Originally Posted by
Jean-Baptiste
Is the senario such that you were invited to stop (at a soda fountain, let's say) for ice cream, and you said that you had to be rushing along for some reason, and the soon to be deceased carried on on his way to an accident (let's say he found himself in the path of moving vehicle) that was timed so that had he been at the particular spot where he died slightly later than he was (say, with the lateness that would have been caused by the time taken to eat ice cream) he would have escaped his fate?
Is any of this correct?
If any of this is correct, would it be more correct to remove the parenthetical bits?
Are any of the parenthetical points accurate?