So far, nobody has followed up on my call for Quakified ads to sponsor ITLAQ Day. I have, however, some further thoughts on appropriate ways to celebrate the day:
- Have an ice cream firstdae
- Wear Friend Size pantyhose
- Post a video on TheeTube
- Watch George Fox News
- Turn off your computer and write with a Penn
- When crossing the street, be sure to mind the light
- Sing madrigals like “Now is the month of fifthmonthing”
- If you hit your thumb with a hammer, affirm loudly
- Then make like Barclay and Apologize profusely
- Shop at Friend & Taylor
- Sow some tame oats
- Put plain dressing on your salad
- As George Gascoigne wrote in 1575, anticipating Quaker values, “Do you, if you will follow my advise, eschue prolixitie and knit up your discourse as compendiously as you may, for breuitie (so that it be not drowned in obscuritie) is most commendable.” Or, in modern English, “Get to the point.”
…and, of course, BE QUIET if you have nothing inspired to say.