Can you do N+1?
Friday, 6. February 2004, 12:41:56
I don't have a fax machine in my office so I have to go through to the sales department & use their machine.
One of the girls that works in sales found out that I was a juggler & asked me to juggle for her on Wednesday, & since then I've had to juggle one extra object everyday.
I was up to five this morning, 2 satsumas (satsumi?), 2 plums & an apple. Hopefully she will have forgotten by Monday. Even if I could juggle 11 balls (which would be a world record, I am able to do a mere 7 at the moment) people would see it & ask, "Can you juggle 12?"
This would be fine if they accepted your answer when you reply, "No"
"Try"
"Why? I'll fail"
"Try!"
& they will thrust more & more bizarre objects into your hands.
I can't remember how many times I have had that conversation. What starts off as a bit of fun inevitably turns into a war of attrition that no juggler can ever win.
It's not that I am afraid to try new things, or push my limits. In practise I do nothing but push my limits. It seems to me that people just want to see other people fail.
Sometimes I wish I was a stamp collector instead.
& while I'm on a roll, if you see a unicyclist don't yell out, "OI! You've lost a wheel!" (or similar) It may have been said once or twice before. My record is 6 times in one bike ride. It is only a matter of time before unicyclists start carrying arms.
One of the girls that works in sales found out that I was a juggler & asked me to juggle for her on Wednesday, & since then I've had to juggle one extra object everyday.
I was up to five this morning, 2 satsumas (satsumi?), 2 plums & an apple. Hopefully she will have forgotten by Monday. Even if I could juggle 11 balls (which would be a world record, I am able to do a mere 7 at the moment) people would see it & ask, "Can you juggle 12?"
This would be fine if they accepted your answer when you reply, "No"
"Try"
"Why? I'll fail"
"Try!"
& they will thrust more & more bizarre objects into your hands.
I can't remember how many times I have had that conversation. What starts off as a bit of fun inevitably turns into a war of attrition that no juggler can ever win.
It's not that I am afraid to try new things, or push my limits. In practise I do nothing but push my limits. It seems to me that people just want to see other people fail.
Sometimes I wish I was a stamp collector instead.
& while I'm on a roll, if you see a unicyclist don't yell out, "OI! You've lost a wheel!" (or similar) It may have been said once or twice before. My record is 6 times in one bike ride. It is only a matter of time before unicyclists start carrying arms.
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