Go On, Be A Show Off!

Our resident type 1 columnist, Rob Palmer, sees nothing wrong with taking some pride in a job well done and success well earned.

Does anyone remember being 10 years old and popping a mono on the BMX for the full extent of their leg-pumping ability? How about puffing the chest feathers out as you launched – with a wafer of cardboard under your wing – what you thought was the biggest leap on record, off the level playing field, down the adjacent steep grassy slope. All for the unashamed love of showing off.

Sure, I can hear myself as a grown man to my own kids, “No one likes a big noter”. I do stand by that one; there is not much more annoying than hearing someone tell you just how great they are.