I was going to reply seperately and say that I really like you buy you're just so strange darling. But then I saw this reply and had to attach it here!
I also agree though that milk and eggs are really not practical since you run a measurable chance of losing electricity and those things would spoil.
And then there's also the people who buy unbleached paper products and brown eggs. But they might not be the ones running out in the white hoarding frenzy either.
If it's cold enough for snow, you've got ready-made refrigeration just a few steps away :) I've had bottles of juice (semi-intentional) and eggs (due to a forgotten grocery bag) actually freeze outside in my car.
Milk thaws OK, but has to be shaken to redistribute the solids. Eggs not so well unless separated.
Milk, eggs and other perishables are fine for winter - if the electricity goes off, your whole dwelling will become a fridge! It's when people stock up on such goods before hurricanes that I'm left scratching my head.
I did a bit of reading on Old Willie but don't exactly see a direct correlation between his theories and what I said. Perhaps an overall similarity, but nothing substantial. Then again, you probably know of him better than I, so I'm sure I am played the fool.
You suggested that the explanation might be much simpler than my sympathetic magic or complicated superstition hypotheses, so I was pretty much just alluding to the Razor.
Which, by the way, has given me a few cuts and nicks in the past, but (despite its breadth) has not yet severed any of my digits, if that narrows down the idea of how sharp it is. Getting cut by it hurts more than a paper cut, but the pain doesn't last as long as the pain from chopping off a zit with an electric shaver. The real problem is that sometimes that rounded strip falls off the back of the Razor, revealing that it's actually double-edged. It's usually quite easy to handle, but if you're not paying attention at those times you can slice up your hand when you try to use it.
I'm sure I've been dualy hurt by my own use, but I find there's no going back once you've seen it. I never read anything about the man until you mentioned him and I never studied his teachings. However, I seem to have come to the same conclusion on my own.
Personally, I'd rather not see things this way, but I fear anything else would be a lie unto myself.
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I also agree though that milk and eggs are really not practical since you run a measurable chance of losing electricity and those things would spoil.
And then there's also the people who buy unbleached paper products and brown eggs. But they might not be the ones running out in the white hoarding frenzy either.
I like your theory though!
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Milk thaws OK, but has to be shaken to redistribute the solids. Eggs not so well unless separated.
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Yeah, I hadn't thought of that! duh....
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I did a bit of reading on Old Willie but don't exactly see a direct correlation between his theories and what I said. Perhaps an overall similarity, but nothing substantial. Then again, you probably know of him better than I, so I'm sure I am played the fool.
Just how sharp is Occam's Razor, anyway?
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Which, by the way, has given me a few cuts and nicks in the past, but (despite its breadth) has not yet severed any of my digits, if that narrows down the idea of how sharp it is. Getting cut by it hurts more than a paper cut, but the pain doesn't last as long as the pain from chopping off a zit with an electric shaver. The real problem is that sometimes that rounded strip falls off the back of the Razor, revealing that it's actually double-edged. It's usually quite easy to handle, but if you're not paying attention at those times you can slice up your hand when you try to use it.
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Personally, I'd rather not see things this way, but I fear anything else would be a lie unto myself.