On 21 Aug 2006 at 22:39, "Alphax (Wikipedia email)"
<alphasigmax(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Steve Bennett wrote:
When your friend says "hey I asked around
and everyone wants to go
bowling", do you say "what do you mean, 'everyone'? Did you get at
least 75%?" No, you accept that they're not out to screw you over, and
a good result will be achieved...
... except that sometimes, you need to put your foot down and say "There
is no way that we're going bowling; you guys /always/ suggest we go
bowling, and it's a dumb idea, because we always end up complaining how
boring and stupid it is. We're going ice skating" and everyone realises
"Oh yeah, you're right, how stupid of us" and you end up going ice
skating, which is a far better idea than going bowling.