Can you be perfectly wrong? plus a Halloween Hmmm

In response to last week’s question, "Can you be perfectly wrong?," my writing and sailing friend Rich bragged, "It’s a rare talent, but yes, I have lived it so I know it is possible."

My sailing friend Jim acknowledged, "Absolutely.  Just ask any of my ex-girlfriends," to which my broadcast TV station friend Bill empathized, "Yes. You can be perfectly wrong for a situation," to which my dad's beach buddy Bob added, "Yes, when the new outfit you just purchased turned out to be the wrong size and you can't return it."

My comedy friend Bruce noted, "I expertly painted a room and my wife said it's the wrong color.  I was perfectly wrong."

My social media friend Mark suggested, "Yes, perfectly wrong is the ideal wrong. No doubts, no questions. I have perfected it myself.   Plus it is a much easier accomplishment than perfectly right."

My forward-thinking collaboration friend Paul replied, "Politics ever risky, but in my lifetime, the one example that immediately springs to mind of someone being totally, comprehensively, perfectly WRONG is the anti-Reagan crowd about his approach with the Soviet Union.  Millions of people, especially Estonia and the Baltics (where Paul's family is from), rejoice that he ignored those who said the Cold War couldn’t be won."   

My friend Richard lamented, "If you are wrong 100% of the time, that would qualify as a perfect score, right? The Falcons’ last 4 games – or all of the Braves’ games in August and September – would seem to meet that standard.  (That means there's only one way to go….Subterranean.)"

Then my equestrian friend Royce shared the other perspective, "Not if you are always perfectly right."

Please share your thoughts about this week's "things that make you go 'Hmmm' “:

For Halloween: Should children accept candy from strangers?

Never miss an opportunity to do something that makes you smile!

Hal

Happy Halloween to the children in all of us.  My thanks to my friend Jason for the Halloween party Saturday -- may we stay forever young.

Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm.

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