A Note on Timing

It is relatively clear in this story that the Colorado governor doesn't really have a good sense of timing. I don't think he intended to be malicious, but he opened his mouth and promptly inserted his foot. I totally understand, though. I have been guilty of this malady as well, but, perhaps the best example of foot in mouth disease comes from my dear mother.

Several years ago she attended a fireside chat where the guest speaker was a world renowned athlete who had severed his spinal cord in a horrible accident and had been confined to a wheelchair. Despite these terrible misfortunes, he had regrouped and subsequently had become a world-class wheelchair racer. My mother was fascinated and very emotional following his remarks and wanted to ask a few more probing questions. She approached this athlete and matter-of-factly asked how long it had taken him to "get back on his feet" following the accident.

He looked her up and down and must have had quite a chuckle. He replied that he had yet to accomplish that feat.

We still tease my mother about that one.