Friday, 25 September 2015

Chapter 2 The Trouser Thing

THE TROUSER THING



Trousers are an item of clothing worn from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, and dresses). They are also called pants in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. In British English, the word "pants" generally means underwear and not trousers. It can also mean 'that's not so good’ as in 'well that’s a bit pants ' a polite way of saying 'it’s shit'

                          Fishpigg? Yes with two ‘G’s although I don’t think anyone knew they were pronouncing two ‘G’s or why anyone would be named after a fish and a pig.

It probably started out as a Facebook ID, Fishpigg not Trouser Thing, but that sounds pretty good too, or was it YouTube? Well it definitely got in the face of a few.

 

He quite quickly found out that it provided anyone who took a dislike to his sometimes blunt acerbic wit, an instant retort that hardly needed any thinking about. It gave them plenty of ammunition if somewhat obvious ammunition, usually implying smells and obesity and rolling around in shit. He would then of course say that the name was not his choice but destiny’s and a cosmic melding of east and west, always with a faint hope that somebody would work it out.

 

Johnny, as Fishpigg, liked to leave enlightening comments on YouTube as a way of sort of hinting at how enlightened he was (which really isn't a very enlightened thing to do). Comments like “WAKE UP, OPEN YOUR EYES” to a bunch of Non-duality satsangers who were all sat around with their eyes shut.

 

 He once made a comment about some Tai Chi teacher who really wasn't teaching Tai Chi the Chinese call it Tofu Tai Chi, the guy looked more like a hairdresser, it was all a bit floaty corny spirituality but man those Tai chi guys comments were vicious. One guy in particular was just not peaceful or Tai Ji like at all and used all the smelling of fish and a pig in shit similes and seemed to be very upset. Fishpigg said ‘just chill out man I’m sure your teacher wouldn't want you to be so totally aseholeic about this just relax, no resistance stay grounded ,get a haircut I’m ‘Sorry I didn't realise he was your girlfriend ‘

 

  “Keep taking the smarties! “ Was not appreciated by someone who really shouldn’t be doing interviews on consciousness or in English without subtitles. He got barred from making any more comments on that site instantly after his first comment which just didn’t add up you know you’re talking about enlightenment, compassion, tolerance understanding but this one slightly harmless comment really pisses your enlightened ass off and BLAM not even a warning, any way that was a shame because he really liked it and watched it a lot.

You see some of these comments were meant to stir people’s emotions it was like a test “you think you’ve attained some higher level of consciousness or compassion but these words have left wounds.

 

 

Ah but they’re only words you say ‘Shut the fuck up’ you stupid son Of a bitch’ he says or would say if he was in an American movie but he isn't so he says ‘Shut the fuck up you motherfucker idiots’ because sometimes he like to think he’s in an American movie, other times he’ll say ‘Paris is so much more romantic in the rain, don’t you think?’ If he feels like being in a woody Allen movie about Paris.

If he’s feeling a little 1988 Bruce Willis (Die Hard) or Roman Polanski he’ll just smoke a Gauloise.

 

Words are very very powerful maybe he was a bit careless, but Like Ram Dass once said, “If you think you are enlightened, spend a week with your parents. You see Johnny’s drinking and drugging adventures were really a misguided tour towards enlightenment.

 

Anyway it wouldn’t have been that long before he would have been leaving more positive comments like ‘Reduce the smarties gradually ‘a supervised withdrawal is recommended‘-Learn the correct English words so that your non dual enlightened Masters actually know what you’re on about', then I don't have to listen to some non-dual band wagoner answer the wrong question for twenty minutes and then realise that he’s just answered the wrong question for twenty minutes because he couldn’t understand your accent and it was a stupid fucking question anyway because there is no-one to ask it or answer it there is only sitting on a fucking chair.

 

One of his best comments was of course the Trouser thing ‘Put some Trousers on’ was aimed at Adyshanty This bald monk looking guy who didn’t look old enough to be wise or Zen like.

He was wearing something like an orange bathrobe or a dress a Buddhist monk’s bathrobe.

 Fishpigg thought that it was totally hierarchically uncool and naff-like. ‘Oh when you become as enlightened or as obviously peaceful as I am’ It was like having a neon sign in neon ORANGE around his holy Orange neck saying ‘get your enlightenment here discount for early bookers ‘So Fishpigg suggested that he could change his name again to Adyapanty because he would be wearing trousers if he ‘PUT SOME FUCKING TROUSERS ON YOU KNOB’

 

I guess they could be Orange trousers? Surprisingly he did start to wear trousers and a shirt which obviously was the result of Fishpiggs hilarious enlightening comment and non-dual intervention, he was quite proud of that.

 

But who is quite proud of that if there is no self?

Q: How many non-dualist does it take to change a light bulb? 

A: One, without another. (Non- dualist joke)

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