Idling Gifts

'I'm all for this interactivity.'

'Actually on a molecular level, I'm quite active.'

Nothing gives me a greater feeling of accomplishment than not accomplishing anything.

"So...what have you been doing for your last week of summer break?"

American Idle.

"Since he got that thing, he mostly just kills time."

'Honey, I'm home - for good.'

The sad fate of Isaac Newton's Tahitian counterpart.

"You know... if we don't find some ambition we could find ourselves still just laying around years from now." "Sounds good to me!"

"I've found if I squint my eyes and frown, it looks like I'm concentrating rather than sleeping.".

'I try to avoid the trap of letting my idleness define me.'

'Actually, this is when I'm at my most creative, when I don't seem to be doing anything.'

"Well, sometimes I'll just hang around and do nothing. Oh wait, that's all the time."

'If you think you can sit around here and doodle all the day... uh, never mind.'

'Leonardo's Lament' - 'I have nothing to do.'

Clancy: Hard Work Never Killed Anybody

'Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?'

Fill idle hours by making your own rustic seat...use it when you want to relax.

Couch potato's shirt, "It suits you!"

My car idles well! It learned a lot from you!

Over-qualified?

'This is your last wish. Are you sure you want to use it to change channel again?'

"Why would I upload my files to a computer?"

Idlewild.

'Well I'd love to stay and chat, but this is one of those 'get things done' days.'

"Fishing and doing nothing are not incompatible."

"What did we do before widescreen TV?"

"Please help me continue to just sit here doing nothing."

'Give me a hand! There's a Monday on the other side of this door.'

'That would be your perfect job...paid to do nothing!'

don't you think it might be significant that you only hear the ringing in your ears when you're at church?

'Since he retired, it's been all play and no work, but he's STILL a dull boy!'

"Your faucet is running."

He remains absolutely motionless on the job! That's how he claims to be a "steady" worker.

'Why do old people always hang around all day in bus shelters?'