03.17.2011. thURsday. The Luck of Opposites.

I've always had luck with things that no-one else likes. That's why my favourite brush pens, spiral-bound journals, inks, paints, shoes, candies, gums, underwear, incense, deoderant (damn them), television shows are no longer made, sold, or otherwise available.

That which everyone else loves usually irks me, somethin' fierce. No, I do not purposefully deride that which is generally popular. I'm just usually disappointed by that which large groups of people think is good. Red Bull, football, American Idol, cheesecake, wireless phones (I don't like receiving calls from people on the toilet), Guiness, cruise control, the Beatles, and dreamsicles.

Electronic cigarettes are not exempt from this strange law.. this luck of opposites. Those which are hailed by people in this forum give me nothing but headaches. My favourite ecig of all time seems to be increasingly unpopular. *shrugs* It took me over half a year, and three other pieces of crap (which I'm still assured are great models), to find my Ego-T.

I have learned that, if people do not like something, especially in the chat room, then I'll probably find it wonderful, and vice versa. .... I'm still annoyed by the suggestion of Viking Vapor's mango. Hilariously enough, the one that was so enthusiastic about its quality had never actually tasted a real mango!

I will be very depressed if the first and only ecig that's performed in the way it was promised becomes unavailable. Oh, fate, don't make me go back to the 808s, Boge Leos, and whatever-the-nut that the Randy's ecig was supposed to be!

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Hi Olde One

I thought my wife and I were the only victims of the "Luck of Opposites" which, by the way, I think is a great name for the condition.

We have often thought that we could start a business based on it, you pay us to buy a product made by your opposition and they then go broke! Any time we buy a new product we really like we invariably find that it's off the market within months!

Furthermore, I agree with disliking stuff that most people find popular, your list agrees pretty much with ours, except for the Beatles, a band we both love. (Probably because we're children of the sixties?)

Just ordered an eGo-T for each of us and waiting for it to arrive, hopefully the Law will apply to us too and we'll really like it, just like you do.

Cheers from Down Under.
Edit: PS. Why do you capitalise the UR in Saturday & Thursday? :)
 
Thanks for your comment! It's always nice to hear from people who are stricken by the "curse".

I do not think liking of the Beatles is solely for the sixties generation. Everyone around me likes the Beatles. I suppose I find it frustrating. ;)

As for my strange little habit of capitalizing "UR" in occurrences of "Saturday" and "Thursday", it's something I've done for many years in my primary blogs. For more information, check out Ur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
 

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