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Do things happen for a reason?

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Do things happen for a reason?
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RE: Do things happen for a reason?
July 28, 2020 at 4:12 pm (This post was last modified: July 28, 2020 at 4:13 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(July 28, 2020 at 4:03 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Not for "a" reason. There are many reasons that things happen. If I pick up a pen and drop it, gravity causes it to fall. But it also falls because I picked it up and dropped it.

Exactly. A few days ago, I nicked my thumb. If I hadn’t been holding a chisel, it probably wouldn’t have happened. If I hadn’t been in my workshop, I wouldn’t have been holding the chisel. If I wasn’t a luthier, I wouldn’t have been in the shop. If I hadn’t been a musician, I wouldn’t have become a luthier. If my godfather hadn’t got me interested in music, I wouldn’t have become a musician. If my father hadn’t gone to school in Keady, I wouldn’t have had that godfather.

So, the reason I nicked my thumb is that Da went to school in Keady.

Boru
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Do things happen for a reason?

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Do things happen for a reason? - by Shazzalovesnovels - July 28, 2020 at 2:52 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by downbeatplumb - July 28, 2020 at 2:59 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by LadyForCamus - July 31, 2020 at 2:54 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by arewethereyet - July 31, 2020 at 2:55 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by brewer - July 31, 2020 at 3:08 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Alan V - August 4, 2020 at 9:42 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Rhizomorph13 - July 28, 2020 at 3:06 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Sal - July 28, 2020 at 3:12 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by zebo-the-fat - July 28, 2020 at 3:13 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Duty - July 28, 2020 at 3:15 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Abaddon_ire - July 28, 2020 at 3:40 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by brewer - July 28, 2020 at 3:17 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Abaddon_ire - July 28, 2020 at 4:19 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by polymath257 - July 29, 2020 at 7:42 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by brewer - July 28, 2020 at 5:57 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Duty - July 28, 2020 at 3:39 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Duty - July 28, 2020 at 3:40 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Duty - July 28, 2020 at 3:52 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by chimp3 - July 28, 2020 at 4:03 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 28, 2020 at 4:12 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Gawdzilla Sama - July 28, 2020 at 4:33 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Rhizomorph13 - July 28, 2020 at 4:49 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Mermaid - July 28, 2020 at 4:33 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Grandizer - July 28, 2020 at 5:24 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by arewethereyet - July 28, 2020 at 5:39 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Gawdzilla Sama - July 28, 2020 at 6:10 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Shazzalovesnovels - August 2, 2020 at 4:03 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by polymath257 - August 2, 2020 at 8:10 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Mister Agenda - August 3, 2020 at 11:50 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Sal - August 3, 2020 at 4:43 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by ignoramus - July 28, 2020 at 7:22 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Sal - July 28, 2020 at 8:43 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Gawdzilla Sama - July 29, 2020 at 5:19 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Brian37 - July 29, 2020 at 7:43 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Deesse23 - August 3, 2020 at 1:11 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Mister Agenda - July 29, 2020 at 9:14 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Deesse23 - July 30, 2020 at 2:11 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Peebo-Thuhlu - July 30, 2020 at 2:25 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Deesse23 - July 30, 2020 at 2:31 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by ignoramus - July 30, 2020 at 2:37 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Brian37 - July 31, 2020 at 2:14 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by no one - July 31, 2020 at 11:56 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by ignoramus - August 1, 2020 at 5:23 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by no one - August 2, 2020 at 4:36 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by zebo-the-fat - August 2, 2020 at 4:57 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Rhizomorph13 - August 2, 2020 at 4:59 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Shazzalovesnovels - August 2, 2020 at 5:19 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Rhizomorph13 - August 2, 2020 at 5:56 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by The Valkyrie - August 3, 2020 at 4:44 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Anomalocaris - August 3, 2020 at 8:30 pm
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Gawdzilla Sama - August 4, 2020 at 11:02 am
RE: Do things happen for a reason? - by Anomalocaris - August 4, 2020 at 4:13 pm

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