Saturday, October 6, 2007

The Round-Mouth Disease

There is an epidemic taking over this country and possibly the entire world. It's known to very few, and rarely discussed outside of their circles.

I'm speaking of The Dreaded Round-Mouth Disease.

Is it contagious? How do I know who suffers from it? Can I avoid catching it? What is this dreaded disease anyway?

Warning!!! This is a highly contagious disease!!!

Luckily, it's easy to tell who suffers from it. It's also easy to avoid catching it, but once you've caught it, it's almost impossible to get rid of it.

But what is it?

NLB and the 2 MPs have an excellent description of it, but it's a visual description that is difficult to translate to text. The best way to describe it is by looking for it.

On any given night, particularly in winter when it gets dark early, take a drive down the street and look around at the windows of the houses. A majority of the houses will have a faint blue glow coming from at least one window. You can guarantee with roughly 90% accuracy that in that room is at least one individual who suffers from the Round-Mouth Disease. If you were to look through the window (I don't suggest this unless you want to get arrested as a "Peeping Tom") you will see someone sitting or reclining on a chair or sofa staring at a box emitting the faint glow. This person will be sitting with an electronic device in their hands through which the box has enslaved them. And most likely, they will be sitting, open mouthed, with a blank look on their face. This is the sign of the Round-Mouth Disease.

The result of catching this disease is mental enslavement. The box takes control of you and keeps you sitting there. Night after night you return to the box to prove your enslavement.

The Cure:

TURN OFF THE BOX!!!!!!

It's amazing how much of your day is sapped by the box.

Many people in this country turn the box on in the morning before they leave for work. Assume that it takes you 1 hour to get ready in the morning. That's 1 hour of enslavement.

Some people have boxes at work that they keep on. If the box isn't part of your actual job, they you would only see it during lunch and breaks. Add 1.5 hours.

When people get home, they typically turn the box on when they get home and leave it on until they fall asleep. If the person gets home at 6:00 and falls asleep at 10:00 that's an additional 4 hours of enslavement.

Total: 6.5 hours of enslavement to the box.

If the average person is only awake for 16 hours each day, that person is enslaved to the box for 40% of their waking hours, 5 days of the week. Many of them are enslaved even more on the weekends.

Imagine what you could do if you reclaimed those hours and used them productively.

  1. Dedicate some time to developing yourself through reading or going back to school.
  2. Dedicate some time to excercise (If you're a typical human being, you need it).
  3. Learn a new skill.
  4. Spend time with your family.
  5. Create your own business and develop wealth beyond your wildest dreams!
Recent research indicates that we are more productive later in the day than first thing in the morning. Use this to your advantage, but whatever you do...

To avoid the Round-Mouth Disease TURN THE TELEVISION OFF!!!!!!



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