Monday, May 30, 2005

Is Your One Brain Better Than His None?

"Sport is an abomination. It's a total waste of time, effort and money." Those were the words - well, actually, they might not have been quite the exact ones, I can't quite remember, but I'm writing it as a quote anyway because it's much, much easier - of a gentleman named Chris Thingy. Well, actually, his surname isn't "Thingy", though I'm sure like anyone else he would love it to be. And I'm not positive he's called Chris. But anyway, there's this bloke who's probably called Chris, and he has a surname of some description - well, I assume he does, but let's not get picky - and he said something to the effect of "Sport is an abomination. It's a total waste of time, effort and money."

Right. Now. The point. The Chris in question - if he is indeed a Chris - is the International Mastermind Champion. Because of that, he's also one of the Eggheads on the popular - well, it might not be popular - quiz show called, er, Eggheads. For those of you not familiar with the show, this essentially means that he's on it every weekday, answering questions in an attempt to foil the contestants. This man appears on an early-evening quiz show five days a week! It takes a certain arrogant bloody-mindedness to spend that much time sitting in a box answering trivia questions and still have the nerve to say that sport - just, you know, in general - is an abomination and a waste of time, energy and money.

Although come to think of it, CJ could probably manage it too.

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