You ever think of throwing it all away?

[Zkribbler]

Girl: You should stop goofing around and get a job.
Benny Hill: Why?
Girl: That way, you'll have some money.
Benny Hill: And?
Girl: Well, you could save your money for retirement.
Benny Hill: What happens then?
Girl: Well then, you quit your job and you don't have to work.
Benny Hill: But I'm not working now.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I have thought about just taking off several times.

JM

So do I, but my loving wife and seven adorable kids make staying worthwhile.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Lars-E
I suggest reading Bukowski or seeing a Bukowski-movie. I saw Factotum yesterday (and today). Don't think it's showing in the us. If I'm correct Bukowski is more popular in europe - not so well liked in the us...

That's a surprise, I thought we Americans love drunken homos hitting on our underage sons.

[Saras]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
100% for some jobs (businessman, <...> etc)

how little do you know.

[Japher]

Zkribb!

Peter Gibbons: What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Lawrence: I'll tell you what I'd do, man, two chicks at the same time, man.
Peter Gibbons: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a million dollars I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money.
Peter Gibbons: Well, not all chicks.
Lawrence: Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do.
Peter Gibbons: Good point.
Lawrence: Well what about you now? what would you do?
Peter Gibbons: Besides two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Well yeah.
Peter Gibbons: Nothing.
Lawrence: Nothing, huh?
Peter Gibbons: I'd relax, I would sit on my ass all day, I would do nothing.
Lawrence: Well you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Just take a look at my cousin, he's broke, don't do ****.

[Tiamat]

Actually thinking of doing that now. Am thinking of quiting all that I know to try my had at bread baking.

[Japher]

you're nuts Tia
yet, sometimes that is what it takes

[Japher]

It was all about taking control of her life. So Debbi Fields, a young mother with no business experience, opened her first cookie store in Palo Alto, California in 1977. They told her she was crazy. No business could survive just selling cookies. Humble beginnings launched Mrs. Fields® into a worldwide celebrity and made her company the premier chain of cookie and baked goods stores.

Headstrong determination. A dynamic personality. A sincere concern for people. They all played a role in Debbi Fields' success. But quality, more than anything, accounts for Mrs. Fields® ' worldwide acceptance. The mission has always been to create the highest quality product possible - every time. That commitment has yielded products like no others, deeply satisfying personal indulgences that consumers just can't get enough of.

To extend her vision, Mrs. Fields® began franchising in 1990... It's now the rarest of franchise opportunities. A new dynamic opportunity that's backed by name recognition and approval from worldwide consumers. An opportunity for you, like Debbi, to take control of your life.

"The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it."

Mrs. Fields is the blueprint success story for working moms

[Tiamat]

Maybe, maybe I am but I've got a good idea, good name and a good product. I think in this town it will fly.

[Japher]

what bread did you decide on?
where's that thread?

[Frankychan]

Re: You ever think of throwing it all away?

Originally posted by Dis
maybe it's a midlife crisis thing. .

quitting job, becoming a bum. travelling the earth. the bad thing about being a bum is sleeping outside, and the lack of a bathroom to clean yourself up in.

Why continue working and accumulating money?

I think it depends on the reasoning behind it all.

I threw away a good career path, stability, home, and potential relationship for the chance/opportunity to move to the continental U.S.

Before I left, I gave away a lot of my possessions and told everyone how I felt. Now I'm up here and while it's uncertain whether or not I made the right choice, at least I can say I had the balls to take a chance.

[General Ludd]

Re: Re: You ever think of throwing it all away?

Originally posted by Frankychan


I think it depends on the reasoning behind it all.

I threw away a good career path, stability, home, and potential relationship for the chance/opportunity to move to the continental U.S.

Stability, home, and relationships are all good reasons to take a chance. Moving to the continental US, however, is not.

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Tiamat
Actually thinking of doing that now.

Read that immediatedly after Japher's post - I won't tell about the pics that went through my mind - they wouldn't be accepted by Ming .

On topic, I think most people has such fantasies - I have too - but reality is that unless you have a ****load of money, then such a life sucks seriously.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
It really all depends on how old you are. When you realize the fact that, throughout history, it has been 20-somethings who are the catalyst for whatever revolution, you tend to realize that nothing much else happens between 30 and death except getting older.

Thank goodness I'm still going to graduate at a young 23.

Life ends at 30

*realizes I've only got 5 years to go*

*calculates all the time over the last 5 years i've wasted playing civ and posting on poly*

Oh ****.

[Victor Galis]

Meh, I recently quit playing MMOs and severely cut down my gaming time. Since then, I've found that I'm not so much addicted to computer gaming as just convinced that life isn't as fun