Discordian Cult I mean Commune

[Triple Zero]

That is actually a good plan. Buy a shitload of guns and move to Detroit. As the city progressively collapses we can grow and eventually rename the city to something silly that suits our fancy.

Retroit.

when we're done with it, it'll be a combo of "Discordia" and "Detroit", so ... "Distroit"

[LMNO]

But what about the poor lentils?
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[Pope Pixie Pickle]

lentils aren't so bad in stews with some chicken. I hated em whilst living in the permaculture camp, cos nae fucker soaked em properly. So much so something revolting gave me Lentil Face (eat lentils, make extreme revulsion face) for months until I found someone who can cook.  And add meat.

And the reson most communes are mostly veggie/vegan? Its fucking cheap to live on. £10 per head for three weeks.

Altho keeping chickens for eggs and the occasional bird for the table is a smart move.

Also I am used to cooking food for shit loads of people and can cook the range from omnivore to stinking vegan, and am not adverse to finding solutions to big differences in diet.

[Richter]

But what about the poor lentils?
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Ah, someone else with a knowledge of sick UK comedy!   

[LMNO]

"Ugh.... Mike, what's the best thing for a hangover?"
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"Drinking heavily the night before."
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[Pope Pixie Pickle]

Rik Mayall was amazing, my mum used to let me watch it when I was about 6.

[Darth Cupcake]

Wanna know how to avoid a hangover?
Don't stop drinking.
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[Richter]

"THE DOORBELL JUST BLEW UP!"
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VYVYAN, VYVYAN, VYVYAN.... Everytime something explodes in this house, IT'S ALWAYS BLOODY VYVYAN!"
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[That One Guy]

But what about the poor lentils?
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This is EXACTLY what I was picturing when Lentils were mentioned - love the Young Ones!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

But what about the poor lentils?
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This is EXACTLY what I was picturing when Lentils were mentioned - love the Young Ones!

The Young Ones was the best ONLY GOOD show on TV.  Ever.

[StoneCrowUK]

Altho keeping chickens for eggs and the occasional bird for the table is a smart move.

from personal experience if you can get chickens to work youll get alot of eggs and with every batch of chicks you get you'll get 50% cockerels, so plenty of tasty chicken and after each batch of chicks ( unless you eat them all ) youll have to change the cockerel so more meat!

[East Coast Hustle]

Detroit used to have a program where property that had been abandoned as urban blight would be sold for just about nothing so that it could be back on the city tax rolls.

I remember seeing an old brewery building for sale for an almost inconceivably low price, like under 20 grand.

or, put another way, a grand each from 20 of us.

Also, if this ever comes anywhere near fruition, count me in. You'll need someone who knows how to cook ANYTHING with ANYTHING, and you'll need connections to the "unofficial economy".

[Verbal Mike]

You guys should get started ASAP. I'll hop on over when I have my degree in 2011.

[Cramulus]

Bye mom, I'm moving into an abandoned factory in Detroit! BTW, can you make sure my body isn't buried in Michigan?

[Captain Utopia]

or, put another way, a grand each from 20 of us.

Which would be harder? 20x $1,000 or 20,000x $1 ?

Cause I'm now thinking Commune Timeshare. Advertise the Real Discordian^TM experience (you know: free love, cheech and chong movie marathons, elvis look-a-like competitions, rant workshops, etc). How hard is it to out-sex Scientology? I'm sure you could get more people interested in securing their place than who would actually show up.

For example, if in any year, you assume 10% turnout for any 5-day slot, that's only about 25-30 guests at a time. If you up the investment to $5, then you're down to a more manageable 5-6 guests. Plus on top of that you have a yearly "maintenance fee", charge "guest fees" for bringing along recruits friends, invest all that into new infrastructure and it's the perfect scam business plan.