I try really hard to be modest. Honestly. Because really, talent is always relative. Unless you hold a world record in something, there is always someone, somewhere, who is better than you are.
I may have run a BQ marathon and won a few local 5k's, but on the other hand, I'm not going to compete in the Olympics any time soon. I could be a jerk and belittle people who are slower than I am, but those Olympic athletes could do the same exact thing to me.
Stevie and I went to Ben's last night for some pizza and beers. A friend of Ben's was there, and we somehow ended up on the topic of pushups.
Ben's friend: I can do, like, 30 pushups.
Me: That's cool.
Ben's friend: Can you do pushups?
Stevie: Scott loves pushup challenges!
Ben's friend: Let's do it!
There are plenty of things I'm bad at, mind you. Giving pedicures. Liking John Mayer. Speaking Finnish. But doing pushups is not one of those things. I am really good at pushups.
So I considered my response carefully. "You've just entered the dragon's lair, my friend," and "You're about to enter a world of pain, son" entered my head as possibilities. After a dramatic pause, I finally settled on...
Me: Are you sure you want to do this?
I'm in the middle, and Ben is in the background inexplicably doing situps.
(I won.)
I may have run a BQ marathon and won a few local 5k's, but on the other hand, I'm not going to compete in the Olympics any time soon. I could be a jerk and belittle people who are slower than I am, but those Olympic athletes could do the same exact thing to me.
Stevie and I went to Ben's last night for some pizza and beers. A friend of Ben's was there, and we somehow ended up on the topic of pushups.
Ben's friend: I can do, like, 30 pushups.
Me: That's cool.
Ben's friend: Can you do pushups?
Stevie: Scott loves pushup challenges!
Ben's friend: Let's do it!
There are plenty of things I'm bad at, mind you. Giving pedicures. Liking John Mayer. Speaking Finnish. But doing pushups is not one of those things. I am really good at pushups.
So I considered my response carefully. "You've just entered the dragon's lair, my friend," and "You're about to enter a world of pain, son" entered my head as possibilities. After a dramatic pause, I finally settled on...
Me: Are you sure you want to do this?
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| Just another Saturday night pushup contest |
I'm in the middle, and Ben is in the background inexplicably doing situps.
(I won.)
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