The other day, I had a discussion with someone I know, about the line in the song "Frosty the Snowman," where it says something about he "was alive as he could be."

The two of us decided that this was some sort of tautology and is basically useless for determining anything about the biological status of said snowman.

Because if you think about it, everything and everyone is pretty much as alive as it can be.

Look at a pair of shoes. They're as alive as they're ever going to get, which is to say not at all, unless there's some bizarre alterations made to the laws of physics, which, as I understand them, aren't due to change until sometime next August.

Even if you try to look at this from the standpoint of the "Schrodinger's Cat" model of quantum mechanics, it still makes no sense. Sure, the snowman would exist in all possible states until an external observer showed up, thereby forcing a selection of states, either alive or dead; but since someone obviously wrote a song about him, the existence of observers is clearly indicated.

I'm thinking people should put more thought into this stuff.

You think too much.

I love it when Lex has too much time on his hands....lmao

Go to bed Lex, you need rest

Kills the boredom at least.

Also, did anyone else make the connection between all of the "thumpity thump thump" lines in Frosty, and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"? Not a coincidence, I'm convinced.

That'd make a kick a$$ dissertation paper "Poe vs. Frosty, Which Came First???"

Quoth the snowman, "Nevermore."

Meh, I don't know about that one....

I was just thinking the same thing...Just let me finish smoking this crack here and we shall discuss

Frosty was too jolly to say nevermore, seems a bit negative for him. He was so freaking happy.....damn jolly snow character....

Yeah, how delusional was THAT? He knew he was going to melt, but he spent all his time running around like an idiot instead of going to Alaska or Norway or someplace cold. He'd make a good psychological study if not for the fact that he'd ruin the couch.

Frosty was made entirely of cocaine

That's nothin'. Wait til he starts thinking about Rudolph.

See, I find that hard to believe. Lindsay Lohan isn't mentioned in the song at all....

You could always conduct the interview in a deep freezer......or you could have him stand on the front porch for a little while and take really quick notes.

I've always been a little leery about the whole concept of "reindeer games"....

"Oh look, they're delivering frozen Jehovah's Witnesses now."