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[Jasmin 0]

Can you have too much of a good thing?

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

[TEB6363 0]

Yes, when the good thing just becomes something to have - then it is no longer good.

Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!!

[hobbes4star 0]

depends on what the good thing is. like can you have to much skydiving?? no i think not.

if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right?

[Jasmin 0]

Sex....possibly
Drinking....definately
Jumping...?

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

[freeflir29 0]

Sex...only when you are too sore to continue.

Drinking...only after you throw up the second time.

Skydiving....if it's really really hot outside and you have to pack for yourself...yes.

[quade 4]

Yes.

Most people would say that drinking water is a good thing. However, if you were to drink, say, five gallons at one time, then you'd run a very real risk of dying.

See THIS.

Well, what about oxygen? Can't get too much of that -- right? Ah, actually, you can.

See THIS.

So, um, yes, you can have too much of a good thing.

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[flyhi 24]

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Can you have too much of a good thing?

Tried to answer this for my thesis in grad school. Didn't work because I couldn't find anyone to fund it.

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[Sebazz1 2]

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Can you have too much of a good thing?

I something is so good how could you possibly have too much? So my answer is no. No yes. I mean no. Yes...................Damn Why you gotta get me all confused

[SBS 0]

Gramatically, nope, not possible. If you have TOO much of something, then by definition, it is no longer a good thing.

Realistically, I think anything that is good looses something when not had in moderation. Sex, money, skydiving, anything.

Hopefully sometime I'll be able to test it out first hand, and see if there really is such thing as too much sex. I think I'd rather have a little to much than much too little. :-)

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[moodyskydiver 0]

Yes and No.

Yes it is possible to have too much of a good thing b/c once you have something in abundance there is a tendancy to take it for granted and it therefore loses some of its origional appeal.

But since good things are sometimes hard to come by in this world,I think having too much is ok at times.
So there is my screwed up perspective.

"...just an earthbound misfit, I."

[Jasmin 0]

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and see if there really is such thing as too much sex. I think I'd rather have a little to much than much too little. :-)

Easy for you to say!!!!!!!!

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

[jams 0]

Just like the old question: is it better to want what you have, or be able to get what you want? So that's a choice too!
Yes, i think you can have too much of a good thing, but by then abundance might have become a burden, so it is no longer a "good" thing...
Be sure you want what you ask for, you just might get it!

m
~ a temporary reconfiguration of stardust

[TomAiello 26]

Too much of anything can make it not so good anymore. I've had too much of lots of good things--drugs, alcohol, sex, skydiving (yes, I know that's sacrilege around here), love. Everything in moderation (especially, on occasion, moderation itself).

"Like candy, emotion, too much and sugar can turn to sand."

-- Tom Aiello

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[jtval 0]

only if you are felling guilty about something it may be you had too much....or you have a weak constitution.
if you have a guilty consccience about enjoying something too much you have two choices... stop doing it..or stop thinking that its wrong I prefer the latter

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[TomAiello 26]

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only if you are felling guilty about something it may be you had too much....or you have a weak constitution.

It must be my weak constitution, then. I seem to be totally lacking in guilt feelings for anything that doesn't hurt someone else.

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if you have a guilty consccience about enjoying something too much you have two choices... stop doing it..or stop thinking that its wrong I prefer the latter

I'm pretty sure it's not a guilty conscience. Haven't you ever been so stoned, for so long, you just wanted to come down? Or been so drunk you just needed to stop and go to bed?

I think it's mostly about physical or mental exhaustion. Too much of anything and eventually I just need to stop and do something else for a while.

Look at it this way. Backing off of something for a while makes it all the more rewarding when you get back to it. Never backing off makes the reward continuously diminish until it's just no fun anymore.

What if you were banished to a strange foreign land where there was no skydiving? I bet your first 100 jumps back would be a whole lot more fun than the corresponding 100 jumps if you had been jumping all along.

It's late. I'm rambling. I'm just sure it's not guilt.

-- Tom Aiello

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[jtval 0]

tom
just so you know..I AM banished to a foriegn land! I havent jumped in a long time

apparently you misunderstood my humor in the my last reply. I could reword it but Instead I will say that I was replying to jasmin's post in a jokingly manner I wasnt attactking your post!

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[ScottishJohn 25]

I know you can have too much of good whisky, is this the same thing ?

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[jtval 0]

I know you can have too much of good whisky, is this the same thing

whew boy I know excatly what you mean!

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[Jasmin 0]

Joe, have you ever actually tried being nice, or is it just me?!?!!!!!

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

[jtval 0]

I dont know? I guess some how ppl think Im pissed off as I type to this post. I am not.
I was just warding off a flame to me that seemed to be a misunderstanding. If it "looked" like a was being an asshole apparently you misunderstood!

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[Jasmin 0]

Whoa, I'm just taking a little dig at you! How is the peninsula?

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

[jtval 0]

well the peninsula is still here...but in a few weeks I wont be. Im gonna get high. I can almost taste it!

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[Jasmin 0]

?
ps doesn't an address require a country and state to send it to?

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

[jtval 0]

um, yea! unless youre talking about "THIS" military address.

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[Jasmin 0]

Ummm ok, even if I mail it from "here"?

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."