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anastasiav ([personal profile] anastasiav) wrote2009-01-06 11:01 am

"I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward." - G.K. Chesterton

My mother let slip to me today that she's had her church praying for me for two months.

I'm glad it makes her feel better.

[identity profile] sboyko.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
From http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-160824.html:

Here is a famous story. I don't know if it is true.

An American scientist once visited the offices of the great Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Neils Bohr, in Copenhagen, and was amazed to find a horseshoe was nailed to the wall over his desk.

The American said with a nervous laugh, "Surely you don't believe that horseshoe will bring you good luck, do you, Professor Bohr?"

Bohr chuckled. "I believe no such thing, my good friend. Not at all. I am scarcely likely to believe in such foolish nonsense. However, I am told that a horseshoe will bring you good luck whether you believe in it or not! How can one argue with such logic?"