Philosophers Of Leisure Mugs

'I'm an under achiever, what do you do?'

"It's a beautiful world out there, just waiting to be discovered. Well, discovered by one of you, the rest will almost certainly die."

Winter Weather.

'Something tells me asking him to delay his retirement may be futile.'

"He walked in, said he was a visiting scholar, and made himself at home."

Workaholic on a cruise

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

'And everybody expects me to be happy, which only makes things worse!'

Tom's last day.

My definition of 'quality time?'...charging $500 per hour.

"But if you teach him to fish, you have fed him for a lifetime."

'The shrink said my holiday was hereditary - my family.'

'No teeth, no hair, drooling all the time -- maybe there is something to evolution.'

Let me warn you, toots. Celebrity is like radioactivity: you start with a big bang, then comes years with a half-life of slow decay.

"Since you retired, you've gone to pieces!"

Siggy

"He quit his job to pursue his dreams."

It's the dinner I didn't make. It's kind of a Zen Thing

Almost Your Time.

"Life's too short to be taken seriously..."

Evolution of Chair

Academics At the Beach

"The long wait for greatness to be thrust upon one."

"at my age I have to wonder if it's indigestion or a heart attack." (two old men discussing aging and medical concerns)

"I used to live each dray to the fullest. Now I'm satisfied with every other Tuesday."

'You can't live like there's no tomorrow, and then live tomorrow.'

"Not only do I need an escape to the beach, I need to escape the beach with a book about someone escaping their life."

"Mostly, he was just puttering, but now he's also muttering."

I thought about buying a parachute, but I realized it's experiences that are important, not things.

The Man of Steel (in retirement) hovering over the ladies' bathhouse at the sand n' surf in Boca Raton

'Oh, I've been happier.'

'I live in quiet desperation - it was either that or Tunbridge Wells.'

"You call THAT happy?"

"You quit smoking, you ate healthy food, you were sporty....and then you got run over by a bus. Nobody can say that I don't have humour!"

"You've been swell and I hold you in the highest regard but you are definitely my last dog."