Yes we are off on a sporting theme again, namely the European Athletics Championships - what do you mean "are they on?" You obviously don't live with men in the same house. On any given Saturday we can move from,
Grand Prix (here's an idea organisers, just go round twice and see who wins instead of 47 times!!!) and do those cars have to be so LOUD.
Ladies golf - who knew that Korean women were really good at golf - must be a nation of golfing widowers.
Athletics and this is where I must make my point - why is it so blooming difficult to pass a baton from one person to the other while running at the same time? We are absolutely hopeless at it , both the men and the women managed to make a complete hash of it. I would have thought if you were picked to take part in the relay race that the two things you must be able to do are run (obviously!) and pass a wee stick to the next person round the track.
Unfortunately , our athletes are not the most articulate and so when asked why they can't do this simplest of tasks they come up with all kinds of excuses and keep saying that they are really "disappointed".
No, the word you are looking for is clumsy - get a grip!! Can I suggest that you adopt the training methods employed by Primary 7 Commercial Primary School relay team in 1962(yours truly was the final leg - huge responsibility!) Our coach was the indomitable Miss Halpern whose parting advice was ,
"Run as fast as you can and don't drop the baton" - enough said! (Yes reader, we won, of course!)
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