One of my favourite things to do on a Saturday morning is to sit and watch Mythbusters whilst enjoying a leisurely cup of coffee. In one of the episodes that they were showing this Saturday two of the hosts, Adam and Jamie, were trying to disprove the adage'lead balloon' the premise that they were testing was that it was impossible to make a balloon out of lead that would actually float.
And for those of you who have never seen the show, Mythbusters is basically an excuse for mass destruction of inanimate objects whilst preferably forcing the hosts to face up to their phobias, and wherever possible using the largest guns they can find and copious amounts of C4. And all in the name of science.
Anyway, the thing that struck me about this particular episode is that an adage is a lot like a Money Pixie.The thing about adages is that they have been around so long that they are widely accepted to be true. Money Pixies are lies about money that we have been exposed to since before we were old enough to realize what was going on. They have now been repeated to us often enough and frequently enough that we accept them to be true without even considering whether that they are even our own beliefs and opinions.
Unlike an adage which is essentially harmless, Money Pixies are incredibly destructive and often can end up ruining lives.
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As for the Mythbusters did they manage to make a lead balloon?You bet they did. Adage busted!
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