It was about two or three weeks ago, on the weekend, when I nearly crashed my car. I was taking a leisurely drive around these Cape Town parts when something ANGERED me! It frustrated me!
It was a sign on a lamp post from one of the weekend papers and it said something like this:
Why leisure is bad for you
Angry that such a remark could be made, I set out to hunt that paper down and DESTROY it. So I bought the paper and immediately read it while still in the forecourt of the Shell petrol station next to Bishops school.
It then went on to say some rubbish about leisure being bad for you. It was mumbling on about how when you work during the year, and then take a sudden break at the end of the year, you get sick because it’s such a change to the body or something along those lines. I was not really interested because I knew it was rubbish and it was a cheap ploy to make the leisurely people of Cape Town buy the paper.
I obviously knew this was rubbish and I OBVIOUSLY knew the solution. One of the solutions is to not scare the body in any way by being leisurely all year round. That way we reverse the situation, and can confidently say that work is bad for you. That’s why people get stuck in dead end jobs, because they are too scared to leave in case their bodies explode.
In the same way, people who are clever live a life of leisure from the start, occupying their time with freelance “work”, but it’s more like freelance “partying”, and also spending time on the beach and in various clubs. They also have loads of time to think of great big ideas that will earn them obscene amounts of money. That’s leisure for you.
To prove that leisure will not harm you, just in case you are worrying, I will show you a few pictures to shatter and destroy the myth that chilling will cause total chaos in your body.
Here we go:
Case 1: Here we have some of the crew from Casa del Sandenbergh in Hout Bay. Currently they are whiling away their time in Maun which is in Botswana. They are just chilling there at their lodge, and I can confidently say that they are doing bugger all. The picture below is one of sheer joy as they spend their day floating in the water, hydrating on beer. It gets very hot up there and hydration is vital. Please notice the lack of a stressful vibe in the photo. Enjoy the peace and serenity. Enjoy that they have been there for some two months now, with no sign of a return.
Case 2: Here we have Jerry D sometime last week chillaxing at the Tropic of Capricorn. I have no idea where it is because I’m sure I failed Geography in school. I don’t know how he got there, but I can categorically state that by looking at the photo, there is absolutely no work to be done where he is! Never mind there not being an “office” there to do any “work”, there is actually nothing there. Like literally nothing but dry earth.
Case 3: Finally we have Charlie V, chilling on what could be described as a yacht. Just chilling in the summer sun. It’s probably off Clifton. Please once again notice the distinct lack of an “office” As you can see Charlie V is about to crack open another drink. Screams of “leisure” to me.
I will add here that not one of these people has shown any signs of sickness recently. Furthermore, they are the happiest people I know.
So once again I have to prove the local papers wrong with their poor journalism. I refuse to have a weekend paper ruining the whole leisure lifestyle for those who enjoy it.
I trust I have put your mind at ease here with my case study, and I trust that you will now allow me to take the rest of the day off.
Wicked.
Sean Lloyd
Editor
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