Inspired to Compulsion...

Ok, so as you know I am the first to claim pride and deep joy in the London 2012 Olympics and the success of Team GB and if I am really honest it runs much deeper than just pride.  I am inspired by the achievements even of those not receiving medals for their efforts.  I have previously nattered on about the beautiful way athletes have shown honour in defeat, some have publicly admonished themselves for letting down their coach, friends, sponsors, family and significant other all in the face of their understanding of how much those others have put into this team effort.  Talking of team effort and I know it's not GB but fancy finishing your stint in the 400m relay with a broken leg just because you had bought in so much to the team ethos of the other 3 athletes running with you and refused to let them down. (Manteo Mitchell Team USA we salute you.)
It is this champion attitude that has so inspired many of the population of our little island.  It is not just the haul of gold, silver and bronze hanging on purple ribbons that has perked us up, it is definitely the ethos of team spirit displayed even in the most solitary of events that has lead to those back-room soles who help to get you to the start line being praised universally.
So, full of this vigor and inspiration what does the nobel leader of our Empire decide is the appropriate legacy action, oh yes, that's obvious really, lets make old fashioned team sports compulsory for every school child in the land, that is sure to nurture the embers of the inspiration flames.  What is that man thinking of.  Has he spoken to the people who have suffered at the hands of some of the team sports teachers and coaches when football is just not your bag.  I expect his public school upbringing probably included more than its fair share of icy rugger pitches and PE changing room de-bagging and wet towel whipping which he has managed over the years in his deluded fashion to quantify as the character building antics of youth and look, it didn't do him any harm.

Short sighted is clearly one of his issues and should keep him from the archery field for sure and in fact any dangerous gun sports too, but to realise he has no idea about society big or small and how to nurture and build on the magnificent job of inspiring a nation that Team GB and the Olympic organising committee have achieved so adequately is reason enough for me to agree he is beyond redemption and should step down immediately and trot off to play rugger for 2 hours a week with his chums.
The alternative it seems is likely to be Boris with his planned 2 hours a day of school sport.  Now I would have thought the following words were well beyond me but maybe I too have been inspired to new heights, but go on Boris, bring it on.  The impact of 2 hours a day is quite possibly so extreme it could be the saving of the nation, maybe the economy and perhaps even the planet, well if it were possible to just save our little bit of it that is.

You see 2 hours a day of school sport occupies every child for 10 hours a week in a fun sharing activity which offers the opportunity to experience success and failure, it will no doubt impact on their health, cutting the cost of the NHS usage in years to come and probably reducing further the smoking and teen pregnancy rates as all of the youngsters learn to have greater respect for their bodies. In addition it will in one fell swoop wipe out the school league tables as the figures for English, Maths and Science will plummet in the first instance due to the hugely reduced teaching time available to them although the hope would be that in years to come the increased health means young people learn smarter due to improved levels of alertness throughout the day. Finally of course the likely impact on this nation of sports mad young people is that they will all be walking and cycling to avoid the overcrowded public transport networks and will in turn grow healthy fruit and veg to feed their temple-esque bodies all of which will sort out the environmental issues and bring economic wealth to the small local businesses rather than multi national junk food factories. Or am I so inspired by the 'Boris Way' that I have entered a land of dream like ideals.  No I think 2 hours a day would be fantastic because Boris would of course be in charge of designing the sports that had to be included, as there would be so much time available there would be no excuse not to include the full spectrum of sports including a few taken from the Bonkers Boris locker of design.

Well, all this Olympic, political banter has not done much to germinate further inspiration in us here at streetgrowers other than to say we are building veggie planters like mad so the inspired young can feed themselves with fresh firm harvests right from their window ledges and we are now planning a range of high protein chutneys to deliver just the right amount of each essential amino acid and vitamin required to jump to a height of 2.92m and  a new jam that will increase your response time to the B of the Bang when in the blocks for sprint events.

Now I am off to jog to the squash bed and back a dozen times and dig a giant hole then fill it all in again before anyone decides 2 hours of physical jerks is compulsory for us all.!
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