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17 March 2006

A Psychological Tip →[More:]
Whenever you're called on to make up your mind,
and you're hampered by not having any,
the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No -- not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you're passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you're hoping.

post by: Zozo at: 17:02 | 7 comments

More "grooks" by Piet Hien here; they're for sale here.

posted by Zozo 17 March | 17:02

I frequently will use this very technique to find out what it is I really want!

posted by Specklet 17 March | 17:14

I've always done that, but waited to see the result and then observed how I felt about that result. I haven't done this in a long time, I don't think I'm as indecisive as I once was.

posted by kmellis 17 March | 18:20

Man, I need something like this!

posted by omiewise 17 March | 19:27

Huh -- that's great! I posted something similar in a recent AskMe on decision making, but I didn't have a cool poem! Awesome.

posted by Miko 17 March | 19:43

I think Matt should decree that all AskMe answers from now on must take the form of a clever bit of rhyming verse.

posted by Zozo 17 March | 19:49

Grook... I love it!

posted by amro 17 March | 20:18

← help me not kill again || A great pithy quote. →

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