All Poets Are Idlers, Even

Meetings, Clearly, Can Take Place Anywhere, And Wouldn't It Be Nice To See Your Coworkers Lounging On The Grass With Their Shoes Off?

Faffing Is Completely Harmless, Whereas Its Opposite - Dynamic, Purposeful Activity - Is Often Very Harmful. Faffers Do Not Tend To Kill People Or Make Them Work 12-hour Days Or Sell Them Shoddy Merchandise Or Lend Them Vast Sums Of Money That They Cannot Pay Back.

It Takes A While To Master The Art Of Hammock-lounging. At First I Could Only Manage Five Minutes Or So Before I Thought I Ought To Get Out And Go And Help A Child Learn How To Swim Or Something. But After Observing The Mexicans' Capability For Staring Into Space For Hours On End, I Decided To Put In Some Proper Practice.

Idleness For Me Is Not A Giving Up On Life But A Spirited Grabbing Hold Of It.

We Think We Have To Work Because The Advertising Industry Has Elevated Wants Into Needs. The Newspapers And The Television Batter Us Incessantly With The Latest "must-haves", Whether That's Shoes, Videogames Or Patio Heaters. As A Result, Mums Think They "have" To Work At Tesco In Order To Buy Expensive Trainers.