Monday, October 05, 2009

Another bon mot

A little while ago, I was trying to perk up a friend who was anxious about a forthcoming public speaking engagement, and so sent him an encouraging text message. He replied glumly: "It'll be fun when it's over."

My response: "Ah, they say that about wars too. But the real fun is dodging the bullets."


That's my approach, anyway - to teaching, lecturing, life...

2 comments:

JES said...

What was it you were recently saying elsewhere about the ideal talk-show guest?

Case in point!

Froog said...

We'll get you on a talk show one day, Mr S.

I could probably get you on the radio over here right now. Maybe it would be useful practice for the forthcoming book tour.