Go Absurd

Quote of the Day “Absurdity is a great method of reflecting back on the world how stupid it is” (Joshua Ladgrove, comedian) Sponsor’s Message Pataphysics: a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pataphysics Opening Absurdity “I am dying beyond my means” (Oscar Wilde reportedly said this cheerfully on his deathbed when ordering up Champagne, despite being in debt at the time) An Absurd World… A 65-year old New Zealand Woman has married herself, being one of five women on the day to do so, all saying "I do" in front of a full-length mirror of themselves.  Self-Marriage, or Sologamy, has been gaining popularity since the 1990's when an American woman in 1993 married herself in front of 7 bridesmaids and 75 family and friends. https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/lifestyle/weddings/genie-em-the-kiwi-bride...

Quote of the Day “If we could teach geography to the carrier pigeon, its unconscious flight, which finds its goal straightaway, would immediately become an impossibility” (Carl Gustav Carus) Sponsor’s Message Message Sponsor’s Messages Sponsor Sponsor Messages stupid Opening Absurdity There is more men on the moon Than man on the moon Isn’t that enough to teach us To live? Photo by  NASA  on  Unsplash An Absurd World... A woman in Georgia has thrown a bottle of faeces and urine into a Taco Bell drive-thru window, reportedly leaning from a rear passenger window to do so. Before throwing the bottle, she is said to have squeezed some of the contents towards the drive-thru. https://truecrimedaily.com/2020/05/14/georgia-woman-accused-of-throwing-bottle-of-bodily-fluids-through-taco-bell-drive-thru-window/ A Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said A ‘Tug of War’ is an analogy for life Book Title Yo...

Quote of the Day “Is there another life? Shall I awake and find all this a dream? There must be, we cannot be created for this sort of suffering.” (John Keats) Sponsor’s Message Message? No Message? Opening Absurdity “Like a horny virgin on Speed….” is not something you hear every day, or maybe you do… A Sometimes Cruel and Absurd World… A 32-year-old woman in an Oklahoma City McDonalds, has shot at employees and injured three, after being told that the dining area was closed because of Covid-19 restrictions. Only a week before a security guard in Michigan had been killed from a gunshot after telling a customer that her son needed to wear a face mask to enter the store. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/07/mcdonalds-oklahoma-city-shooting-coronavirus/ A Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said To be or to be, that is the only question, to be Book Title You Will Probably Never See… Grating Cheese Fo...

Quote of the Day “It may be at hand, the day when, no longer able to endure the mass of fear we have accumulated, we shall collapse beneath the burden with which it overwhelms us.” (E.M. Cioran) Sponsor’s Message Go Home To Rest Don’t Try This At Home! “I wanted to swallow myself by opening my mouth very wide and turning it over my head so that it would take in my whole body, and then the Universe, until all that would remain of me would be a ball of eaten thing which little by little would be annihilated: that is how I see the end of the world.” (Jean Genet,  Our Lady of the Flowers ) An Absurd World… A 5-year old Utah boy has stolen his parent’s car and attempted to drive to California, 12 hours away, so he could buy a Lamborghini. However, he only managed to get two miles away from home before being pulled over by police. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/boy-5-steals-mums-car-21977083 A Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably N...

Quote of the Day “Man of ideals that I am, perhaps my greatest ambition is really no more than to keep sitting at this table in this café. “Everything is futile, like stirring dead ashes, and hazy like the moment before dawn breaks.” (Fernando Pessoa) Sponsor’s Message Don’t Bother – That’s My Motto For Winners Opening Absurdity For many it’s already been opened, like Pandora’s box, so now we just need to…. An Absurd World… A 23-year-old Texas man who put up a fake post on Facebook saying that he had been diagnosed with Covid-19 as a ‘social experiment’ has now lost his job and is facing jail time, despite not long after admitting it was a joke and amending the original post. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52397294 A Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said If it isn’t carpet, it isn’t carpet   Book Title You Will Probably Never See… It Shudders When It Hurts: A Tautological Response to Fairy Floss ...

Quote of the Day   “Laughing at the universe liberated my life. I escape its weight by laughing. I refuse any intellectual translations of this laughter, since my slavery would commence from that point on.” (Georges Bataille, Guilty ) Sponsor’s Message The sponsoring of Go Absurd has been suspended until further notice Opening Absurdity “Question your tea spoons” (Georges Perec, Species of Spaces and Other Pieces ) “Hello Mr Magee! How’s your flea?” Response: “My vagina is sore and you’re fired” Response: “What’s that got to do with pizza? Response: “It’s a metaphysical contingency” Response: “Poo” A Wise and Foolish Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said A pre-storm is a storm before a storm An Absurd World… You’re looking right at it   Book Title You Will Probably Never See… How to Intercourse with Big-Headed People The Meaning of Life? ? + ? = ? 2 Said No One, Probably Ever…. “Martha prob...

Quote of the Day “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” (Dr. Seuss, AKA, Theodor Seuss "Ted" Geisel) Sponsor’s Message Are you absurd or are you absurd? Are you not absurd or are you not absurd? Does it matter? Go Absurd! Opening Absurdity She said, “you don’t absurd me!” So I replied, “you absurd what you receive” And I added, “you receive what you absurd” She replied by eating a chocolate éclair I replied by eating a cabbage She replied by masturbating I couldn’t reply… I was stubborn A Saying That Will Probably Never Be Said People make People; Unpeople make Unpeople A Sometimes Cruel and Absurd World… The New Yorker delves into the story of an American missionary called by God to help others in Uganda… She quickly becomes immersed ...