I was watching this navy dude on the train this morning. He was all dressed up in cammo gear and looking pretty formidable. I wish I could wear some sweet cammo gear for my work.As I watched him though, my awe soon turned to a vague kind of disappointment. He was fiddling about with his ipod thing, and I realised he was playing a game. Slowly sidling over to look, I discovered it was Tetris. He was pretty into it, jiggling about with a worried expression trying to get those wee blocks to fit just right.
Don't get me wrong, I agree that Tetris is a good game. And every body's entitled to a bit of mundane downtime, even your rarely-sighted, high-end naval officers.
But, I don't know. It tarnished the dream. I wanted him to be doing something more lofty, like maybe reading a thick volume of Winston Churchill's speeches, or scrawling down some sweet navy tactics in a briny ol' notebook that's weathered The High Seas.
But alas, Tetris.
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This post had me laughing out loud. My (almost 2 year old) daughter started doing that fake "I don't know what is funny, but everyone else is laughing" laugh and saying "funny, mummy laughing"! She enjoyed it too. Thanks.
Ah, the old disappointment as one realises that that person one has placed on a pedestal (generally without their being aware of it) is just a regular human being like the rest of us.
I don't think he was really a navy dude. Just a normal guy pretending.
Keep the dream alive!
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