Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

September 1, 2010

It’s been a long day and I offer a little light relief in the shape of this YouTube video.

For those of you who like looking for metaphorical applications, well…you might take a look at how long it takes people to start to react to this totally unexpected happening – how they start to make sense of it – vague annoyance at the man in the fluorescent jacket/protective gear, incredulity at the “doo waps”, but then smiles (almost) all round as something new and exciting comes together – but they’re still not sure how or why. There are still one or two people who look like they just want to get on with their day (see 2mins 17seconds). The final “reveal” on the copy of the newspaper lets them know why what they’ve experience has happened.

There again, you might just want to enjoy it!

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