I live and work with a bunch of overachievers. Did you know there are actually people in the world that want more than to sit on their couch and eat pizza and play video games? I have no idea how exhausting it must be to have goals to do stuff other than that. What kind of life could that possibly be? Being tired all the time because you have to talk to people or work hard, or leave the house for 8 hours a day and hope that someone will value the work you do so much that they will actually pay you money for it? All I know is that on that rare occasion when I actually accidentally accomplish something, I like to rest on my laurels. I’m not sure where that saying came from. Maybe we should ask Laurel. If you’re out there, Laurel and you have a little time, could you just comment on the blog where it came from? Well, that was my movement from the couch today. Let’s just rest on our Laurels shall we and watch some Friday Bitter Giftures…
This kid had big ambitions to make the US Olympic team in Gymnastics…
…until he found out how much better naps were.
Don’t knock it over until you try it…
…said the pin that’s soul purpose is to be knocked over.
This guy retired to a life of resting on his laurel’s….
…immediately after his life’s greatest accomplishment.
This amazing girl accomplished at a young age what I’ve spent a lifetime trying to do….
…taking a nap WHILE doing her greatest work.
Zach Galifianakis worked really hard to…
…rest between these two Laurels….
Laurel here decided to flip the script…
…and rest on other people’s shoulders.
You know when you have an idea…
…and lightening strikes? Yeah, me neither.
When you think you are within $100 of your showcase…
…but over the price and not under…
Just when you think you can take care of yourself…
…and then you show them how to rest of your laurels.
There’s not better place to in the world to rest on your laurels…
…than in a water fountain at your friends wedding.
I think a lot of people wish…
…Drake would rest on his laurels….
And last and probably least, these ferrets just couldn’t let Yoda…
…rest on his laurels…
And there you have it. The last productive thing I’m doing…for the rest of the year. See you overachievers on the other side. I’m going to go lay under my desk for the rest of the day. If you could just wake me up in time for the pizza, that would be great. Thanks.
ARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH
Bitter Unproductive Ben
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Great videos, but wanted to see more of each one.
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Well, I will have to go back and find the film for each of them then. Maybe do an extended cut.
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The “Pin” stalker gives me the creeps, I am glad he is not very good at running.
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He is good at falling down, which is what they are supposed to be.
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All I want to know is, where the HELL do i get a Yoda toy like that??? Please tell me you know.
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I think you can get it on the internet. Walmart for $49.99. Or you could buy it through my site. Just google Yoda Toy that moves.
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Wait, I think I know that bowling pin!
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Yeah, I know that guy too. He’s always getting knocked over.
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I just had an epiphany. Maybe my middle name is actually the reason I’m only 5′ tall. Perhaps everyone has been resting on it, thus subjugating and oppressing any growth spurt that tried to assert itself. Yes, that must be it. It has nothing to do with my tiny parents. It has everything to do with the poor naming choices they made.
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I think you are on to something. So we don’t blame our families genetically, we blame them for their mistakes in naming us. Either way…
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The bowling pin mascot-thing is just downright… scary. I’d run away if it came at me! D:
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Yeah, I hate getting pinned down.
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I am seriously jealous of that pun. It’s so beautiful… I am tearing up right now *sniff sniff*
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Puns are pretty much the best. I believe the highest form of humor when done right.
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Amen. I used to underestimate them, until I started making them D:
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And now you can’t live without them. I used to do them with my best friend in college all the time.
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I like resting on my laurels also. As long as someone else collects them and arranges them into a nice soft mattress for me.
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I love resting on soft things. A bed, a couch, someone else as long as they are soft…
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Ha ha ha this blog post is very funny! But despite claiming to be a couch potato who spends his life eating pizza this blog post must have taken quite a lot of work! The videos the jokes you’re so good at being idle you deserve a PhD!
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You got that right. That’s why I plan on taking the rest of the day and the weekend to take naps and eat pizza.
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Yep, resting on mine at the moment. Turned out I didn’t really want the job, just the money. Pizza and resting on my laurels is so much easier! Happy Friday!
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Is that why I keep doing this job? I thought it was just for material for more bitterness. I thought my wife just wanted me out of the house all the time.
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And that last part is probably true! I know my boyfriend told me he would be home 3 days this week and I was like Really? Like all day? Are you sure they don’t need you? lol
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For some weird reason my wife is okay with me staying home…for a week at a time. Then she is glad to ship me off for 8-10 hours a day.
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Sadly, only my middle name is Laurel, so I have no real answer for you.
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Well, you should be able to at least offer a middle name’s perspective on the matter.
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Pizza is better! Over achievers at work create office politics…aaarrgh! Have a bitterly great Friday Bitter Ben 😊
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Yeah, and overachievers cause more work for the rest of us.
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I wish I had a Laurel to rest on, but if I have to share I’ll stick with Mrs M. I also wish I could
rest under my desk
while collecting checks.
Or make money
like Marshall Mathers makes
(Bring on the frosted cakes,
I ate my frosted flakes)
doing what I’ve just done
for fun.
~Jealous Bitter Deon
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If I was making checks like Mr. Mathers I might actually get up from underneath my desk and write a few more rhymes. And work on my terrible writing.
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(read as gum-chewing 15 year old girl because that’s the voice I hear in my head when I read it: ) I like your writing, so to be honest, I’d prefer it if you’d work on your good writing and not your terrible writing. Why do you want to work on the terrible writing?
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Because the terrible writing is so much funnier to me than the good writing. The good writing makes too much sense and stuff.
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Love the “Zach Galifianakis” video clip, esp the other guy’s total lack of expression. Wish I could do that on poker night. Have a great Friday, pizza will be there soon! 🙂
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Yeah, that other guy. The pizza is a few hours away. Such torture! Good thing I will be under my desk taking a nap.
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You have accomplished something today: the bowling pin gif may very well trump all of the T-rex costume gifs out there. And those are pretty darn funny.
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You can never have enough Bowling Pin falling over gifs!
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I saw Laurel and she’s pissed. I mean, everyone resting on her and all. Some of them don’t even bathe!! And like, when does she get a chance to rest??
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Yeah, I’ve heard that. People don’t really listen to the DON’T rest on your Laurel part. But I’m too tired, so she’s just gonna have to deal.
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