The awards ceremony for the best web related 'stuff' (not sure exactly what constitutes 'stuff') is tonight and interestingly the winners can only use 5 words in their acceptance speech. R4 ran a few clips this morning and the best for me was 'five words is not enough'. I couldn't think of any better alternative, but it did get me thinking. I wonder if speech writers have ever tried to sell anything for this? Doubtful.
Another radio related story was on Women's Hour which I happened to chance upon whilst travelling between offices. They had a good debate about whose side you take when friends divorce, and if you have to ultimately take sides anyway. The consensus seemed to be that you do, in the end, end up taking sides whether you like it or not although I'm not too sure if that's always the case. Being a good listener is probably the best thing to do, and despite what you advise, people usually end up doing what the think is best for them, not what you think is best, unless by some miraculous chance you think the same. If it was me, I would agree with everything they said, put a slightly opposing view, then tell them 'it's up to you'. I guess (note that I have no real experience of this) that you have to make some tough decisions at some point, and a 3rd party is unlikely to be able to put themselves in your shoes. A more interesting angle on the debate was that for older people who have had lifelong friends, going out, holiday together etc, they will not only end up divorcing their spouses, but split the group up as well, and therefore take this into consideration before taking the drastic divorce decision.
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