Has New Zealand gone soft?

[MadDuck]

SOMEBODY has to be short for others to be tall....

Thats what I keep telling people.....

[MSTRS:Me]

So we are in agreement....cool....

What do you ride...mmm...mmm....it's on the tip of my tougue...okay I give up...lol

That's easy, there are none silly if we are all winners....

That's the probs with logic....

How do you know I have not achieved...

We all stand tall...nothing to do with height and dimensions....

Katman? Is that you? Still marching to a drum that only you can hear?

[Grahameeboy]

Katman? Is that you? Still marching to a drum that only you can hear?

I don't care....

[FROSTY:Me]

I dont get the -do your best mentality. No boy do BETTER than your best.

[Grahameeboy]

So that's an admission that there is such a thing as a competition then.......?

Did not mention a competition

Sad never to experience the pride one gets from achieving something...........

Don't have to be first to be proud.

That makes people proud....
As does wearing that silver fern.....
justifiably so...

To me there are more important things than a flag

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[Grahameeboy]

I dont get the -do your best mentality. No boy do BETTER than your best.

I understand....I just see life from a different perspective...I am happy, I am proud....

[98tls]

I dont get the -do your best mentality. No boy do BETTER than your best.

I think it probably depends on the individual child and what he/she is doing at the time,a fattys not going to go to well in a sprint race so an over enthusiastic parent may well make things worse,same kid will excel at something else for sure so i guess its a matter of sorting strengths/weakness.Then again if a fatty enjoys sprinting what the hell..Bugger it what do i know

[DMNTD:Me]

I think it probably depends on the individual child and what he/she is doing at the time,a fattys not going to go to well in a sprint race so an over enthusiastic parent may well make things worse,same kid will excel at something else for sure so i guess its a matter of sorting strengths/weakness.Then again if a fatty enjoys sprinting what the hell..Bugger it what do i know

Indeed but surely encouraging the voluptuous kid to do better next time is where it's at?

[McJim]

I think the battle cry for one side of the argument here should be
The meek shall inherit the Earth - if that's alright with you of course.

[98tls]

I think the battle cry for one side of the argument here should be
The meek shall inherit the Earth - if that's alright with you of course.

Or at the very least Invergiggle.

[FJRider]

I think the battle cry for one side of the argument here should be
The meek shall inherit the Earth - if that's alright with you of course.

Katman's new sig....

[Ixion]

That's like saying 'we're all tall' - but we are all various hights.
SOMEBODY has to be short for others to be tall....

The implication being , of course, that tall is the winner and short is the loser. To which the obvious response is "Precious McKenzie"

No. We have to have done something outstanding (at least, for that person) to deserve the title 'winner'.

Perhaps. But the "something outstanding" may not be recoognised as such by the mob. There was a certain widow, a loser, who obtained the approval of another loser.

And the accolades of the "winner" may be brief. "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair".

[Katman]

Katman's new sig....

Sorry, but if you troll back through my posts you'll find one that says "I hate to break the news but..... the meek will never inherit the earth".

[Katman]

A couple of years ago my wife told me that her young cousin's school netball teams didn't even keep score in their games anymore. I thought "WTF!!!!!!!"

[scumdog]

The implication being , of course, that tall is the winner and short is the loser. To which the obvious response is "Precious McKenzie".

Awe contrair.

I could have just as easily said it the other way around for the comparison I was making.