Wednesday, December 14, 2005

When one won't do hire two

What a strange irony it is that the Red Sox announce two General Managers to co-manage in place of one Theo Epstein. True Theo walks on water and the Kendall Square T shirt brigade is already replacing the line of shirts that say "What would Jonny do?" with "What did Theo do?", but seriously, is this the way of the future?

It got me thinking. What other jobs would two be better than one?

How about starting at the top. Why not two Presidents, one for the rich and one for the poor? One to take vacations at the ranch and one to run the country. We could have two Vice Presidents, one to go into hiding at the first sign of trouble, the other to be a visible leader. We could have two Secretary's of Defense, one to tell the truth, the other to... Well you get the picture.

We could extend it to baseball world. We could have two Manny's, one to sulk and demand a trade because he doesn't like the exposure in Boston and another to earn $20 million a year. No wait, we've already one person doing both.

What other jobs could we have 2 people do? Send comments on a $20 bill to pay for the heating oil this winter.

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