The Dice Man.

Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by edyb123, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. edyb123

    edyb123 Senior Member

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    Is a pretty aswome book : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice_Man

    If you havent read it, its about a man (a physcotherapist) who is bored with the mundane routine life he has and decides to let all the things he does be dictated by the roll of a dice.. its an interesting theory because, as he describes, you allocate one option that part of you feels like doing to each of the the sides of the die and then you must carry out whatever the die decides when you role it.

    This suposedly makes life far more fun because it allows you to explore all those small parts of your mind that want to do something but are usually overpowered by 'common sense' etc. And the fact that its random adds anticipation and excitement to an otherwise boring life..

    Would you guys ever considere living like this? I think it would be prtty cool to try out. A guy did a program on it where him and a mate let a die decide everywhere they would travel, which led to them going all over europe etc.
     
  2. the grobe

    the grobe Senior Member

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    maybe for travel, but not for every aspect of your life, that could be alil risky at times, depending on what your rolling on
     
  3. bird_migration

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    I did that for a bit when I was travelling. It is a very old and well-known concept. It starts to be interesting after a whilst, because usually the dice landed on something I would not like to do most.
     
  4. mitten_kitten

    mitten_kitten daisymae

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    So you're not talking about Andrew Dice Clay? :D
     
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