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Friday, 1 February 2013

Lazy days


I don't feel like doing anything today, I think I'll just chill out, stay in my bed, and let the world pass me by.

Yup! I reckon I'll just mellow, think my own thoughts, do a spot of daydreaming perhaps, maybe a snooze or two.

Inactivity is such a wonderful thing, the key to longevity, a necessity, and a praiseworthy trait.

That's settled it then, today I am doing nothing! No-o-o-thing!!

A bit like yesterday really.

And the day before.

It's not too bad being an oyster, the hours are good, and I don't have too many pressures.

Right then, time to get down to some serious loafing...

If I could just manage to spit out this annoying piece of grit...


©2013 Stephen. J. Green.
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32 comments:

  1. Laura Besley1 February 2013 at 02:23

    :)

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:07

      Hi Laura, thanks for the smiley, it hit the spot then? :-)

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  2. Helen A. Howell1 February 2013 at 05:08

    Oooh he'd better watch out all the loafing about could see him ending up in a net!

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:09

      Hehe! I don't think this particular oyster can see any further than his next lazy afternoon. :-)

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  3. Helen A. Howell1 February 2013 at 05:10

    btw Steve I just thought you'd like to know I always tweet your stories for you! ^_^

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:11

      Aw, thanks Helen, that's really kind of you. I don't participate in Twitter myself, and it's heartwarming to know that someone is out there tweeting for me, Thanks very much. :-)

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  4. Cat Russell1 February 2013 at 05:48

    Ha!

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:13

      Haha!! I hope it gave you a giggle Catherine. :-)

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  5. John Wiswell1 February 2013 at 05:53

    I love loafing when I can convince myself to do it. I've also been in those places where the bit of grit somehow produces as much stress as an hour on the job would have. I can ruin almost anything for myself.

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:28

      I think the bit of grit may certainly ruin this particular oyster's day of rest. :-)

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  6. AB Singer1 February 2013 at 07:43

    Leaving pearl jokes tactfully aside; what could be the ultimate source of your sybaritic hero’s worst nightmare, I wonder: a lemon tree?

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:30

      Not sure AB... Maybe TWO pieces of grit? :-)

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  7. Sulci Collective1 February 2013 at 08:44

    here's mud in your eye Steve! Loved the payoff to this

    marc nash

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:40

      Thanks Marc. Another silly story this week, but I do enjoying myself writing these. :-)

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  8. mazzz_in_Leeds1 February 2013 at 14:03

    Well I wasn't expecting that! At the oyster mention I thought you'd be going down the route of, Oh sh*t, I'm being eaten

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:42

      Y'know how it goes with oysters Maria, there they are drifting off into the third snooze of the day, them BLAM!! They wake up on a restaurant table. :-)

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  9. Deanna Schrayer1 February 2013 at 14:16

    The best response I can think of is: Amen! :)
    Fun story Steve.

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 21:58

      Thanks Deanna, I hope it gave you a giggle or two. :-)

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  10. Anonymous1 February 2013 at 14:29

    I wish my loafing were as productive! :-) Cute story!

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  11. Harry1 February 2013 at 16:35

    I'd go for a proper oyster loaf over a string of pearls any day. Put the grits on the side with a cold mug of beer.

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    1. Steve Green1 February 2013 at 22:02

      Hiya Harry, it's good to hear from you, I hope things are good with you. :-)

      I've never actually eaten oyster, (Probably didn't like to wake them up) The cold mug of beer sounds good though. :-)

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  12. Icy Sedgwick2 February 2013 at 17:07

    Prior to the oyster part I thought this had been written by one of my students...

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    1. Steve Green2 February 2013 at 18:25

      Heheh! It reminds me of one or two people I know myself too Icy. :-)

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  13. liminalfiction3 February 2013 at 19:27

    Ah, how I do enjoy doing nothing, and how undervalued 'tis, at least in the US. Always that pressure to do something, from within or without.

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    1. Steve Green3 February 2013 at 20:54

      Hi Richard, I think it's probably not a good thing to have too much time on our hands with nothing to do, but it is nice to have a little now and then, isn't it? :-)

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  14. Anonymous3 February 2013 at 21:09

    This made me smile. Damn grit! :)

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    1. Steve Green3 February 2013 at 22:18

      Heheh!! You just know that it's going to ruin his chilling out time, don't you? :-)

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  15. Katherine Hajer5 February 2013 at 06:27

    Every day is like Sunday... if an oyster is your world. Or something like that :-).

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    1. Steve Green5 February 2013 at 10:36

      Hiya Katherine, I think in the oyster world Sundays may be double-chillout days. :-)

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  16. Cindy Vaskova6 February 2013 at 21:35

    I feel like an oyster sometimes... :-D

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    1. Steve Green6 February 2013 at 22:04

      Me too Cindy, I do tend to be a bit of a bedhead on weekends. :-)

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