Hobbies
The next time someone asks me (1) my hobbies are, or, indeed, (2) I have any
hobbies, I'm tempted to refuse (3) answer. Better still, I'll turn the question round and ask them
to (4) me what their hobbies are. Doubtless they'll claim to (5) an avid collector of
rare postage stamps, or an expert builder-of-cathedrals-out-of-matchsticks, but I shan't believe it. I don't think
we should deny (6) any longer: the hobby is dead. I would like to suggest (7) ,
from now on, the word 'hobby' is erased from our vocabulary. You may accuse me (8) being
na·1ve, but I strongly believe the facts support my case. Ask any teenager - or adult, for that matter - how they
(9) their spare time. They'll respond (10) a list of activities - going to the gym,
playing computer games, watching TV, downloading music, hanging out with friends, surfing the Internet, going
to the pub, playing football - none of which can sensibly be called a hobby.
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