September '08

Don't you hate it when people knock on your door just when you thought you had a bit of time to yourself.  So you go to the door with a fake smile, open the door and say, ever so politely, ‘Hi how can I help you?' 

‘Hi there, just thought I'd remind you that I'm on this side of the door and have been knocking for a while and if you so choose, you can  invite me in and if you do that I'll come in sit with you and eat with you!'

‘Wow!' you cynically scoff, ‘that's amazing, you knock on MY door, you wanna come into MY house, so you can sit on MY reclining leather chair, eat MY food on MY time and somehow that is meant to compel me to let you in?' 

‘Yes'

‘Look dude, I've had a long day at work and the 100m final is about to happen and incase you didn't know it lasts for 10 seconds and I...'

"Actually," the stranger calmly butts in, "it's gonna be slightly longer than 10 seconds, the world record is gonna be broken by the young kid from Jamaica, Usain Bolt and if you want the details, it's gonna be 9.68 seconds."

"What are you a shrink or something?" is your perturbed answer as you slam te door in his face.

5 minutes later there's a knock at the door.

‘Oh its you again, shrinkman!!! How did you know the result before it happened?'

‘I know everything and much more.  I'd like to come in to chill with you.'

So you have this long conversation at the door, until finally you decide...