Why buy insurance for "a pimple on an elephant's ass"?

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Good old Flint. Talking out of both sides of his mouth. Y2K is no big deal, but I'm prepared to the teeth "just in case". Hey, Flint, why are you prepared to the teeth if it's not going to be a big deal. You sound very confident about that and you preach complacency constantly, but your actions speak louder than your words. You don't buy insurance for something that you really don't think is going to happen. Think about it. I have no reason to believe that a damaging earthquake is going to hit the Cleveland area, so why would I buy earthquake insurance? I wouldn't. But you have bought Y2K insurance, in spite of all of your arguments that Y2K is not going to be a big deal at all, a "pimple on an elephant's ass" is how you put it. You don't buy insurance for a pimple, Flint. So, why are you preaching complacency and preparing to the max? What's up with that?

-- Ohio Bob (noway@notachance.com), October 06, 1999.

-- (@ .), October 06, 1999


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