I just read this book titled The 4-Hour Workweek
I think maybe I liked it so much because I’ve been trying to avoid a “real job” so hard for the last couple years.
There’s a lot of really important, counter-intuitive ideas laid out in this book. Like, for instance: Busyness is a form of laziness to avoid doing the important things you need to do. I have days where I check my email 10+ times a day, and get nothing done.
If you’re interested in this kind of stuff, and I suspect a lot of Pastafarians are, check out Tim’s blog here. Or go buy the book here
Wow…new thread
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I wish I had a four-hour school week.
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“I think maybe I liked it so much because I’ve been trying to avoid a “real job†so hard for the last couple years.”
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hehehehehehe…..sounds good :))
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Ummm… is this news really important to Pastafarianism? Methinks the standars for new threads have been lowered a bit…
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Standards?
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I have days where I check my email 10+ times a day, and get nothing done.
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Kinda like hangin’ out waiting for a first post!
AAaaaaaarrrrrrr!
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Meow_Mix
How dare you question the Prophet Bobby’s judgment? Say 10 RAmen’s and eat a bowl of spaghetti immediately.
JtP
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Those of us saddled with real jobs spend our time devising ways to look busy instead of being so. Once you get a real job, you will appreciate the nobility of this calling. By the way, if you can survive without a real job, do it. And please tell me how.
RAmen
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To BCA… congratulations on getting first post!
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Boarg…one word…gigolo
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BCA
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Bobby is talking about displacement activity.
It is well documented that I use CoFSM to avoid the ironing…
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BCA,
Congrats on gold medal.
BTW: You need to link your name to something appropriate ;))
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No links…patties only
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BCA
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patties?
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I should be working right now… I’m not sure that advertising not coming here is a good business move – surely checking on your religous headquaters is the same sort of thing as checking your email when you dont need to?
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This new thread is so deliciously unfilled!
My ocmputer thanks you Bobby.
RAmen
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Oh FSM!
I spelled computer wrong! I’m sure to be smote!
RAmen
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Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
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Pope Pixel
Pope Pixel
Pope Pixel
Pope Pixel the Pie-ous ate all the pies
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I bet Bobby gets a comission for each of those books that sells. Here we go. He’s trying to get money from us again.
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Ok, on the subject of distractions from work, there is a nice collection of atheist quotes on the Irtish atheists site:
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http://www.atheist.ie/cgi-bin/ia/cgi/pm.cgi?action=app_search&app=quotes&reverse=yes
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Sample:
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We must respect the other fellows religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his thoery that his wife is beautiful and his children smart H. L. Mencken
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“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Albert Einstein
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The trues one of all in my opinion:
“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.” Karl Popper
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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one George Bernard Shaw
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“People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.†Dave Barry
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“Calling atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair colour.” Don Hirschberg
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those are so very great. Here’s one:
It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact of the matter was that the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists’ houses and smashing their windows.
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@Funky Arabic Symbol Dude
Nah, I don’t even like pie that much which is really weird.
@DPG
Awesome, I think I’ll read a few more of those while I go on not doing anything with my sad, sad life.
RAmen
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Pixely Pope, don’t say that! You are Pope Pixel the Pie-ous who has been blessed by the FSM! I hope you’re kidding about the sad, sad life, because you have many wenches who worship you here! :)))
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To Dread Wench… I love your quote!
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I like “If Atheism is a religion, not collecting stamps is hobby” can’t find who said it first…
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@ dread wench
I Love Terry Pratchett
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I love Pratchett.
Somehow I think you find there’s a hell of a lot of Pratchett fans on CoFSM…
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@Beth
It means a ton to me for you to say that! I know I’m friggin awesome, I was just kidding about that.
I have a good life, a really good life!
RAmen
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@ DPG- ““True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.†Karl Popper” I just sent this to my husband with whom I’ve been having a discussion on just this topic! He’s really angry with his Catholic mother because she refuses to learn about anything that might challenge her faith.
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Be happy she’s not a ‘God Warrior’ like that nutjob on FOX was.
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BCA
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@ BCA – Ann Coulter? BTW, out of character post for you my friend!
Gotta run, will be back later folks…
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I have character?
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And no, not Ann….the nutjob on FOX…the three-toothed, God-Warrior from the South.
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Satan’s Bitch… I mean, Ann Coulter… is also a nut job.
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Yeah, Ann C is pretty far out there. Being a Republican and a Pastararian, I find there are many wackos on my party. However, there are plenty of nut jobs on the other side too.
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Hey, I like nuts! Could I get a nut job? I think it would be great to get a job at a nut processing plant! Anything to do with nuts!
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@ Josh the Pirate – are you the Marine? I remember a Josh from a while back that was a Marine…I am registered Republican but there are soooo many wackos – I agree with you. At this point I’ve sort of created my own little system of what I think is right…I don’t fit in anywhere politically.
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@ WB – Ann Coulter scares me.
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@ BCA – I didn’t say you have character. I said you were out of character!!! Wahahaha! Not at all the same thing! Regardless, glad to see you! :))
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BCA and Rowdier, sitting in a tree…
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NO, I CAN’T DO IT!!! LAUGHING TOO HARD!!!
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The problem is that most Republicans are selfish bastards operating on greed alone, and most Democrats have no balls to stand up to them. Boy, are we in trouble :(
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Can we start a new political party? The Pastafarian Party? For FSM’s sake, the rest of the world has multiple parties (I know, we do too, but there are only two for argument’s sake) so perhaps we can establish the Pastafarian Party before the 2008 elections. I mean, Peter Popoff (our next president) has to have his own party anyway!
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@ Wench Beth – Just you starting that song has me gone!! :)))) Thanks!!
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I love the idea of a Pastafarian Party. That would make PP’s job so much easier…and a lot of the platform is already written!
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RW,
Yes, I am a former Marine and probably the one to which you are referring. I can’t imagine there are so many Pastafarians named Josh who are former Marines on this site that you can’t keep track of them all. It’s too bad the Christian fundies got in bed with the GOP. I’d rather they formed their own party and got bent.
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@ Josh – Welcome back!! (Unless you’ve been around and I’ve missed your posts? Possible considering I’m not here all the time, in spite of what Dread Wench thinks!! hahahaha!) My brother was a Marine for 8 years. I have so much respect for you guys!
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I agree with you about the fundies and the GOP. I am despondent over the whole thing. This nation is becoming so very polarized, it’s tragic. It will get uglier too.
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BCA (my husband thought your name was very interesting, by the way) – Were you talking about the wife-swapping nutjob lady? What an absolute freak of nature.
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@ SaucyWench – Since he’s not talking about Ann Coulter, I have no idea who he means. I haven’t watch TV in so long I’m way out of the loop.
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Ann Coulter….my dad likes her. Then again he’s Mister Super-Republican so there you go. (I really can’t figure out why. He’s the exact opposite of who you’d expect to be a Super-Republican. And yet he listens to radio talkshow hosts who think that Dora the Explorer show is a bad influence….)
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Prophet Bobby’s check-the-email-ten-times-to-avoid-real-work sure strikes a bell. Maybe ’cause at this very second I should be working on a science project……eh. I’m graduating anyway.
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@ IGK – Hiya! It’s hard to figure people out sometimes, don’t you think? And yeah, Bobby hit home with me too! Ouch!
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hey thanks bobby my man, i’ll definitely check out this book. And to all of you nay-sayers (@suspicious, meow_mix), the rediculousness of the set 40 hour working week, along with that of the idea of intelligent design, is one of the basic ideologies of pastafarianism. I myself have this very day convinced my boss to pay my full wage for just 30 work hours per week.
Bring on Friday!
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@ noodle – Congrats! Are you one of those people who could sell ice to an eskimo?!? :))))
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I have been proven wrong. With this many posts, this thread will not go to waste! I shall condone for my sins immediately.
RAmen RAmen RAmen RAmen RAmen RAmen RAmen RAmen RAmen RAmen.
Anyway, I should be working on my Spanish homework right now as well so I’m not innocent either. Thank you all for showing me the error of my judgement!
Again, RAmen
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Oh and while I’m here, when is the chat coming back? It was promised that it would be fixed awhile back and still no word on any progress. I am eagerly awaiting it’s return!
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