Maybe
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: Pink Floyd-A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Maybe. Have you ever really given much thought to the word maybe before? Me either. It's a complete cop-out word for sure. It gives you the option to follow through or to give up or to just not reveal your hand in the poker game of life...but it also keeps the lane of possibilities traffic-free because you aren't committing one way or another to anything much like a lane jockey on the feeway.

By definition, maybe means `by chance' or perhaps. For example "maybe he'll call tomorrow". Personally, I think that the majority of the time maybe means "no". Even all-American surfer turned musician Jack Johnson says so in his song "Flake"..."It seems to me that maybe pretty much always means no..."

Think about it. When someone tells you maybe in response to your question, whatever it may be, more than 9 times out of 10 it will end up as no. Some people will argue that it means "I don't know" but that only flies when there is one excuse attached to it like "Maybe I can help you with your bikini wax this weekend but I may need to flea dip my dog" as opposed to "Maybe I can help you with your bikini wax this weekend if I don't have to take my dead grandmother to the doctors, build a suspension bridge over the Amazon or finish my master's dissertation on the molecular composition of bratwurst."

So why does everyone always use it? Is it our inability as a culture to feel comfortable enough to come right out and say no or is it more the fear of hurting someone's feelings? I don't know. I just know that I would rather hear "no" than "maybe" or even worse...the dreaded "definite maybe" `cuz as we all know, there is nothing definite about maybe...