Post by Seagull Fred on Dec 10, 2004 15:54:02 GMT 11
Okay, so, I heard The Sunscreen Song on the radio this week, and suddenly remembered the Not the Sunscreen Song, by John Safran.
I just wanted to remind everyone wot a great song that was in its time, and to let any young 'uns out there who haven't heard it (because it's, like, SO last century
) to have a chance to read through it.
Maybe we should write our own version...?
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If you're unsure about what you're going to do with your life, try to remember, some of the most interesting people didn't know what they were going to do at age twenty-two or even at forty, and nearly all of them are unemployed drug addicts forced to live on cat food.
Also understand that friends will come and go. This is because of your irritating personality, nobody likes you.
So if the only thing getting you thought the day is the misconception that people like you, end it now.
*cue shotgun*
Learn how to smoke Whinny Blues. If you're under aged, get an older kid to buy them for you.
Get to really know your parents, they're good for money. Milk them, then put them in an old people's home.
Travel as often as you can, live in New York City once,
live in Northern California once.
But never live in Adelaide.
It's a hole.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have
children, maybe you won't.
If you do have children, lock them under the stairs.
Do one thing each day that scares you:
sing, dance, jump in front of a car.
Do not trust anyone who tries to update Shakespeare
for the kids.
And if you see Quindon Tarver in the street,
punch him in the face for me.
*cue Quindon Tarver singing*
*cue punching sound*
If you're worried about the way you look, try to remember, you're probably fatter than you think. Maybe you should consider an eating disorder.
Don't worry too much about the future. If you're nervous about an exam, ring up your school at the scheduled time, and make a bomb threat.
If you're a girl, lie about period pains to get out of anything you don't want to do.
Cheat if you think you can get away with it.
Remember, someone with richer parents is getting private tuition.
Shop-lift as often as you can. Shopping Centres factor shop-lifting into their prices, so if you don't do it, it's like
they're getting money for free.
When you're on work experience, steal a cab-charge, and take a Taxi to Perth.
Wear sunscreen, but only if it's that coconut oil that gives you cancer.
Keep your old love letters, if you see an old lover in the street, try to run them over in your car.
Don't mess too much with your hair, or else by the time you're thirty-five, you'll look like Greg Matthews.
Remember you can wear your underwear four times without washing them:
Forwards.
Backwards.
Inside-out Forwards.
Inside-out Backwards.
*cue Quindon Tarver singing*
*cue shotgun*
Congregate in gangs around train stations and shopping centres, it's a free country, it's public space.
Skateboard on War Memorials.
Smoke in your School uniform.
Set off car alarms.
Plant drugs on a teacher.
Join a cult.
Spike drinks.
Don't flush public toilets.
Remember, only you will truly take care of you, so carry a concealed weapon.
Don't wear your 'P' plates.
Walk around with your eye lids rolled back.
Touch your tongue on the tip of batteries.
Be open to new love.
Remember, you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex.
Expect others to support you, it's easy to get the dole
and still do cash in hand work.
Respect your elders. When your grandma dies, have her stuffed.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when you're knee capped by a loan shark.
Get revenge. Don't forgive anyone for anything,
But most of all, don't aim too high. You're probably only
suited to an office or factory job.
====
Yes, some of the stuff above is actually pretty terrible. But I can't ever think of washing underpants now without thinking of this song.
That is all.
Lauren
I just wanted to remind everyone wot a great song that was in its time, and to let any young 'uns out there who haven't heard it (because it's, like, SO last century
) to have a chance to read through it.Maybe we should write our own version...?
====
If you're unsure about what you're going to do with your life, try to remember, some of the most interesting people didn't know what they were going to do at age twenty-two or even at forty, and nearly all of them are unemployed drug addicts forced to live on cat food.
Also understand that friends will come and go. This is because of your irritating personality, nobody likes you.
So if the only thing getting you thought the day is the misconception that people like you, end it now.
*cue shotgun*
Learn how to smoke Whinny Blues. If you're under aged, get an older kid to buy them for you.
Get to really know your parents, they're good for money. Milk them, then put them in an old people's home.
Travel as often as you can, live in New York City once,
live in Northern California once.
But never live in Adelaide.
It's a hole.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have
children, maybe you won't.
If you do have children, lock them under the stairs.
Do one thing each day that scares you:
sing, dance, jump in front of a car.
Do not trust anyone who tries to update Shakespeare
for the kids.
And if you see Quindon Tarver in the street,
punch him in the face for me.
*cue Quindon Tarver singing*
*cue punching sound*
If you're worried about the way you look, try to remember, you're probably fatter than you think. Maybe you should consider an eating disorder.
Don't worry too much about the future. If you're nervous about an exam, ring up your school at the scheduled time, and make a bomb threat.
If you're a girl, lie about period pains to get out of anything you don't want to do.
Cheat if you think you can get away with it.
Remember, someone with richer parents is getting private tuition.
Shop-lift as often as you can. Shopping Centres factor shop-lifting into their prices, so if you don't do it, it's like
they're getting money for free.
When you're on work experience, steal a cab-charge, and take a Taxi to Perth.
Wear sunscreen, but only if it's that coconut oil that gives you cancer.
Keep your old love letters, if you see an old lover in the street, try to run them over in your car.
Don't mess too much with your hair, or else by the time you're thirty-five, you'll look like Greg Matthews.
Remember you can wear your underwear four times without washing them:
Forwards.
Backwards.
Inside-out Forwards.
Inside-out Backwards.
*cue Quindon Tarver singing*
*cue shotgun*
Congregate in gangs around train stations and shopping centres, it's a free country, it's public space.
Skateboard on War Memorials.
Smoke in your School uniform.
Set off car alarms.
Plant drugs on a teacher.
Join a cult.
Spike drinks.
Don't flush public toilets.
Remember, only you will truly take care of you, so carry a concealed weapon.
Don't wear your 'P' plates.
Walk around with your eye lids rolled back.
Touch your tongue on the tip of batteries.
Be open to new love.
Remember, you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex.
Expect others to support you, it's easy to get the dole
and still do cash in hand work.
Respect your elders. When your grandma dies, have her stuffed.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when you're knee capped by a loan shark.
Get revenge. Don't forgive anyone for anything,
But most of all, don't aim too high. You're probably only
suited to an office or factory job.
====
Yes, some of the stuff above is actually pretty terrible. But I can't ever think of washing underpants now without thinking of this song.
That is all.
Lauren
