Re: Nerd Boy, episode 437
Sam Blanning wrote: > > Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > > ---- > > This is my ode to how some people seem to think that any given > > thought is unique and profound. It seems to me like they haven't > > given anything much thought. Maybe they're too busy doing other > > stuff, or maybe they busy themselves because they get depressed > > if they do too much thinking. In fact, I once heard from a moose > > hunter that the suicide rate goes up during hunting season. It > > makes sense. Hunters get a lot of time to think about their life > > while they're keeping watch, and they do have a gun handy. > > There's the realisation that they're spending hours upon hours of their > dwindling life doing nothing just to eventually kill an animal that they > don't want to eat, as well. :-) But, if moose-hunting is seasonal, and done in the winter like most hunting seasons, it probably aligns pretty closely with the higher suicide rate around the Christmas/New Years season, and may not be related to killing moose at all.. Hey, I just had a profound thought! well.. relative to my "Do buggers have feelings?" thoughts, anyway. -- Joe =o) ___ \o ` & / \ �
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