"Going Multiball"
A synonym for going mental. Literally, a state of flux; as in the multiball stage of a pinball game wherein the player must keep two or more balls in play.
"The project deadline is tomorrow! I am totally going multiball!"
We have a strain of this growing on my current project. It is called "MultiBelle", after its inventor, and a style of convoluted problem solving. Firstly, you overhear that there has been a problem. Secondly, you do not allow the speaker to finish their story so you don't get the full story. Thirdly, you prematurely call it a disaster. You force a whole bunch of people to solve one small problem (usually via a Sunday workshop) and in all the panic, everyones ends up running around in different directions, bumping into furniture and tripping over each other.
4 comments:
brilliant. will have to use it soon. along with "Differentiation is not just about being different."
did you end up using the differentiation quote? you promised you would ...
when you say 'multiballlll!' i hear the build-up music that plays just before they all come pouring out.
that music is not real, nancy. it's in your head. i promise. time for a lie down.
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