So the other day I was presenting in front of a sizeable group of people. It went well. Really well. So I thought. Turns out, unbeknownst to me, I had a bat in the cave the entire time. It was a sizeable nugget that certainly couldn’t have gone unnoticed. It’s then that I realized that boogers are indeed the great equalizer. No matter what you say or how you say it, the nugget dangling from your beak steals the spotlight. Rich. Poor. Young. Old. We’re all on the same playing field once a green one makes an appearance. If Einstein had presented the theory of relativity with bat on board it’s quite likely that his findings may have gone unnoticed. “Hey, did you see that guy with the crazy grey hair and the snot hanging from his nose?” What if Martin Luther King was sporting a nostril earring during his I have a dream speech? Sure, he’d still have had a dream. But to those in the front row, he'd also have a booger.
It’s almost, yes ALMOST as uncomfortable being the observer of a nugget. I can’t count how many times in my life I’ve looked over and thought, “Man, I want and should say something, but I can’t. Not sure why. I mean I’ve told people they have something in their teeth, but mucous? That has to remain unsaid. It’s taboo. We will suffer in silence. His flawless plan for peace in the Middle East is captivating, but I’ve forgotten what he’s talking about because of what’s hanging from his nose.
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