Try
From CaseyPedia
The verb try has two well-known definitions:
- 1) to make an attempt at accomplishing any action, such as a goal. ("I will try to fix my car.")
- 2) to investigate a civil or criminal case judicially. ("The courts will try Casey Serin for mortgage fraud.")
Casey Serin likes to use the word "try" in order to avoid making any firm commitments, thus leaving him free to abandon his current efforts to chase the next shiny object that catches his attention:
- I use the word “try” because I like to give myself a way out in case something better comes up. I would commit to stuff in the past only to break the commitment. I realize i’m a “keep my options open” personality type so I have to be careful when and how I commit. Using the word “try” shows my intention, which may or may not happen. But I will definitely TRY to make it happen.[1]
Haters have learned to disregard any statement in which Casey says he will "try" to do anything; the loose commitment implicit in "try" essentially guarantees that Casey will lose focus and subsequently fail. Casey is a living embodiment of the aphorism "many try, but few succeed".
[edit] Avoiding Commitment
An apocryphal story states that at Casey and Galina's wedding, during the reading of their vows, the following conversation took place:
- Priest: Do you, Casey, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, 'til death do you part?
- Casey Serin: Yeah, I guess I'll try.
[edit] References
- ↑ Foreclosure Auction on Monday, IAFF, comment on February 25th 2007 at 9:50 am
