Mr. Ball,
I believe it was Wayne Newton who famously said for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. To put it in layman’s terms, if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, so too must there be a tree not falling over and someone is in fact there to hear it.
Which brings me to the concept of the good luck penny. As a scientist of science, you seemed to be the leading authority to turn to on such manners. But first, a little back-story:
The other day someone showed me his good luck penny.
First and foremost, I feel it is necessary to establish if it is within the realm of plausibility for such a thing as a good luck penny to exist. How does one measure the different gradients of luck found in a penny, or is one good luck penny just as lucky as the next good luck penny? If it is conceivable for a good luck penny to exist, is it not also conceivable for bad luck penny(s) to exist? Again, do they have different degrees of bad luck attached to them, or does their bad luck come at a flat rate?
What about an indifferent penny? If superhero movies have taught us anything, it is that nothing is painted in black and white. So perhaps there is such a thing as a gray area penny, a yin and yang penny if you will, that neither affect luck one way or the other.
After showing me the good luck penny, this person proceeded to introduce me to their good luck Go America! dollar, which of course, raised more questions. Is it possible for other denominations of currency to carry with them a specific luck factor—perhaps the pence, the rupee, or peso? What about other objects altogether? Is it possible to have good luck zip cords, love seats, and hot dog buns? Or is the luck a characteristic of only a select few forms of objects, similarly to how Asians are blessed with the ability to do math really well?
It seems like after finding one lucky penny, the chances of finding more lucky objects would increase, lest of course, there are lots of unlucky objects acting against it. I don’t know. You are the scientist. In theory, I am a theoretician that theorizes theories, not a scientist, so aside from proposing these issues, I am useless when it comes to pursuing these issues further than the hypothesis stage. Please let me know what your scientific method finds.
Sincerely,
V.
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Dear Viceroy,
I have thought about your questions and composed a response at the blog bearing my name. I look forward to further discourse with you on matters of luck and life.
Mr. Ball
Ha-ha! Hello Viceroy. I have now also caught up on your blog, in addition to your good friend Geneball's. And in December I have blogged anywhere from 33% to 451.29% more than you! I'm not a mathematical man. But now it is you who does not do the blogging. Ha! Ha-ha!
Note: This comment was meant to be read in a weird, vaguely sinister Eastern European accent, like the one Peter Parker's landlord has in Spider-Man 2 (but not Spider-Man 3, because that movie never happened).
Note 2: You can read these notes in any accent you deem appropriate. But Viceroy, go back and re-read the original message in the sinister Eastern European accent. It changes it drastically.
Note 3: My word verification word was "scalabig." We need to create a use for that word.
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