Lazy Star Path

Fairy Tale Drunk

2011-11-30T16:01:00.000-08:00

There are several types of drunks. The Cinderella type who comes home wearing only one shoe. The Snow White type who wakes up in a bed with seven unknown men. The Red Riding Hood type that instead of coming home ends up in Grandmother's house. The Sleeping Beauty who cannot remember what happened in the past 100 years.

Reading the Fuure

2011-07-09T18:57:00.000-07:00

Winnie the Pooh meets Piglet:
"Piglet, I read about your future."

"Where, in my horoscope?"

"No, in a cookbook."

Turkey and Ukraine

2011-04-25T16:03:00.000-07:00

Turkey and Ukraine will make travel between the two countries visa-free. That is good news. In comparison several centuries before that the relationships between them are best expressed in the following memorable piece of diplomatic correspondence:

The text of the Sultan's letter to the Cossacks:

As the Sultan; son of Muhammad; brother of the Sun and Moon; grandson and viceroy of God; ruler of the kingdoms of Macedonia, Babylon, Jerusalem, Upper and Lower Egypt; emperor of emperors; sovereign of sovereigns; extraordinary knight, never defeated; steadfast guardian of the tomb of Jesus Christ; trustee chosen by God himself; the hope and comfort of Muslims; confounder and great defender of Christians—I command you, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, to submit to me voluntarily and without any resistance, and to desist from troubling me with your attacks.

—Turkish Sultan Mehmed IV

The reply was a stream of invective and vulgar rhymes, parodying the Sultan's titles:

Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan!

Thou art a turkish imp, the damned devil's brother and friend, and a secretary to Lucifer himself. What the devil kind of knight art thou that cannot slay a hedgehog with your naked arse? The devil shits, and your army eats. Thou son of a bitch wilt not ever make subjects of Christian sons; we have no fear of your army, by land and by sea we will battle with thee, fuck thy mother.

Thou art the Babylonian scullion, Macedonian wheelwright, brewer of Jerusalem, goat-fucker of Alexandria, swineherd of Greater and Lesser Egypt, Armenian pig, Podolian villain, catamite of Tartary, hangman of Kamyanets, and fool of all the world and underworld, a fool before our God, a grandson of the Serpent, and the crick in our dick. Pig's snout, mare's arse, slaughterhouse cur, unchristened brow, screw thine own mother!

So the Zaporozhians declare, you lowlife. Thou wilt not even be herding Christian pigs. Now we shall conclude, for we don't know the date and don't have a calendar; the moon's in the sky, the year in the book, the day's the same over here as it is over there; for this kiss our arse!

Koshovyi Otaman Ivan Sirko, with the whole Zaporozhian Host.
From Wikipedia
Rather rude people should have more respect for each other.

Life outside internet?

2011-01-26T01:03:00.000-08:00

- You know there is life outside the Internet.
- Really? What's the link?

Who's your Daddy?

2009-10-13T01:12:00.001-07:00

"What's your father's name?" asks the teacher
"I don't know."
"What does your mother call him?"
"Idiot..."

Faith that Can Move Mountains

2009-07-05T02:53:00.000-07:00

Nasreddin Hodja was determined to prove his faith. He prayed fervently to Allah to move a mountain towards him but nothing happened. People, started to laugh. Great is Allah, said Hodja. If Allah has brought the mountain here it would have crushed us. How stupid of me to pray for something so vain. If I need the mountain I can go to it. No need of Allah moving it here.

Volunteer Engineers

2009-06-13T13:46:00.000-07:00

Volunteer engineers, drinking beers, all in tears listening to Britney Spears.

Horsing

2009-03-31T02:24:00.000-07:00

Sir John was in love with Lady Mary. Every day he was riding his white horse under her window hoping to attract her attention but in vain. One day he decided to paint his horse green thinking:
“When I pass under Lady Mary's window she will ask me why my horse is green an I will answer: because I love you!”

The next day Sir John was passing under Lady Mary's window on his green horse.

“I love you Sir John!” - cried out Lady Mary

“And I have a green horse!” - replied Sir John.

Phone Call

2009-03-11T03:26:00.000-07:00

- Do you offer a reward to the person who finds your dog?
- Yes, I do! Where is it?
- I haven't found it yet but can I have an advance payment?

The Meaning of Life

2009-03-05T16:19:00.000-08:00

God is watching us and probably laughing his head of at our stupidity.
But then again may that's why he created us in the first place for his amusement
That makes sense.
Its comforting to know that the one in charge has a sense of humor

What?

2009-02-19T19:24:00.000-08:00

If China, Mexico and Iraq, Afghanistan or maybe Russia are the most serious foreign policy problems what is Hillary doing in Indonesia and Obama in Canada? What pressing business do they have there?

Laziness

2009-02-19T06:33:00.000-08:00

"Laziness is the mother of any genius" said Pushkin (a famous Russian poet of African ancestry and himself ancestor to the current heir to British throne). Still slouching on the couch wont do. A real genius must be lazy creatively. You must be really inventive to find ways to be lazy and prevent anyone bothering you. Actually clever people master that art all their lives :)
Don't work harder. Be smart.

50 friends blogs

2009-02-18T11:52:00.000-08:00

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Bang!

2009-02-15T01:40:00.000-08:00

Exploding Star!

Soul Searching

2009-02-13T23:34:00.000-08:00

Since the Republicans will most likely dissolve to apologize for Bush and Co. we need another centrist party, a common sense party. I suggest we call it the Beer Party.

It's better to be healthy and rich than sick and poor :)

2009-02-10T22:24:00.000-08:00

Doctor to the patient:
"You just told me that you are rich, famous, have a caring family, excellent health and self-confidence. I can't understand what is your problem."
"Doctor, I'm a chronic liar."

Bang

2009-02-09T12:13:00.000-08:00

A woman goes to her mother's place after leaving her husband. She is worried that he might have shot himself after she left as she heard a popping sound when she went through the door.
"Don't worry," says her mother. "He's probably opened a bottle of champagne."

When Prophets Meet

2009-02-07T11:24:00.000-08:00

I wonder what would have happened if Budha, Moses, Jesus and Mohamed met? Maybe Moses and Mohamed will feel somewhat closer talking about obeying the rules and war.while Budha and Jesus will be more on the love and understaning wavelength. I doubt that they will have a philosophical discussion as they will most probably agree on most things and sense that agreement before they start talking. They'll probably appreciate the beauty of nature and unity of thought, feeling and faith. I wonder if they'll meet somewhere in the Himalayas, or the desert of the Arabian peninsula or Mt Sinai?
I personally would prefer to meet Aphrodite somewhere on the beaches of Cyprus. Yes I know she is the one that causes all the trouble with Helen an all that but still I'm willing to take the risk.

Poker

2009-02-06T14:14:00.000-08:00

A man and a woman a in bed together. The phone rings. The woman picks up the phone:
"Yes, darling," says she. "Don't worry, honey, I'll be OK."
She turns to her partner and says:
"It was my husband, he said he'll be late, because he will be playing poker with you."

Your Fonts for the Lazy Designer

2009-02-03T02:55:00.000-08:00

In confirmation of the eternal truth that laziness is the mother of genius YourFonts have launched a free service letting you turn your own handwriting into a brand new font under your own copyright. Ignore Helvetica and Times New Roman if you are a blogger you want to stand out and adding original font to your original thoughts will make you stand out of the crowd (or depending on your handwriting become completely incomprehensible. Anyway give it a try, go to YourFonts follow the easy instructions (you will need a printer and scanner). And behold you are the next creator in the famous lineage starting with Guttenberg (or maybe some anonymous Chinese woodblock carver). Check YourFonts.Com I believe you'll have fun and tell me what you think.

Optimism, Pessimism and Realism

2009-01-30T23:00:00.000-08:00

A pessimist sees only the dark tunnel.
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
A realist sees that the light is from the fast approaching train.
And the train drivers sees the three idiots on the track and knows that he cannot possibly stop in time to save them.

Your Jacket and the Jungle

2009-01-16T00:43:00.000-08:00

The difference between your jacket and the jungle is that there are many monkeys in the jungle and in your jacket, just one.

What the ... iir :)

2009-01-15T23:23:00.000-08:00

Plurk
On my lips with a smirk
I decided to plurk
or else you may think I'm a jerk
and turn on me berserk
And cause me to irk
and that doesn't work
to plurk is a perk
for us in the murk
who on this platform lurk
like a desperate clerk...

Important

2008-12-26T15:00:00.000-08:00

The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.
Eleanor Roosevelt

The RainMaker

2008-12-08T01:01:00.000-08:00

It was certainly easy in prehistoric times to get into an easy public job doing nothing while others provide for you. I believe the first profession wasn't that one you are thinking about but that of the rainmaker. One only had to claim the ability to make rain and that was enough to ensure the good life of relative though primitive luxury. Not much competition for the job either because those who failed to produce rain were killed and probably eaten by their unhappy clients. It must have been hard to make rain too because the job probably existed only in dry regions. Given the difficulty to produce rain prehistoric professionals turned to other devices preserve their status of being fed without having to work by preventing their benefactors from turning against them by inventing paid armies and religions to invoke god's wrath upon their Brute force and ideology managed to keep the masses in check even when the masses managed to topple the dictator the revolutionaries themselves turned "professional rainmakers" see Castro and the like. And democracy alone is not an answer: the ancient Greeks managed to kill Socrates for thinking and Hitler was democratically elected.
The only hope for finding and keeping under control someone who knows something about rainmaking is the liberal system of checks and balances as in the US. It's not perfect (no human creation ever is) but even if under permanent reconstruction (the way any proper political system should be) it has shown remarkable resilience and ability to recover from dangerous disasters.

The Lazy Guy’s Guide to Thinking

2008-11-29T19:38:00.000-08:00

The first thing that comes to mind is if thinking is so important to help you lead a lazy life and yet is hard what can a true lazy guy (lazier for short)1 do?
Obviously the first that comes into mind is: get someone else to do it. Beware, hat is a very common mistake and believe me it never works. In life you will find many lazy people willing and anxious to do the thinking for you: your boss, your spouse, your neigbour and your best friend to name just a few. Unfortunately unless these people are really stupid in which case they will cause you only harm by thinking on your behalf if they are clever they should be thinking of their own interests first and then yours so you’ll end up with second hand or second rate thinking. So if you want to get first rate life you need first rate thinking, first hand opinion that means you have to think for yourself and even if you fail you know who to blame and the good news is that when you blame yourself you can do something about it which is not the case if you blame someone else. So in the name of clarity and simplicity its always your fault. That’s when you can take charger of the situation and change it to your advantage. There is now one else to do that for you. Love yourself and the others will love you too. Any true Christian can tell you that you have to love your neighbour as you love yourself. Did Jesus mean a little. I don’t think so. I think that means a lot. Love yourself a lot and your neighbour too.

Ancient Tales from the World of Wisdom

2006-06-16T22:49:00.000-07:00

The Rhino

A young keen student went to a wise teacher in China and asked:

"Esteemed Teacher, please show me how can I achieve enlightenment?"

"Climb to the top of that mountain," said the wise teacher. "And pray.

But whatever happens don't think about the rhino!"

"What's a rhino?" asked the baffled would be student, for he wasn't very bright.

"Oh, it is a big animal with a formidable horn on its' nose," said the clever teacher.
"But you shouldn't worry because we are in China and it lives in Africa thousands of kilometers away."

So the student climbed the mountain settled down and tried to pray. But all he could think of was the rhino.

So often unfounded fears keep our mind of the important things in life…

Witty, Softie and Sweetie

One day Granny went in the woods to gather some wild pears. At this time of the year the pears were sweet and soft, but was her decision wise?Anyway Granny climbed the pear tree and started picking up the pears and stuffing them in her basket. Suddenly a hairy, scary bear appeared as if from nowhere and roared hungrily:“Climb down Granny, for I am hungry and will eat you for dinner!” “No don’t do that, dear bear!” said Granny. “I am old and bony and chewy. You wouldn’t enjoy eating me for dinner”“But I am hungry,” said the disappointed bear. “And there is nothing around that I can eat!”“Do you see that house on the hill?” asked Granny cunningly.“Yes,” replied the puzzled bear.“That’s my house,” replied Granny. “I have three daughters Softie, Sweetie and Witty. They are young and scrumptious. Let me go now and come at dusk. I will give you one of my daughters for your dinner.”“OK, that sounds kind of fair,” said the bear reluctantly and withdrew in the forest.Granny climbed down clumsily from the pear tree and hurriedly rushed to her house on the hill.At dusk the bear came and banged on the door.“Granny, give me Softie!” demanded the hungry beast.“Softie has made her soft bed and is deep asleep,” answered the clever Granny.“Granny, give me Sweetie,” roared the bear.“Sweetie is sleeping sweetly too,” too replied Granny with a smile.“Granny, give me at least: Witty,” asked the bear, desperately.“Witty is my wise one. She taught me to lock the door and not to go for pears in the woods.

The Angel of Desire
(an ancient folktale from Bulgaria)

Once upon a time, in a happy kingdom was born the most beautiful princess in the world. When she grew up she fell in love with a handsome young man and they promised to marry each other. This couple was so dear to God that an angel was sent to honor their wedding. The princess was so beautiful that the angel too fell in love with her. That made God sad and instantly the angel was turned into a beautiful bird which sang beautifully but everyone avoided the poor thing. The angel couldn’t understand the reason for that suffering. One day as the angel-bird perched on a big tree standing on a hill in the middle of a field and lamented its fate four criminals came under the tree to divide their loot. Then they decided to send two of them to buy some food and drink to have a feast. As they were coming back from the city the two criminals decided to put poison in the food so they can divide the loot of the other two criminals between themselves. Coincidentally the other two criminals decided to kill the food bearing crooks and grab their loot too. So they shot them. After that they ate the food and drank the wine and died in pain soon after that. That’s when the angel understood the consequences of improper, illegal desires. They bring suffering, sorrow and death. God sent us to this Earth to live by the law of this freedom.

The Greek Philosopher

Once upon a time, there was a Greek Philosopher. He wanted to study the world. So he wandered around thinking and looking at the sky. As he was walking he fell into a hole. The angry philosopher climbed out of it and
continued on his way eyes still glued to the sky, but soon he fell into another hole. “These people,” he thought. “Can’t they see that I want to study the world? Why do they keep digging holes on my way to the truth?” No sir, if you want to find the truth, you must look in front of you not up.

Dreamers

One day, three farmers took their grain to the windmill up in the mountain. Tired and hungry after the journey they sat under the thick shade of an oak tree to rest and eat. Hungry as they were, the farmers thought that the appealing roasted chicken that they have brought looks too good to share. After some
deliberation the three friends reached the following wise decision: They will all have a nap under the cool shade and whoever dreams the most wonderful dream will have the chicken all for himself. Said and done. Heroic snoring resounded through the trees and even the birds stopped singing for a while, wandering: where did that horrible sound come from. After a while still drowsy they started telling their dreams. “Oh, I had the most wonderful dream!” said the first one. “I dreamt that I was on the Moon exploring mysterious places and enjoying the sight of the Earth.” “That’s nothing!” said the second one. “I dreamt that I was in Heaven enjoying the angelic singing, heavenly flowers and feeling unexplainable happiness as if I was out of this world.” “That’s amazing!” said the third one. “As for me, I couldn’t sleep… And when I saw that one of you is on the Moon and the other in Heaven,
I thought that you would never come back from such wonderful places. That’s why I ate the chicken myself.

The Walnut Tree

Long time ago, when people didn’t know many things about nature and that included how to eat walnuts, a walnut tree grew by the road. It might have been planted there by someone for the benefit of other travelers or it could have grown there by chance if you believe that anything in life can happen by chance. One day a traveler passed and the Philosopher by. He stopped by the old walnut tree to rest in its shade. Then he noticed the green fruits and tasted one of them only to spit it out in disgust with its bitterness.
Some time after he had gone another traveler passed by. He too sat under the tree and noticed the tooth marks on the fruit the first one had bitten.
“This fruit must not be very tasty,” he thought. “But everything in this world has a purpose. It must be the hard heart that is to be eaten.” And he bit the hard shell but nearly broke a tooth in the process. He too walked away hungry.
Next came a traveler with scholarly disposition. He studied the fruit carefully, first tasting the bitter skin, then scratching the hard shell until he came up with the idea to break the shell with a stone. That was rewarded with the tasty walnut. The scholar smiled contently: “Wisdom and patience conquer all,” he thought.
Soon a businessman leading a donkey laden with his goods arrived under the tree. The scholar happily shared with him his secret.
The businessman thanked him and after they had eaten loaded the donkey with walnuts for sale. He let the scholar ride the donkey as a reward for his discovery while he himself walked and rubbed his palms in anticipation of his future profit.
They traveled in silence but soon darkness fell over the road. They were worried because there wasn’t a town or village to be seen and they were afraid to spend the night in the dark forest.
Suddenly the merchant saw a faint light in the distance.
“There, he said. “I see a light!”
“But how can that faint light help us,” said the scholar. “It is so small and lonely while the forest is big, dark and threatening.”
While they were arguing the light moved closer and they saw a man carrying a lantern. That man was a philosopher who lived in a hut by a lake nearby. He took the travelers to his place to spend the night. As they entered the dark room the small lantern pushed the scary shades in the corners. Now the room looked bright and cozy.
The inventive travelers shared with him the secret of the walnut tree.
“Well done!” said the philosopher. “Tomorrow, I’ll go and pick up some of those wonderful fruits. Then I will travel all over the world and plant a walnut tree by all roads that I pass.”
“But, then who will buy the walnuts that I am trying to sell!” said the businessman, disappointed.
“Don’t worry,” answered the philosopher. “When more people taste the walnuts from the trees by the roads they will be more likely to buy them from you in the city marketplace.”
“But what will be your reward for your labor?” asked the businessman.
“And how exactly do you plan to do it?” asked the scholar. “I mean how many walnuts will you start with and where you will plant them. Where you will start your journey will you go East, West, North or South?”
“To tell you the truth, I don’t know,” answered the philosopher. “But as the light from my lantern is just enough for us to see the immediate road in front of us my initial intention and desire will carry me perhaps to the next step on my way towards my humble goal. And if I meet someone else with a lantern then together we will be able to see further.”
Thus they spent the night chatting leisurely until the sun rose over the dark forest and they went each on their way to find their own happiness.

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2006-06-16T22:45:00.000-07:00

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Poor Man's Luck

2005-10-28T01:08:00.000-07:00

POOR MAN’S LUCK
a Turkish story
retold in English
by Ellie and Alex Great

Many years ago a poor man lived in our village. Every morning he went to the forest to cut some wood which he sold and with the money bought food for himself and his wife. One day as he was working he saw a flock of sheep, coming towards him. He couldn’t see the shepherd who was maybe somewhere not far behind. All of a sudden, one of the sheep walked away from the herd and fell in a pit which, was probably dug as a trap for wild beasts. The poor man went to the pit to see what has happened and saw an old half-blind wolf, inside and the sheep inside bleating tearfully, sensing her end.
“Great is Allah,” said the poor man. “This wolf’s luck came to him, while I have to sweat each day to make a living! But that’s the end of it! I will no longer work that hard just for food! From now on I will wait my luck to come to me too.”
After that he grabbed his axe and headed straight home. When his wife saw him coming home empty-handed, she asked him:
“Didn’t you manage to sell the firewood? Why are you not bringing any food?”
“Today I saw in the forest how luck came to a wolf that did nothing to deserve it,” answered the poor man. “Let’s be patient and wait for those, who send us luck to send mine here, to my feet. Until then I will just wait here and do nothing.”
After he said that he laid on his bed and stared obstinately at the ceiling. A day passed, then a night then one more days and another night but still luck didn’t come. By the middle of the third night the poor man woke his wife and said:
“I saw in my dram the old dervish Pir-Pure, you know the one who can see unseen things. He told me to go to the river that runs by our village and big under the old willow tree. There is a pot full of gold buried there. He told me that is the luck I am waiting for.”
“Then go quickly, my dear,” said his wife happily. “Go and bring home the treasure.”
“No, I want go anywhere,” replied the man. “The old shabby wolf’s luck fell straight at his feet. That’s the saw I want my luck to come to me too.”
While they were arguing their neighbor was eavesdropping at their window rushed to her husband, woke him up and told him what she had heard. They grabbed a spade and shove and rushed to the old willow by the river. They dug and not too deep found a ceramic pot. They brought the pot back home it a candle and opened the lid with trembling hands. They heard a hiss and a big snaked slid from the pot and stared at them coldly. They quickly put the lid back for they thought that the whole pot was full of snakes. Angry at their neighbor, because they wer convinced that they were tricked by them they dropped the pot down the chimney of the lumberjack’s house. The pot broke as it fell on the fire place and gold glittered among the ashes. The lumberjack’s wife woken by the noise saw the gold glow and poked her husband.
“Wake up, dear! Something fell in the fireplace, may be that is your luck.”
“No,” said her husband angrily. “If this is really my luck let it come here to my feet, as it came to the blind wolf.”
His wife jumped our of the bed impatiently grabbed handfuls of gold from the fireplace and threw it at her husband’s feet.
“Aha, that’s what I wanted,” said her husband, and he got up and helped her gather the gold. Their neighbors who we spying through the window got so jealous that they fell sick and died.
The poor lumberjack found his luck and he and his wife lived happily ever after.
That is how it is: Allah gives generously, but not to everyone…

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