Must we all be good at art, philosophy, music, and pig-wrangling too? One of Da Vinci's proudest accomplishments was his ability to bend an iron bar with his hands, true - but the idea of "Renaissance Man" fell out of favour when specialization became more or less mandatory in order to advance.

I was a County level sprinter, and have an MSc. Not that it matters. I'm far more satisfied with the MSc than with a (largely abandoned) ability to run at above average speed for short periods of time - and as for the rest of sport, premiership and whatnot - I couldn't give one single fuck less.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 18:12, 1 reply)

they didn't offer pig wrangling as a choice at my school
otherwise, I'd have gone for it. as a general 'life skill', I'd rank it higher than basketball
(fat stavros, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 22:42, closed)

They did, but it was called "the disco".
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 0:03, closed)

Zing!

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Tue 24 Apr 2012, 0:16, closed)