Those damn camera-equipped mobile phones. They pop up their ugly lenses at the most inopportune times. For example, a couple of months ago I was at a GTS Telecom Board Dinner in Warsaw, Poland–nearly half a globe away from Boulder Colorado. I am minding my own business when George Nazi challenges me to an arm wrestlng match. George, you might recall, was made famous by the bearonbusiness series “George Nazi and Growing up in the Baddest Part of Town“.
I decide not to get suckered in and so I politely explained to George that arm wrestling is not an appropriate activity at a board dinner, I further explained that Americans are trying to improve their image overseas and an arm wrestling contest at one of Warsaw’s highest-end establishments is not a step the right direction.
That’s when George smirked. You know that George Nazi smirk–the one where a childish dimple makes his cheek look like it is caving in. Then he uttered one word: “wimp”. At that point, I no longer cared about the board dinner setting or the international reputation of Americans. All I wanted to do was smash George’s right hand onto the table and forever hold this humiliating defeat over his head.
We cleared the table. The camera-equipped cell phone clicked. And, as you can see from the picture, that is my arm in a decisive position over George’s. For those who know and understand the art of arm wrestling – rarely if ever is a match lost once one of the participants gets this type of leverage over the other.
One more thing about camera-equipped mobile phones. Their shutters are slow and taking more than one picture in a short period of time is problematic. So we will have this snapshot as the only verifiable evidence of the outcome of the match. If anyone is interested in signed copies, please send a picture to me with a self-addressed stamped envelop and I will return an autographed copy promptly.
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