Timeline for Was there any significance to the joke about the drowning man in The Pursuit of Happyness?
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| May 16, 2020 at 4:21 | comment | added | T.E.D. | @Flater - FYI: Your comment spawned this question on the History site. If you can dig up the reference, there's probably a few reputation points in it for you. | |
| S May 15, 2020 at 20:01 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 15, 2020 at 18:34 | vote | accept | Levi C. Olson | ||
| May 15, 2020 at 9:34 | comment | added | Flater | To extend @DarrelHoffman's comment, this joke at least dates back to classical Roman times, though I can't currently recall which work I encountered it in. | |
| May 14, 2020 at 20:40 | history | edited | Jenayah | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 14, 2020 at 18:38 | comment | added | Carcer | @MichaelRichardson no, "god works in mysterious ways" is about when something negative or confusing happens, the idea being that anything that happens must ultimately be for a good reason, even if that reason is mysterious to you. There's nothing mysterious about rescue boats trying to save a drowning man. | |
| May 14, 2020 at 17:50 | comment | added | Michael Richardson | @DarrelHoffman Maybe closer to "God works in mysterious ways". | |
| May 14, 2020 at 14:46 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | It should be noted that this joke in various forms long predates the movie. I'm not sure if it's even known where it originates from. It's a common parable, basically along the lines of "God helps those who help themselves". | |
| May 14, 2020 at 13:43 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 14, 2020 at 10:08 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 14, 2020 at 9:55 | history | answered | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |