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Go Absurd Number 23

Sponsors Message Thinking of Quitting? Go Absurd! Opening Absurdity Are you smitten with your life? But the dirt never heard you say it over the din of the 23 rd literature review. A man If you think that’s bad, think of the world… Quote of the Day “The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.” (Andre Breton) A Wise and Foolish Saying That May Have Been Said… Where there is hope there is no hope A Sometimes Cruel and Absurd World… In 2015 a man from Michigan had a 14-hour operation to remove an 80-pound mass in his scrotum after suffering from the rare condition, scrotal lymphedema . This is an abnormal swelling that can cause much discomfort and embarrassment for any man affected. The extra weight the Michigan man had been carrying around was the equivalent to five bowling balls. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3261988/Man-80lb-scrotum-14-hour-surgery-remove-giant-mass-resume-relations-wife-seven-years

Go Absurd Number 22

Sponsors Message Buy One Absurd Get Go Absurd Free! Opening Absurdity Reginald Palmer told the farmer it was karma and to read his book of Dharma (only $56 in all quality Dharma stores!) Quote of the Day “What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.” (Albert Camus,  The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays ) A Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said Make haste while you waste your given life away A Sometimes Cruel and Absurd World… A doctor in South Korea has accidentally performed an abortion on the wrong woman after a mix up with patient charts. Police are investigating. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/world/asia/south-korea-abortion-mistake.html Book Title You Will Probably Never See… How To Spot Dandruff in Football Players Many Bureaucrats Have Probably Asked This, Many Times… “Is there anyone in your immediate family who can vouch for your existence?” The Meaning of Life?

Go Absurd Number 21

Sponsors Message Join in the fun and Go Absurd! Opening Absurdity No one ever says: “I did it because it was the wrong thing to do” “How does dark chocolate pass through the veins?” No one ever asks Quote of the Day “Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.” (Thomas Nagel) A Wise and Foolish Saying That May Have Been Said? A man of mirth is a man of worth A Sometimes Cruel and Absurd World… An Italian man has accidentally shot and fatally wounded his father while hunting wild boar in southern Italy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italy-boar-death-fatal-shooting-salerno-martino-gaudioso-latest-a9116236.html The Meaning of Life? Goat Cheese and Avocado Yet More Absurdity… Banish the thoughts of a turd with a turd while eating activated whey and curds “Are you getting circumcised today?” said the old man to the older man whi

Go Absurd Number 20

Sponsors Message Stuck in an absurd life? Go Absurd! Opening Absurdity Quick, put this on your calendar: Buy-blue-cheese-for-a-19 th -century-convict Day on the 30 th of October! Quote of the Day “Give me some more wine, because life is nothing” (Fernando Pessoa) A Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said The mystery of life doesn’t paint you any favours A Sometimes Cruel and Absurd World… An American man has drowned after proposing to his girlfriend underwater while on holiday in Tanzania. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/21/africa/tanzania-us-man-proposal-drowns-intl-trnd/index.html An Interesting Spelling Mistake That I Have Never Seen… Welcum To Our Town The Meaning of Life? Not knowing what the meaning of life is Random Having goals in life is like being a prize fighter without any prize Said No One, Probably Ever…. “Can you please diversify your data on diversity at the Diversity Universit

Go Absurd Number 19

Sponsors Message Overwhelmed, underwhelmed, by the trivial and banal? Go Absurd! Opening Absurdity “Let us welcome our new Disengagement Officer who is here to disengage us all from all engagement”. Loud Applause “They are obviously very very important because they are wearing very very VERY expensive business attire.” Loud Applause “Let us start the two-year induction process!” Loud Applause Quote of the Day “How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so? ” (Charles Bukowski) A Wise and Foolish Saying That May Have Been Said… Experiencing pleasure is pleasuring the world Or: To experience pleasure is to learn the easy way A Sometimes Cruel and Absurd World… A Russian woman has died

Go Absurd Number 18

Sponsors Message Sick of Suffering and Death? Go Absurd!!! Opening Absurdity Instead of ‘Moving Forward’, why don’t we all move backwards instead?   A politician genuinely promoting ‘Moving Backward’ is much more sensible than the appeal to Move Forward which is like trying to throw robots into the void. “Let’s all take a nap!” could be our new motto… Quote of the Day “Let us imagine a number of men in chains and all condemned to death, where some are killed each day in the sight of the others, and those who remain see their own fate in that of their fellows and wait their turn, looking at each other sorrowfully and without hope. It is an image of the condition of man.” (Blaise Pascal) An Absurd World… A drunk man in the US recently climbed an electricity pole for a dare in front of an applauding crowd of mostly university students who then watched him receive a massive electric shock that sent him flying to the ground. Lucky to survive he has now la

Go Absurd Number 17

Sponsors Message May as well laugh while we’re on this sinking ship. Go Absurd! Opening Absurdity There was a need for that unwanted need like lemonade pouring down an artificial abyss She forced herself upon himself and words will never hurt me Quote of the Day “What else but a profound feeling of being excluded can enable a person better to see the absurdity of the world and his own existence, or, to put it more soberly, the absurd dimensions of the world and his own existence?” ( Václav Havel ,  Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala ) An Absurd World and Throwing Absurdity Right Back at it… A New Zealand man who was almost certain that he was about to be made redundant hired a clown to come along to his redundancy, AKA Getting Fired , meeting with HR. Before the meeting he was encouraged to bring a ‘support person’ which is a legally required option in New Zealand. So, why not bring a clown? The clown made balloon animals d

Go Absurd Number 16

Sponsors Message Sick of all the selfish arseholes in this world? Go Absurd! GO ABSURD!! Opening Absurdity He asked the master, “is this the real world?” “Yes and No”, the master replied, “and everything in between” The one-hour massage lasted 5 minutes before he stopped and said, “all finished. 100 dollars please” Quote of the Day “To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them!” (Louis-Ferdinand Celine) An Absurd World… In 2016 a man was taken to hospital after eating, at the time, the world’s hottest chilli pepper, The Carolina Reaper , in a chilli pepper eating contest. This initially caused dry heaving followed by intense, ‘thunderclap’ headaches. Because of the intense pain he was taken to the nearest emergency room and   after a number of scans it was found that eating the chilli pepper likely caused a narro

Go Absurd Number 15

Sponsors Message Welcome to the party! Let’s all Go Absurd from here! Opening Absurdity How do folk tell when it’s midday at midnight while meeting their customer's diverse needs? Is it multi-pedagogical and indicated on a performance map? I wasn’t popular until I populated you. Oh, I nearly forgot, and COPULATED in reverse… Quote of the Day “Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.”  (Albert Camus) An Absurd and Sometimes Cruel World… A study in 2018 found that there were 259 selfie related deaths between 2011 and 2017. However, it is believed the true number is much higher due to many selfie related deaths not being reported   https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45745982 A Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said Two in the hand is worth Two in the foot An Absurd Thought or A Thought From The Absurd? Do you live? Or are you lived? The Meaning of Life? French Porn