Life is grand

It was almost like he was catatonic. But then, when called upon in class, he was able, at an early age, to take a fresh, cogent thought that a classmate had made moments before and restate it as if it were his own. I knew then that he had the raw skills to become a truly great middle-management-meeting Olympian.

The New Yorker has an hilarious take on middle-management as an Olympic sport[^].

I’m not terribly interested in the Olympics to be honest. I’d have to follow the exploits of track and field stars in the years leading up to the games to be really interested in these grand finals. And frankly there are more interesting sports; rugby, cricket, tennis, ludo, monopoly and even soccer.

The opening and closing ceremonies are good to watch and the odd swimming event catches my attention but as a friend so kindly puts it; “The Olympics could be held in my back garden and I wouldn’t even bother to get off the couch and open the curtains.”