Thursday, June 11, 2009

Measuring Up

Three years ago, the management of the BC Lions football team was looking for a venue for its annual spring training camp. Someone from the Columbia Bible College in our neighbourhood was introduced to the head coach and mentioned that the College might be a good place to hold the camp. The coach was willing to come out to inspect the facilities.
He first wanted to see where the players would be billeted. He brought a 'tester' or 'guinea pig' with him to sample the amenities. The tester lay down in a student bed and his long powerful legs hung over the end by a foot. The school guide thought this did not bode well, but the coach gave a thumbs up and a nod of approval.
The coach next asked if there was air conditioning as the days could be long and hot. "Ah, well .. er .. actually, no, we do not have air conditioning in the dorms.
"Great!" said the coach.
Lastly, the coach wanted to know if the facility had cable vision. "Ah, well .. er .. actually, no, we do not have cable vision."
"Wonderful!" said the coach.
Quite perplexed, the college guide asked the coach why the inadequate facility was so 'great'.
"Oh, that's easy," answered the coach. "This will make it really easy to weed out the first round of rejects."
They are there for the third year in a row, as I write this.

2 comments:

Mwanza Project said...

Hey Terry this is cool I'm lying in my bed in Nairobi reading your blog on my Itouch. Just finished up a day of tourist activity. Tomorrow we travel to Mwanza by car 12 hr trip, we hope, ....should be interesting.
Talk to you in more detail when I get home.
Ken

Rachel said...

Interesting!