Mar 2, 2005

New anthem for the underemployed

Jaime J. Weinman posts the refrain for a song he wrote:
I'd gotten heartily sick of work,
I hated doing a lick of work,
Then I discovered the trick of work
Was to do
As little as possible.
Things I suggested were snickered at,
I'd say a word and be pounded flat,
I found the way of avoiding that
Was to say
As little as possible.
So never volunteer,
Never jump the gun,
Always disappear
When anything needs to be done.
'Cause
If you do
As little as possible,
You'll have the most possible fun.


This reminds me of a scene in 24 the other night. Jack and Curtis enter a large office full of cubicles in search of a terrorist who is sitting at one of the cublicles and operating an override that controls several nuclear power plants. They don't know what the guy looks like, so they're making their way past all the cublicles looking for someone acting suspiciously when they see a guy who's obviously trying to look inconspicuous. With a nod from Jack, the two approach the cubicle from either side. Then Jack gets a load of the guy's computer monitor. He's playing solitaire!

1 comment:

miriam sawyer said...

My philosophy, absolutely. It helps to have a few challenging games on your computer.