The definition of Serendipity is as follows:
ser·en·dip·i·ty (srn-dp-t)
n. pl. ser·en·dip·i·ties
1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
2. The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.
3. An instance of making such a discovery
Yesterday, Blob had an incidence of Serendipitousness. (Unsure of that word but it's my blog.)
She was wandering through a London alley trying to find her nearest Boris Bike docking station so she could cycle back to Waterloo when she came across a hidden away shop called 'Planet Organic'. She was thrilled and brought home an organic frozen ready meal which turned out to be a delicious vegetable korma and rice, some organic and mild shampoo which will not remove the hairs natural oils and a voucher for a free coffee for the next time she passes which will be sometime next week.
This is serendipity in its truest sense.
However, wandering through Epsom following a hair cut and stoicly refusing to go into Starbucks for a hot chocolate and then discovering an Italian ice cream stall in the shopping centre is not serendipitous - it is unfortunate and greedy and Blob should be ashamed of herself.
Bob
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Ah, but Blob COULD have stopped for a hot chocolate, which may have burned her tongue (because they do) and, whilst feeling the burn (so to speak) she would then have discovered the ice cream stall and bought an icecream to ease her suffering.
ReplyDeleteSo, the second act of icecreamery WOULD have been serendipitious, AND,(don't stop me, I'm on a roll here)by rejecting the hot chocolate in the first place, Blob halved her potential calorific intake, so therefore deserves TWO icecreams as a reward for being so self-controlled!!
You're just jealous because it's a well known fact that icecream gives cats brain freeze!