Early in my career I very genuinely once gave a talk to a professional audience

where I said "the rock of X, the hard place of Y; the devil of A, the deep blue sea of B; the Scylla of N, the Charybdis of M".

Totally lost them. Never attempted anything similar again.

Posted By: Old Man on April 4th 2019 at 21:46:27

Message Thread

Before Sophie's choice was written (1979), what did we call a very difficult choice? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 17:29:38
- Does 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' fit the bill? (n/m) (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Apr 4, 18:23:16
  - also a good option, chairs (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 18:29:17
    - Did you see my South American biking vids links the other day? (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Apr 4, 18:32:33
      - I did yes. they were good (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 18:45:08
        
        Think it was the touring in deepest, darkest Peru. (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Apr 4, 18:52:50
        
        xx (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 18:57:15
        
        I'm reminded that it was trail touring in Patagonia & Enduro racing in The Andes Pacifico (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Apr 4, 19:56:25
  - Nice (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 4, 18:27:12
- Hobsons choice? Or is that when there isn't really a choice? (n/m) (General Chat) - Azteca, Apr 4, 18:13:59
  - Henry Ford (General Chat) - peterindxb, Apr 4, 18:27:22
  - yep, hobson's choice was summat to do with a bloke who rented horses apparently (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 18:17:01
    - he's also got a conduit named after him (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 4, 18:34:22
- Damned if I do, damned if I don’t. (n/m) (General Chat) - peterindxb, Apr 4, 18:12:41
  - Shit sorry, also stole all your credit too. I see I'd already red-ed yours before posting (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Apr 4, 23:25:37
    - 😂😂 (General Chat) - peterindxb, Apr 5, 02:46:41
- what do we call it after 1979? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 4, 17:46:50
  - really? Meryl Streep won an Oscar for that flick iirc (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 17:50:42
    - Book yes. Fillum yes. Expression no. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 4, 18:00:01
      - No Catch-22 either then? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 18:03:41
        
        Never heard or read anyone, ever, call a hard choice "Sophie's choice" (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 4, 18:10:51
        
        I have. (General Chat) - APB, Apr 4, 18:30:14
        
        do you think the average reader would be familiar with it? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 18:32:28
        
        No, I think it's a bit esoteric and passé these days. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Apr 4, 21:00:21
        
        this is a for an academic paper (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 21:03:31
        
        Depends on context I guess. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Apr 4, 21:16:49
        
        Average Paperback Browser (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 4, 18:48:36
        
        I have a couple of times, but a search revealed that it's more common than I thought (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 18:15:50
        
        See below (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 4, 18:17:06
- We called it a luxury ... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 4, 17:45:01
- Between a rock and a hard place (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Apr 4, 17:42:29
  - That's a good one I hadn't thought of (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 17:47:29
    - Between the Devil and the deep blue sea (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 4, 18:11:09
      - Scylla and Charybdis (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 4, 18:11:53
        
        ooh that's a good one (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 4, 18:21:12
        
        Early in my career I very genuinely once gave a talk to a professional audience (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 4, 21:46:27

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