Archive for October 24th, 2007
Early on in my career as the northlondonhippy, I created a simple test to see if I was a bad person or not. I stumbled upon it while searching for something else recently and I thought it was worth trotting it out for you again.
I mean, think about it…what are the chances of all of you stumbling upon it independently. Zero! I’ve got too much content spanning too many years for anyone to discover one particular thing I wrote nearly three years ago!
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(originally posted 22nd January 2005)
I was thinking about this earlier and I’m actually a very bad hippy.
I didn’t set out to be one, but I think if I tested this, it would prove to be true. Perhaps not by my standards, but I would come out “bad”, based upon an “objective test”.
The test I have in mind will involve 10 questions, which you at home can answer too.
My test is based on “The Ten Commandments” which some people think were handed down by a supreme being often referred to as “god”.
Now, I’ve seen the film and “god” was an off-screen voice over and he gave the stone tablets to Charlton Heston, who is/was the head of the NRA in America. This has nothing to do with anything really, I’m just rambling.
Here’s the northlondonhippy “are u a bad person” quiz (my personal answers appear underneath each question):
1) “You shall have no other gods besides Me.
– Broken. I don’t really have any god, unless you wish to count my mushroom god.
2) “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
– Not broken. I’ve never made any idols, but I like Pop Idol and I don’t think that counts
3) “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
– Broken. Jesus H. Christ is one of my favourite exclamations, so is goddammit.
4) “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
– Broken. I work shifts, which means I potentially can be working any day of the week.
5) “Honour your father and your mother
– Broken. And badly. Enough said. Re-read previous entries if you want more details.
6) “You shall not murder.
– Not broken. But I live in hope, grrrrrrrr
7) “You shall not commit adultery.
– Broken. Not since I’ve been with Mrs. Hippy though, but in the past….
8 “You shall not steal.
– Broken. When I was about 4, I nicked a GI Joe doll from the playground. I gave it back
9) “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
– Broken. I make stuff up about them all the time. Their real lives are dull, so I need to do it.
10 “You shall not covet you neighbours house; your neighbours wife or his ass or anything that belongs to your neighbour.”
– Broken. I covet my neighbour’s car, it’s a Porsche, or “mid-life crisis mobile” as I like to call them. But I don’t covet his house, his wife or his ass. Well, I guess I might covet his wife’s ass a little bit though.
Scoring:
1 point for each commandment you’ve broken.
0 points for each commandment you’ve obeyed.
How’d you do?
I scored an “8″, which makes me a very bad boy indeed. All I need to do is construct a false idol and murder someone and I’d have a perfect score. Note to hippy: Must try harder!
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Wasn’t that fun? Are you as bad as this hippy?
Best if all, it just saved me from having to come up with something fresh and new today, while still maintaining my “100 posts in 100 days” rigamarole. I’ve been awake for 27 consecutive hours, I think I’ve earned a little bit of slack.
Goodnight, god bless, drive safely and don’t forget to tip the wait-staff!