We are going to go around this corner...

The other day I used this popular phrase on the street to see if I could get some creative responses. I asked a handful of men and a handful of women to complete the sentence. I used Boston as the city for my experiment.

Upon hearing 'we are going to go around this corner...', some women responded:

1. You are going to give me flowers.
2. I will find the man of my dreams.
3. I will find a wallet with a winning lottery ticket.
4. There will be a party with all my friends.

Upon hearing 'we are going to go around this corner'..., some men responded:

1. I will fall into a black hole.
2. Someone will chop my head off with a machete.
3. I will be shot in the head point blank range.
4. I will be hit by speeding bus going 65 m.p.h. in a 40 m.p.h. zone.

The women responded with more optimism and seemed to think there would be a surprise waiting for them. The men appeared more pessimistic--they sensed bad things would befall them. I will try this again in a different city and then compare my data.