Shiteons are sub-atomic particles of bad luck that streak around the universe

Thanks Sweavo for being the one you are - and for these words

Written by one of my oldest netfriends. We have meet at three different forums for at least 10 years now. A guy I really want to meet for real one day.  

Shiteons are sub-atomic particles of bad luck that streak around the universe at hundreds of thousands of miles an hour. Like gamma rays, shiteons can pass through the Earth and everything on it with very little influence. Unlike gamma rays, shiteons tend to accumulate in vast clouds, millions of miles across. You will notice if the Earth passes through a shiteon cloud because everything will go wrong, usually you’ll have a spot of bad luck, then you’ll have a couple of days where everything breaks and all your efforts to fix things only make things worse. Then, seemingly inexplicably, everything comes right again. The remote starts working, the cat comes back, you find your chequebook. This is the Earth passing out of the shiteon cloud again.


The best identified strategy for dealing with a shiteon storm is “perseverance”. This is mid way between trying and giving up. Trying too hard to fix your situation only exposes more activities to possible shiteon strikes and usually exacerbates the situation. Giving up just lets entropy take over and you end up with an unholy mess to dig yourself out of after the “shite-storm”. Perseverance, continually looking for small, correct things to do, and doing them, is by far the most successful approach under “shite” conditions.

Published with Sweavo's consent

Now Sweavo and I "meet" at Facebook. He is a is really feel good guy who always makes me smile. And he is always there when I need him: like translation problems, analysing Google Analytics tracking cookies or simply learning me how to be a grounded salsa dancer  as the selfannounced Jedin/Yoda at Youtube. Thanks for being the one you are :-)