Sunday, September 20, 2009

Frop & Slack

Habafropzipulops (or "frop" for short) is a mystical herb smoked in the pipe of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs. One cannot be like "Bob" unless one smokes a pipe just like "Bob." The frop makes it all the sweeter for the one wanting to be like "Bob." This is essential to the over-all slack generation that every SubGenius seek and gather in their lives. If one cannot find the frop, then one may seek out and substitute the sacred Cannabis (aka "marijuana") in the place of the frop. "Bob" will not judge one harshly for this divine substitution.


The term slacker is commonly used to refer to a person who avoids work, or an educated person who is viewed as an underachiever. Slackers may be regarded as belonging to an anti-materialistic counterculture, although in many cases their behavior may merely be due to apathy or laziness. In the case of the pipe smoking SubGenius, however, it is a higher state of being that leads to the concept pair transcendence and immanence, the slack that all SubGenius seek.

While use of the term slacker dates back to about 1790 or 1898 depending on the source, it gained some recognition during the British Gezira Scheme, when Sudanese laborers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically -- a form of protest known as "slacking." The term achieved a boost in popularity after its use in the film Slacker (1991), which is an American independent film written and directed by Richard Linklater.

The true power of the slack is within the slacker. One must always beware that your slack may be under attack. Never allow any person or entity to suck away at one's slack. Be wary of the evil time-vampires that will siphon away your slack and drag one down to the level of the bland normals and pink boys. Do not allow a succubus to absorb your slack. Arise! J.R. "Bob" Dobbs is the High Epopt and Living Slack Master. Slack-filled young men and women of Yeti descent worldwide will one day rule the world.

(Church of the SubGenius)