May 25, 2011
As two of world's most powerful leaders - OK, one most powerful leader and one David 'just call me Ping' Cameron - joined forces in a show of global team-o-nomics and... er... played table tennis... the media whore that is the media, reported that they were turning the heat up on Colonel Gaddafi. The fact that they bombed his house then gave him an invisible bat and didn't invite him to London didn't stop him trying a slice shot (pictured), but without wanting to sound too controversial, isn't Colonel Gaddafi a bit like that orange-shirted team manager from the world of soccerball (Yours Truly feels sullied somehow to be mentioning it again, but its been forced down his throat lately), known as Ian Holloway, as both manage to whip into shape, amorphous, directionless individuals into a coherent team that is ridiculously loyal to their leader despite their obvious failings.
Of course, Blackpool FC are 'going down', and if Ross Kemp is any judge, Gaddafi is 'gaan daan' too. But Barack O'Bama and Dave O'Cameron 'turning up the heat' is a bit like, er... two men playing table tennis. And is Guru mistaken or does table tennis generate very small, if not totally insignificant amounts of heat. And, if it did generate a noticeable amount of raised temperature molecules, how would those heated particles be forwarded to the aforementioned leadership giant that is Mr Gaddafi?
Out of the frying pan and into the table tennis tournament? I bet the colonel is laughing all the way into his Kentucky bucket.
However, this latest table tennis-related lesson in management only goes to prove that leadership is, indeed, a strange and mysterious beast and Guru feels the question of just who has the best leadership style probably needs to be tackled by popular TV scientist and all-round smiley person Prof Brian Cox. The Harry Hill 'fight' option is already on the table.
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