Not quite the crack of noon but Saturday sleep-in is a valuable part of my 40s. A brief glimpse back to the days of singlehood, childlessness as Tom Waits described:
I've been sleeping until the crack of noonBut it is only a glimpse as I am a happier Daddy man than bar crawling boy. Yet the anticipation of a Saturday started late is a great thing and one that I do not think has been properly researched, defined and promoted. If there is to be a generic campaign on the goodness of beer, ought there not equally be a pro-Saturday lobby?
Midnight howling at the moon
And I've been going out when I wanna coming home when I please
Don't have to ask permission, wanna to go out fishing
Never have to ask for the key...
Update: what would they lobby for?
- two Saturdays a week - to hell with Tuesdays,
- $100 per month per parent for support of the family Saturday activities to be spent according to the wisdom of the parents...oh, that will be practically in place soon enough...
- establishment of an eigth hour span from 7 am to noon to allow for more thinking about what you are going to do in the afternoon, and
- more fishing shows.
Comments
'nee - February 4, 2006 2:26 PM
World peace. Also, gorgeous scantily clad men driving me to my secluded beach house. On both Saturdays.
Matt F. - February 4, 2006 3:28 PM
This is the best idea I have read on this blog in at least a week.
Lobbying suggestions:
1. A cullinary research institute to develop the very best Saturday morning brunch foods.
2. Some way to keep the newspaper ink from rubbing off on my hands.
3. More coffee for everyone!
Alan - February 4, 2006 3:46 PM
I had an idea last Monday that was tops. I can't believe you didn't catch it.
Gordo - February 4, 2006 5:19 PM
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<li>Grass that will automagically limit itself to the perfect length and thus never needs mowing. This should also be user-adjustable somehow.
<li>Someone to teach my dog to pick up his own poop in the backyard.
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cm - February 4, 2006 6:05 PM
Combining the ideas of 'nee and Matt F., I'd lobby for gorgeous scantily clad men cooking said brunch. Oh, who am I kidding? I'd settle for Stephen Harper nekkid as long as I didn't have to cook. Or look.
'nee - February 4, 2006 10:26 PM
Matt,
"Some way to keep the newspaper ink from rubbing off on my hands"
Iron it. Flat iron, no steam. Your butler should do this, but you can too.
Alan - February 4, 2006 10:55 PM
I want the ink. I want to have hands blacked with knowledge after I work through a Sunday <i>New York Times</i>. I think that is the inkiest of the great papers. <i>The Middleton Mirror</i> in the mid-70s was the inkiest of the least.
'nee - February 5, 2006 2:26 AM
If I skip the reading-the-paper part and just go get my hands covered in ink, will that still make me smarter? That'd be nice.
Alan - February 5, 2006 9:09 AM
It's like cologne and dating. It shouldn't work but it does.
Matt F. - February 5, 2006 1:14 PM
I knew someone would argue that the ink was part of the experience, which I suppose is true, but I'd could still do without... time to find a butler.
I was out of town and not connected to my computer on Monday, so I missed the original postings. Was the idea you were referring to the post on the 9/11 retospective or the trucks and sand-dunes? Both were good.
One more lobbying suggestion:
Daylight savings-time to be on a weekly schedule. Here's how it would work:
Monday morning at 8:59 a.m the clocks skip forward to 9:59 a.m so that we never have to deal with 9:00 on Monday morning.
Then on Saturday morning at noon, the clocks are set back to 11:00 a.m, thereby giving us an extra hour on Saturday morning.
We can refer to these as workday-time and weekend-time respectively.
Alan - February 5, 2006 1:18 PM
That would create a massive advantage for the pro-Saturday lobby over the pro-Tuesday set. Weekendists rule.