“What could possibly go wrong?” has to rate high in the hierarchy of Famous Last Words. The phrase makes for great YouTube videos and helps explain why women live longer than men. They seem to be born with a gene that confers resistance to certain forms of “dumb”. On the other hand, a case can be made that, properly used, those four words could be a force for good.
In 1980, a coach was crossing the Sunshine Skyway span over the mouth of Tampa Bay in Florida. It was foggy, but heck, this was an interstate, and the driver could sorta see the taillights of a car in front. He pressed on. “What could possibly go wrong?”
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