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Change a diaper? Done! Plan an invasion? No. Butcher a hog? No way, I like pigs. Conn a ship? Would like to try. Is learning to fly helicopters an acceptable substitute? (By far the most difficult thing I've ever done - building a pipe organ was kid's play in comparison.) Design a building? How about a tree house? Write a sonnet? No. Balance accounts? Terrible - ask my bank manager. Build a wall? No. Set a bone? No. Comfort the dying? No. Take/Give orders? Yes. Cooperate? With whom/what? Act alone? Yep. Solve equations? Never could do that. Analyse a new problem? Constantly. Pitch manure? Yes, I really have done this. Not recommended. Program a computer? My job. Cook a tasty meal? My chicken curry is world famous! Fight efficiently? Not sure what that means. Die gallantly? Not yet.


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