Has your pride made you do something you regret?
Has your pride made you do something you regret?
the Moscow Circus was in town
this was in London
and the BBC were doing a special live TV broadcast
it was the middle of winter
and my friend Leigh Wayper was a junior sound recordist
he’d been assigned to this program
it’s the rehearsal day
and his job is to hide behind the ticket booth
and get the sound effect of people buying their tickets
this was part of the big opening sequence
where they followed a couple as they
got their tickets
got their ice cream
walked past the juggler
and into the big tent
so Leigh has sit hidden behind this ticket booth
he’s freezing
and he’s looking at his watch
15 mins
30 mins
45 mins
an hour later he pops his head out
and there’s no one in sight
they’re all back in the warm van having tea and biscuits
but no one told Leigh
anyway Leigh got his nose all out of joint
and the next day he sees his supervisor
and says next time the circus is in town
leave me out of it
about a month goes by
the supervisor said to Leigh
another circus program has come up
are you interested?
Leigh says told you once
told you twice
not interested in circuses
well that turned out to haunt Leigh for the rest of his life
because this was 1969
and the circus was
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
and he had a lifetime of regret
all because his pride was hurt
you know the saying
pride comes before the fall
is as old as the bible
and there’s a reason for that
Has your pride ever got in the way of your clear thinking? What do you do to protect yourself?
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