Portrayal of Human Performance
October 2nd, 2009 | 9:51 am | Akademik, English Section | 669 views | No response
I’ve visited a wonderful blog of Dr. Khairuddin from the Department of Professional Development and Continuing Education, UPM and found a very interesting tongue-in-cheek assessment of five human abilities. It is a light-hearted portrayal of human performance. The tongue-in-cheek assessment of five human abilities was rated as outstanding, excellent, average, fair and poor. The rating was attributed to a certain Dave Barret and his group at the University of Florida in 1974. The rating was then reproduced by Dr. Azahari Ismail in 1978.
Seriously I found the appraisal as entertaining and enlightening as I did when I first encountered it:
Quality
Leaps tall buildings in a single bound
Must take a running start to leap over tall buildings
Can leap over short buildings only
Crashes into building when attempting to leap
Cannot recognize building at all
Timeliness
Is faster than a speeding bullet
Is as fast as a speeding bullet
Not quite as fast as a speeding bullet
Would you believe a slow bullet
Wounds self with bullet when attempting to shoot
Initiative
Is stronger than a locomotive
Is stronger than a bull elephant
Is stronger than a bull
Shoots the bull
Smells like a bull
Adaptability
Walks on water consistently
Walks on water in emergencies
Washes with water
Drinks water
Passes water in emergencies
Communication
Talks with god
Talks with the angels
Talks to himself
Argues with himself
Loses arguments with himself
..so what say you?
