I suppose I should be getting ready
rather than hanging out here in the garden
drinking G & T’s
reading an ode to the art of ‘goofing off’
which is sort of like Jenny Joseph’s
‘When I am an old woman I shall wear purple’
which she wrote at 29
& that pic of Bill Murray at Cannes in his short-sleeved
psychedelic shirt, baby blue shorts & panama hat
looking ‘gleefully unhinged’
- pic from Style in ‘The Age’
John Malone 
I think that there could be no higher aspiration than to be “Gleefully Unhinged.”
You made my day, John. Thanks so much.
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Lol, that picture of Bill Murray did it for me 🙂
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Agree—not sure there is a better picture to match the title 😂
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when I saw that picture after reading Beth’s post about ‘goofing off’ I knew I had my poem 🙂
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Unhinged is the new normal, John.
Isn’t it good to finally be in fashion?
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Lol; still, you’d be a brave boy to wear this out in the world; don’t know what my mates would make of it at the pub Friday arvo 🙂
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Over some floral spandex
active wear, and perhaps
a pair of go-go boots 🤔
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hahahaha; I’m not sure if I’m up for such stylistic shenanigans, David 🙂
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Guess we each have our own personal version of goofing off AND of unhinged?
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I’m sure we do, Becky; all I know is we need to do it now and then to stay sane; like Seals said: ‘we’re never going to survive unless we’re a little bit crazy’ 🙂
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More true every day.
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definitely: I’ve not known another time as disruptive and angsty as this —
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That’s for sure!
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Whatever for? You’ve made a paradise and your poems invite us in. If I were you, I’d never leave. Love the allusions, John.
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true; actually I never did get to finish getting ready; I was too busy in the garden, under the palms, with my G &T’s, goofing off 🙂
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GU! Gleefully unhinged would be the best r-shirt
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your post led to this little poem about ‘goofing off’; thanks 🙂
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I love wearing Purple and I don’t consider myself an Old Woman, yet.
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good on you; of course, she wrote her piece decades ago when dress codes would have been different, esp age related dress codes —
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Gleefully unhinged is where it’s at, John. 🤣
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our poems need to become gleefully unhinged too . Hobbo: they need to sport psychedelic shirts and baby blue shorts and jaunty panama hats 🙂
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🤣 And absolutely no footwear!
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Lol; well, maybe a colourful pair of sandles 🙂
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Okay then. 😂
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It’s healthy and beneficial to goof off a good bit of the time, I think.
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Good on you, Neil; my way of thinking too:)
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That picture definitely does do justice to that phrase. Whatever suits one. And however. 🙂
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Murray appeared on stage at last night’s Oscars, during the In Memoriam segment, to honor Ghostbusters director, Ivan Reitman… Every time I see the man I think, OMG it’s Bill Murray! And that’s what I say here.
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he cuts a remarkable figure; ‘Ghost Busters’ and ‘Groundhog Day’ are my favourites of his; my partner loves ‘Scrooged’ but it doesn’t work for me 🙂
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Love this! I’m all for turning into Bill Murray as I age! Great post!
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thanks Bob; I think he’s a positive role model too 🙂
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To be gleeful and unhinged — it’s my aspiration for today!
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Lol ; have a happy, goofy day, Eden 🙂
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