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Mystery, Luck, or Newton's theories at work?
Avatar By HexiDecimator
Posted 13 Jun 2012 02:05
Category: Miscellaneous
Today I was at the yearly carnival. It was nearing the end of the time I could stay there, and had to catch my ride home. That's when I realized I had lost my wallet after the previous ride. Resentfully the last ride was one of the worst to lose something on. One of the ones where falling objects become dangerous projectiles.That's ride, the Rotating swings.

I had just finished that ride when I noticed my wallet wasn't in my pocket anymore. I'm sure you all can imagine the foul speech I was muttering under my breath as I retraced my steps back to the swing ride.I looked back, fourth, round and round, and all over the carnival where I had been since.

After I checked the lost and found trailer several times with no success, my search got ridiculous. I asked the people running rides and things if they could start checking on top of buildings. That also failed. I resorted to looking in the stupidest of places, which included under mobile stands, under potable toilets, in between spaces, and even in water (all of this in the area of the ride). I finally gave up. But strangely, on my way back to my pick-up point, I found a $20 bill. Which, ironically, covered all the money I had spent or lost that day. I had $10 in my wallet, and spent the other $10 on tickets. So I was like "OK then, the day gets interesting."

Later on, when I was closer to my pick-up place, I found a fortune cookie paper. It said "MAKE NO RASH MOVES FOR NOW." I was shocked and intrigued. The first thing that came to my mind was Newton's quote;
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

So my mysterious thoughts begin. I end up troubled with weather to think I was lucky, or Newton's 3rd law. And part of the mystery is that Newton's 3rd law is usually used in reference to physics. But, does it apply to more than that? Just physics, or to other circumstances as well? What do you guys think?
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Comments
Avatar HexiDecimator
14 Jun 2012 00:29
Update: Just cancelled my bank card. Everything is safe now.
Avatar HexiDecimator
13 Jun 2012 22:58
Quoth Coldud:
Quoth Mrsuperpiggy:
All you had, $20? No credit cards? Good.
Did you have any personal information like something to contact you if anyone had found it?


Uhh, I had my Bank crad with my name on, they could give it to that bank. It also had my library card (expired now). They could return it there, too. And some pointless recipts. Not really all that much, but I think you need a password for the credit card part (my bank card is a credit card too). Ah, if I'm lucky and it did land where I think it did, the carnies taking the stuff down will find it. Hopefully they take the money and have the common decency to cut my card up. I'll be checking my bank often now.
Avatar Tora.Silver
13 Jun 2012 22:00
What a coincidence. I was at a yearly carnival today and I was hit in the head by a wallet containing $10. I bought cotton candy and ice.
Avatar Firemaniac
13 Jun 2012 09:49
There is no instance where Newton's third law comes into play here. You have just taken it out of its original context and applied it to a chancy event that occurred.
Avatar Coldud
13 Jun 2012 09:12
Quoth Mrsuperpiggy:
All you had, $20? No credit cards? Good.
Did you have any personal information like something to contact you if anyone had found it?
Avatar Raisons du Coeur
13 Jun 2012 08:35
Quoth purplepandafish:
You still need a new wallet.

Panda is right. If your wallet was lost by going off flying at a high speed then the way it'll balance out is that you'll get hit by something of equal mass at the exact speed your wallet left you. On an unrelated note, I just bought a wallet canon.
Avatar Kion127
13 Jun 2012 08:28
You should of checked people's pockets. Most likely in there.
Avatar purplepandafish
13 Jun 2012 06:24
You still need a new wallet.
Avatar Lakhlan01
13 Jun 2012 05:04
Newtons laws don't apply to losing your wallet.
Avatar Kingpin
13 Jun 2012 04:02
I think he was a wizard, and he made the third law because he knew this would happen to you.
Avatar HexiDecimator
13 Jun 2012 03:59
Quoth Unknown Crazyman:
It actually only applies to force.


Nice story though.


Not a story dude. It happened to me today.
Avatar Unknown cRazYmAN
13 Jun 2012 03:48
It actually only applies to force.


Nice story though.
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