I have not won any medals since I was 17. This seems to me to be hugely disappointing. Before I was 19 I won medals all the time. I have medals from the cub scout swimming gala. I have a medal from the gymnastic club for being able to do a forward roll unassisted. I have a medal from the school, for being good at remembering stuff about Thomas Hardy.
But, since the onset of adulthood, my haul has dwindled. Now, the only prizes I seem to pick up are from the Reader’s Digest. This is all a bit disappointing. I think I’m much better at some stuff now than I ever was at gymnastics. For example, I can draft a mean deduction of title clause in a Contract of Excambion. I suspect that I am one of the best lawyers in my street at that. But do they give out medals for it the way they used to for gymnastics? No – they don’t. And the world is the worse for it.
I want to be able to go to work with my lapels dripping with decorations.
Nightcap
15 years ago
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