Comments on: Levelling – In Pursuit of the Spiritual Bungalow http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/ We're Blathering About... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: manny-san http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1342 manny-san Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:45:51 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1342 Righteous Dude, you bet that your dwelling equates to a bungalow. It's just as much about the dudely residents the dwelling contains as it is about the structure. Even more so, if you get right down to it. Keep on abiding. Righteous Dude, you bet that your dwelling equates to a bungalow. It’s just as much about the dudely residents the dwelling contains as it is about the structure. Even more so, if you get right down to it. Keep on abiding.

]]> By: therighteousdude http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 therighteousdude Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:13:52 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1341 Also, me and The Mrs. Righteous Dude live in a single story, 3 bed 2 bath house. I guess that equates to a bungalow? I only know we are surrounded by huge 2 story homes. And most of them are for sale. Also, me and The Mrs. Righteous Dude live in a single story, 3 bed 2 bath house. I guess that equates to a bungalow? I only know we are surrounded by huge 2 story homes. And most of them are for sale.

]]> By: therighteousdude http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1340 therighteousdude Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:10:44 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1340 This was cool, man! The Righteous Dude is all about the merging of Dudeism with other ways of thinking. Bringing the Levellers (not the band) did have some very Dude goals. Maybe a little reactionary in their methods, but, hey, man, that's cool. All they needed to do was have a White Russian and maybe a Thai stick and they would be the perfect fit. We all have rules, and we all have goals. When one cannot find a way to reach a goal and follow the rules, something needs to change. Usually, it's the rules. Abide, dudes. This was cool, man! The Righteous Dude is all about the merging of Dudeism with other ways of thinking.

Bringing the Levellers (not the band) did have some very Dude goals. Maybe a little reactionary in their methods, but, hey, man, that’s cool. All they needed to do was have a White Russian and maybe a Thai stick and they would be the perfect fit.

We all have rules, and we all have goals. When one cannot find a way to reach a goal and follow the rules, something needs to change. Usually, it’s the rules.

Abide, dudes.

]]> By: Rev. Ed C http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 Rev. Ed C Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:50:22 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1336 Well, as the Levellers (yeah, I am talking about the band this time) famously sang: "There's only ONE, way of life. And that is your own, that's your own, that's your own!" That's the anthem of the Dude in the face of the undudely one who'll try to tell you how to run your life. I think we can all say quite proudly, and honestly "we're not hurting anyone here, man." Well, as the Levellers (yeah, I am talking about the band this time) famously sang:

“There’s only ONE, way of life. And that is your own, that’s your own, that’s your own!”

That’s the anthem of the Dude in the face of the undudely one who’ll try to tell you how to run your life. I think we can all say quite proudly, and honestly “we’re not hurting anyone here, man.”

]]> By: Dude-vinci http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 Dude-vinci Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:00:24 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1335 my special lady friend and i purchased a 3 bed 1 bath "bungalow" last June and we often get asked about the size... hard to explain to the un-dude that we are choosing to NOT live beyond our means. Sure it's small, but it's all we need, dude. Four walls and a roof, you know? my special lady friend and i purchased a 3 bed 1 bath “bungalow” last June and we often get asked about the size… hard to explain to the un-dude that we are choosing to NOT live beyond our means. Sure it’s small, but it’s all we need, dude. Four walls and a roof, you know?

]]> By: manny-san http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 manny-san Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:04:24 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1333 Yeah, Dudes. Life is really pretty simple when you get right down to it, unless of course we decide to fuck it up. When I bought my little bungalow a few years back all my friends thought I was nuts. 'Cuz it's like, really little. But it forced me to discard a lot of detritus. Now I've turned it into a quiet little place here in the bayou country of south Louisiana, complete with a rug that, you guessed it, really ties the living room together. And Rev. AF, I agree whole-heartedly. It's like I tell the un-Dude ones when they get twisted up, if it ain't your penis or your anus, it ain't your business. Yeah, Dudes. Life is really pretty simple when you get right down to it, unless of course we decide to fuck it up. When I bought my little bungalow a few years back all my friends thought I was nuts. ‘Cuz it’s like, really little. But it forced me to discard a lot of detritus. Now I’ve turned it into a quiet little place here in the bayou country of south Louisiana, complete with a rug that, you guessed it, really ties the living room together.

And Rev. AF, I agree whole-heartedly. It’s like I tell the un-Dude ones when they get twisted up, if it ain’t your penis or your anus, it ain’t your business.

]]> By: Rev. AF http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Rev. AF Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:45:44 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1332 I think you are pretty right Rev., when we begin to make distinctions between humans we begin to go down becoming uptight. That's why I apply just two rules: 1 whatever happens between consenting adults is their business. 2 humans belong to two groups: good (dude) who respect others' rights and bad who do not(un-dude) And i have to say that now things are much less complicated. :) Far out dude. I think you are pretty right Rev., when we begin to make distinctions between humans we begin to go down becoming uptight. That’s why I apply just two rules:
1 whatever happens between consenting adults is their business.
2 humans belong to two groups: good (dude) who respect others’ rights and bad who do not(un-dude)
And i have to say that now things are much less complicated. :)
Far out dude.

]]> By: Rev. Ed C http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1330 Rev. Ed C Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:43:08 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1330 Smalls: Glad you're down with the message, man. I'd like to think if Honest John Lilburn was a man of our time he'd abide with our message, although I think he'd still be a political activist... oh well! Manny-San: Yeah, my grandmother lives in a Bungalow, and I always liked that, the whole one-level thing. I live in a flat currently, and have done for over five years, but it's 2nd floor, lots of stairs and strained removal-men's backs. Many many years ago I decided to design my own house for fun, and made it all one level. All these years on, it makes sense why! Smalls: Glad you’re down with the message, man. I’d like to think if Honest John Lilburn was a man of our time he’d abide with our message, although I think he’d still be a political activist… oh well!

Manny-San: Yeah, my grandmother lives in a Bungalow, and I always liked that, the whole one-level thing. I live in a flat currently, and have done for over five years, but it’s 2nd floor, lots of stairs and strained removal-men’s backs. Many many years ago I decided to design my own house for fun, and made it all one level. All these years on, it makes sense why!

]]> By: manny-san http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 manny-san Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:21:39 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1325 Excellent stuff, man. Living as I do in a for-real bungalow, it warms my heart to know that the whole Bungalow Concept has righteous merit in the eye of Dudes. Excellent stuff, man. Living as I do in a for-real bungalow, it warms my heart to know that the whole Bungalow Concept has righteous merit in the eye of Dudes.

]]> By: Smalls http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Smalls Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:36:52 +0000 http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/#comment-1324 Great read Dude. I love history in general and knew a little bit about the Levellers from a biography I got of Thomas Paine (lotta people accused him of being a latter-day "Leveller" as a slur), so to read about how it gels with Dudeism was really cool. My favorite was the beginning of the last paragraph: "And what’s our secret? We don’t need war, or aggressive pamphlets, we just need a calm, quiet voice keeping people sane when it all gets too hectic, reminding them that we treat everyone the same, even the fucking rug-pissers." Take it easy, and as it says above, lead by example. As an aside, the other day when some people tried to convert me to their brand of Baptist (they saw my bumper sticker...), I made sure to tell them I was a Reverend. Great read Dude. I love history in general and knew a little bit about the Levellers from a biography I got of Thomas Paine (lotta people accused him of being a latter-day “Leveller” as a slur), so to read about how it gels with Dudeism was really cool.

My favorite was the beginning of the last paragraph: “And what’s our secret? We don’t need war, or aggressive pamphlets, we just need a calm, quiet voice keeping people sane when it all gets too hectic, reminding them that we treat everyone the same, even the fucking rug-pissers.”

Take it easy, and as it says above, lead by example.

As an aside, the other day when some people tried to convert me to their brand of Baptist (they saw my bumper sticker…), I made sure to tell them I was a Reverend.

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