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HotTeaBag

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14. That's great.

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 01:16 PM

May 2020

Dave Matthews, during his Verizon at Home (or whatever it's called) show likened the chances of catching/getting sick/dying of Covid to a jar of jellybeans and I thought it was a pretty cool simile:

There sits a jar of 100 jellybeans - 80 are delicious and safe to eat, 15 will make you very sick and 5 will kill you. Is it worth the risk to reach in and grab one?

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Perfect! [View all] madamesilverspurs May 2020 OP

That's good... I like the one I saw last night here... liberalla May 2020 #1

Could go on a mask! 2naSalit May 2020 #2

How about, "Better than a ventilator". brush May 2020 #4

That's a good one! 2naSalit May 2020 #5

+1 Hassler May 2020 #6

Edit to read: A lot more than one of us could die... Ford_Prefect May 2020 #3

Mask it or Casket CountMyVote4Reality May 2020 #7

+1 Also, 6 feet back or 6 feet under, your choice. CaptainTruth May 2020 #10

TY, MSS! Cha May 2020 #8

In some places we don't let your kids go to school... diverdownjt May 2020 #9

Pascal's wager, updated. Love it. n/t TygrBright May 2020 #11

Many deplorables are fine with that IronLionZion May 2020 #12

"I'd rather say why I did, than why I didn't." DemoTex May 2020 #13

That's great. HotTeaBag May 2020 #14

Reminds me of the climate argument Grins May 2020 #15