just fail. I've always wondered about that.. for example, if you try to quit cigarettes, and quit quitting, does that make you a winner?
2007-03-21 05:52:28 · answer #8 · answered by paintmeblue719 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have failed, you have succeeded to fail. You have succeeded in becoming a paradox! Bloody hell thats boggled my mind!
2007-03-21 05:57:42 · answer #9 · answered by vickyvixen84 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It shows that you are a success, because it's difficult to fail when you know you can pass.
2007-03-21 05:49:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋