>Quoting the mentor "All I want is your attention" It's all the same thing. >>Making fun of the "humble request", probably publicly, by stating that both phrases mean the same. The protégé sees through the act and recognizes an attempt to "steal the better method", calls the mentor out (publicly) and begs that the mentor not sit down and "take-it" (don't roll with the punches). Or, it's about a relationship/sex/drugs/whatever. Just a thought.">
hm... methinks it's:
"There is no way you can win this race."
Maybe it's a song about one-upping. Follow me, if you will.
A mentor and a protégé. The mentor is very egotistical, thinks she/he's the best. But, the protégé eventually surpasses the mentor's skill (and possibly gains fame that the mentor did not reach, or ever had). The mentor (suddenly, but not surprisingly, acting humble) asks to spend time bouncing ideas off of one another.
What if it's like this:
Let me hear this broken record again, just press repeat:
"I can be your new favorite waste of time, and you'll be mine"
"All I want is your attention" It's all the same thing.
The protégé sees through the act and recognizes an attempt to "steal the better method", calls the mentor out (publicly) and begs that the mentor not sit down and "take-it" (don't roll with the punches).
Or, it's about a relationship/sex/drugs/whatever. Just a thought.