The Special Ed Mix

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Different game

Ain't no fuckin' ballpark neither. Now look, maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but, you know, touchin' his wife's feet, and stickin' your tongue in her Holiest of Holies, ain't the same fuckin' ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fuckin' sport. Look, foot massages don't mean shit.


A former co-worker just couldn't understand why soccer games were usually low scoring affairs.


"Those nets are sooo damn big. Why can't they score more?"


I pointed out that it would seem stupid to an European that football players sometimes struggle to advance 10 yards despite given three tries. Aren't football players supposed to be among the greatest athletes, yet they can't run a measly 10 yards? However, if you understand both games, it's clear why it's difficult to travel 10 yards or score on that 17.86 square meter net.


"God-damn management. They're absolutely useless. If I was in charge, things would be right"


Bad management can be due to incompetence and it can be due to the wrong people being promoted (see Peter Principle). It's a different game at higher levels in an organization, but it's hopeless trying to explain this concept to the lower levels.