Read:
The grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up;
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only half-way up,
They were neither up nor down.
In this day and age. I don't think nursery rhymes about armies with
bi-polar disorder is appropriate.
And while I certainly
have a degree of admiration for The Grande Old Duke of York in not only clinically diagnosing 10,000 people with bi-polar disorder but also assembling them into an army and then marching them up a hill, I cannot condone his exploitation of people with mental illness.
Glad we've cleared that up.
Monday, 24 August 2009
Friday, 21 August 2009
100m sports commentator
That's got to be a pretty good job, right?
You get to travel all over the world. Stay in nice hotels. All expenses paid.
Then when it comes to actually doing your job you don't even need any proper training.
10 seconds of commentary. Less than.
"And they're off. And Bolt's in the lead. And he's won"
Then you look at the score board. Is is a new world record, isn't it a new world record.
And Usain Bolt has broken his own world record with a time of 9.17 seconds.
And the world record has not been beaten on this occasion, but Usain Bolt wins the race with a time of 9.37 seconds.
How hard is it?
I'm so in the wrong job.
I mean, granted, you could build up your commentary distances to 200m and maybe even 400m at a real push, but I think you'd want to specialise in the shorter races.
Nothing more than 400m, which is less than a minute.
You could busk that. 50 seconds, no one's going to know you don't k ow what you're doing.
And if someone busts you on your commentary just be clear. Say you're more of a 200m oand really a 100m commentary guy and 400m commentary's a little outside your comfort zone.
And as for 1500m.
Never, ever even attempt that. You'd be exhausted. Those commentaries sometimes run to over three minutes.
Three minutes!
You could pull a vocal chord or something.
You get to travel all over the world. Stay in nice hotels. All expenses paid.
Then when it comes to actually doing your job you don't even need any proper training.
10 seconds of commentary. Less than.
"And they're off. And Bolt's in the lead. And he's won"
Then you look at the score board. Is is a new world record, isn't it a new world record.
And Usain Bolt has broken his own world record with a time of 9.17 seconds.
And the world record has not been beaten on this occasion, but Usain Bolt wins the race with a time of 9.37 seconds.
How hard is it?
I'm so in the wrong job.
I mean, granted, you could build up your commentary distances to 200m and maybe even 400m at a real push, but I think you'd want to specialise in the shorter races.
Nothing more than 400m, which is less than a minute.
You could busk that. 50 seconds, no one's going to know you don't k ow what you're doing.
And if someone busts you on your commentary just be clear. Say you're more of a 200m oand really a 100m commentary guy and 400m commentary's a little outside your comfort zone.
And as for 1500m.
Never, ever even attempt that. You'd be exhausted. Those commentaries sometimes run to over three minutes.
Three minutes!
You could pull a vocal chord or something.
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