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If The World Was Crazy
by Shel Silverstein

If the world was crazy, you know what I'd eat?
A big slice of soup and a whole quart of meat,
A lemonade sandwich, and then I might try
Some roasted ice cream or a bicycle pie,
A nice notebook salad, and underwear roast,
An omelet of hats and some crisp cardboard toast,
A thick malted milk made from pencils and daisies,
And that's what I'd eat if the world was crazy.

If the world was crazy, you know what I'd wear?
A chocolate suit and a tie of eclair,
Some marshmallow earmuffs, some licorice shoes,
And I'd read a paper of peppermint news.
I'd call the boys "Suzy" and I'd call the girls "Harry,"
I'd talk through my ears, and I always would carry
A paper unbrella for when it grew hazy
To keep in the rain, if the world was crazy.

If the world was crazy, you know what I'd do?
I'd walk on the ocean and swim in my shoe,
I'd fly through the ground and I'd skip through the air,
I'd run down the bathtub and bathe on the stair.
When I met somebody I'd say "G'bye, Joe,"
And when I was leaving - then I'd say "Hello."
And the greatest of men would be silly and lazy
So I would be king... if the world was cazy.

posted by theoldman at 7:20 am (EST) on Oct 18, 2009

DELL BOUGHT ME THE BOOK!

posted by danielmcook at 11:02 am (EST) on Jun 23, 2009

time always the issue (and given choice, I always read rather than catalog) - I had my kids listing for me for a while, but college now interfering, so it's just catch as catch can. There's a bunch yet to get to boxed up, but I try to keep current on "new" things coming in. Do you have a method?

posted by bookstopshere at 12:29 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2009

Ha! You wish. Re-gifting is wrong. Re-gifting food incredibly so. Re-gifting Easter Eggs, possibly sacrilegious/blasphemous/heretical.

posted by danielmcook at 11:23 pm (EST) on May 21, 2009

Yo dude, Been trying to catch you on MSN for a while, but I've been spending a lot of time either with Dell here or I at her place. My weekend seems to be mostly full of much of the same 'til Sunday. If you wanna catch up then, that'd be cool :) If not, another time.

I still have an Easter Egg :P

posted by danielmcook at 7:00 am (EST) on May 21, 2009

200

posted by danielmcook at 2:13 am (EST) on Apr 24, 2009

== Dalai Lama Instructions ==

Instructions for Life in the new millennium from the Dalai Lama:

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R's: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism.
But the problem is not really there. What we ordinarily speak of as materialism is a result, not a cause.
The root of materialism is a poverty of ideas about the inner and outer world.
Less and less does our contemporary culture have, or even seek, commerce with great ideas, and it is that lack that is weakening the human spirit.
This is the essence of materialism. Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.

posted by danielmcook at 11:52 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2009