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Being a slacker is just as hard as being a workaholic--and ten times harder to justify. However, now when you are confronted by a disgruntled colleague's whining, uncomfortable silences can be abated by an immediate witty quotation from someone like George Meredith: "To do nothing is the wisdom of those who have seen fools perish!". Cue smug satisfaction as colleague slithers away, frustrated. The Importance of Being Idle is tailor-made for those moments, containing hundreds of quotations from the likes of Aristotle, Dickens, James Thurber, Chaucer and G. K. Chesterton to name but a few. Broken down into a variety of subjects ("Ambition", "Crime", "Getting Out of Bed", "Protestant Work Ethic") the great and good of literature and history step forward to offer their erudite views ("I like to have the morning well aired before I get up"--Beau Brummel) in support of this necessary and revered (in-)activity. The Importance of Being Idleis invaluable to anyone who is vilified for having taken the most underrated of lifestyle choices. And, when you can prove that literature's most illustrious figures share your love of slacking, sceptics might just join you. --Danny Graydon
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"the majority of Englishmen and Americans have no life but in their work." John Stuart Mill; "the time that a man may call his own, that is his life." Charles Lamb "Thank heavens the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it." Logan Pearsall Smith; "Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect experience if only one had a coloured pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling" G K Chesterton
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Format:Paperback
I was really pleased with this book, but...
It wasn't the blender I had been expecting. The book had reasonably sharp paper which served well for dicing softer fruit but was completely unsuitable for mixing cake batter. The ink ran and left an unpleasntly acrid taste on my scones.
If you are looking for a blender I would probably recommend a Kenwood over this book.
It wasn't the blender I had been expecting. The book had reasonably sharp paper which served well for dicing softer fruit but was completely unsuitable for mixing cake batter. The ink ran and left an unpleasntly acrid taste on my scones.
If you are looking for a blender I would probably recommend a Kenwood over this book.
Format:Paperback
It is a good book in all, with old style drawings and mostly a collection of quotes from some famous people i didnt really know but had good intelectual insight, a lot repeated - not the quotes but the people they are from you understand. Its a very easy read with that comic strip fashion you can pick it up anytime for " A little Inspiration" It seems to dwindle towards the end but had some good strong points in the beggining.
Format:Hardcover
I was given this book for Christmas having been laid up with a broken leg since September (the result of a damn fool burst of activity for which I was totally unprepared). With a marvellously, blissfully clear conscience I can thoroughly endorse it's contents and practices described.
Read this book - you never know when you'll need it.
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A triumph through the adversity of your own idleness!
Congratulations Steve. Here's to many an idle Tuesday. Looking forward to the next instalment.
Published on 18 Dec 2000 by tom.williams@zoom.co.uk
An amusing trawl through the lazy underbelly of society
This book, a modern classic, was conceived in sin and executed in leisure. Idleness, sloth, and slovenliness are all portrayed in their finest colours. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2000
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