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It's certainly a remarkable piece of history and, as you say, it's amazing how the fabric has survived so well. I once heard it described as "A bit long but one of the best comic strips I've ever seen."

That's high praise indeed, though I suspect it would have been improved considerably if you'd been allowed to write the speech bubbles.

I had something similar, and I did not want my genius, incredible athletic ability, and all-round Adonis presence to make others feel inferior, hence the deliberate wish to be chosen last and the deliberate refusal to compete. I do hope schools have improved since then.

It's true, Diane. I've met him in person. I've never felt so humbled and inferior.

To my mind, the only shame in the whole thing was the decision to put children through that humiliating process of choosing in the first place, and the only correct thing to do is to reject it and rage against it.

I totally agree. I was never comfortable with that. I really hope it's a thing of the past.

lol

When it came to team sports as a child when two sporty kids got to pick teams one by one, were where you positioned in the line up Mince?

I was usually deliberately at the back, or better still, badly fielding in cricket (never having the time or desire to get my hands out of my pockets to catch the ball) and constantly wandering off. My and my friends' strategy was to "play" so appallingly at all times (take too much time, knock things over, create a mess, look bewildered even when things were explained to us ten times) that we were eventually ignored and allowed to do our own thing.

There is no shame in coming in last.

The supposed shame of coming last only exists because you've accepted the premise that the competition matters.