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[PeterStone]

IF ELLEN WERE A MARATHON RUNNER 2 Feb 2005 - 05:53
Ellen is 24m thro' a 26m marathon, she has hit the 'wall' where the energy levels drop to irrecoverable levels, she's torn a few muscles has bad blisters, and her shoes are close to falling apart, but she is still just in front of the chasing pack-but the pack keeps suddenly accelerating, then decelerating, forcing her to sprint every few hundred metres to stay ahead. She can nearly see the finish, at the top of a very steep hill. She is fighting to win, but she doesn't know if she can make it...

 

[Magic_Sailor]

What's that got to do with TC then?

 

[PeterStone]

<Dozens of camera crews will occupy the roped-off vantage points, and have already booked all the hotel rooms for miles around, all waiting for a blubbering tcm to arrive in a right old mood and say the words "stress" and "no sleep" dozens of times whilst fighting back the tears.>

From TCM's earlier post - ring any bells?

 

[tcm]

ah but

i should explain. See, I'm not *really* building a kitchen at breakneck speed, nor even sailing anything more arduous than a desk. It's just a spoof, a joke. You aren't the first to have mistakenly got hold of the wrong end of the stick, so don't worry. In fact, some people think i'm actually at a desk doing sod all even whilst on a boat. The common theme is doing very little whilst apparently having everything under control - yet with the exciting and alluring air of anarchy and total chaos

 

[Evadne]

Re: ah but

Ha, so zis is what you humans call "humour", no?

 

[PeterStone]

Re: ah but

Your explanation is most illuminating for those in the dark but fortunately I saw the light as soon as you turned on your satirical torch.

I should add perhaps that my quote was from the Team Ellen website - and a finer example of hyperbole you would struggle to find - hence my reference to your worthy but doomed attempt to match the record.

 

[tcm]

Re: ah but

they have ripped of most of my text, as far as i can see. Also, the single handed attempt is almost entirely sue to the fact that nobody wanted to get the same treatment as Preecy

 

[peterb]

Emoticons

Funny how formatting can affect things. For me, your final emoticon has eyes and nose at the end of one line, with its chin at the start of the next. :-
)

 

[tcm]

blimey

I am going to have to watch my text a bit more carefully!