‘Duh-duh-durr-durrrrr; duh-d-duh-duh-durrrr;
‘duh-duh-durr-durrrrr, duh-d-duh-duh-duh-duh-durr.’
- The Final Countdown, Europe. Epic Records, 1986.
Five weeks until the exam. Which is the ideal time, I was recently reassured, to have an full on freak-out in exam conditions – get it out of the way now, goes the thinking, to therefore avoid it on the day. Well, that’s one interpretation. Although it’s a bit like saying you’d rather be operated on by a heart surgeon with a string of recent mortalities than by one with a healthier success rate.
Regardless, freak out I most surely did. A proper blank-gazed, lip-lolling, fist-clenching, old-timey rootin’-tootin’...
