Tuesday 21 December 2010

The International Institute Of Not Doing Much


Don't like to work under stress and pressure? Think life is rushing you and you want some more rests, relaxation, and recreation? Join the International Institute of Not Doing Much. Here's their manifesto.
We shall not flag or fail. We shall slow down in the office, and on the roads. We shall slow down with growing confidence when all those around us are in a shrill state of hyperactivity. We shall defend our state of calm, whatever the cost may be. We shall slow down in the fields and in the streets, we shall slow down in the hills, we shall never surrender!

If you can slow down when all around you are speeding up, then you're one of us. Be proud that you are one of us and not one of them. For they are fast, and we are slow. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly. Some are born to slowness - others have it thrust upon them. And still others know that lying in bed with a morning cup of tea is the supreme state for mankind.

2 comment(s):

Dave said...

I don't do much now. How can I do even less?

Richard N said...

As a founder-member of the LSIBU (lazy sods and idle buggers' union) may I say I whole-heartedly support what you're doing here.

The kettle is on, help yourself to a cup of tea because I can't be bothered. :-)