World of Weird Al Yankovic

So in thinking recently that I aim to live my life with a philosophy akin to Al's standard of living as evidenced by his humor, his outward appearance, and overall pleasant and upbeat nature, this sparked the idea of a possible book about the Tao of Al! Ideally Al should write this book, but I'm sure there are plenty of fans out there who have input as to how they live their lives with this understanding. Every chapter would be named after one of Al's songs (or albums, possibly), so if you have any input, I will be compiling the Tao of Al via this thread!

Ideas for chapter names that I have thus far:
Eat It
Dare to Be Stupid
Smells Like Nirvana
Perform This Way
Why Does This Always Happen To Me?
Everything You Know Is Wrong (or IS it?)
If That Isn't Love

It should open with the Twenty-Seven Commandments

[Make suggestions and I'll add them to the list.]

1. Thou shalt have no other parodists before me
2. Thou shalt not make or worship any misattributions
3. Thou shalt not take the Weird One's name in vain
4. Remember the Weasel Stomping Day, to keep it holy
5. Honor Nick & Mary
6. Thou shalt not bash in anyone's head
7. Thou shalt not mistakenly date thy cousin
8. Thou shalt not steal circus animals
9. Thou shalt not dispose of thy neighbor and deny any involvement
10. Thou shalt not creep anyone out
11. Thou shalt not taint thy speech with bad grammar
12. Thou shalt always dare to be stupid
13. Thou shalt not take pleasure in the music of Prince
14. Thou shalt keep at least 27 Hawaiian shirts on hand at all times
15. Thou shalt not illegally download songs
16. Thou shalt not pay good money for stupid ringtones
17. Thou shalt get thyself an egg and beat it, then open up thy mouth and feed it
18. Thou shalt possess a copy of UHF in some form; be it VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Laserdisc, Beta, etc.
19. Thou shalt not forward crap via e-mail to thy friends
20. Thou shalt not wear those shoes
21. Thou shalt not shake that boogie off thy finger; nor pick it off, flick it off, or lick it off
22. Thou shalt train thy Wonder Hamster in the ways of Harvey
23. Thou shalt not play that song, that Achy Breaky Song, the most annoying song we know
24. Thou shalt not throw poodles out of windows
25. Thou shalt not forget the gooey cream-filled center
26. Thou shalt not ask to borrow more than five bucks
27. And thou shalt never drive anywhere with a rabid wolverine in thy pants

tomatochives wrote:It should open with the Twenty-Seven Commandments

[Make suggestions and I'll add them to the list.]

I think this one is quite obvious:
Thou shalt not taint your speech with bad grammar

Thought shalt always dare to be stupid

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Thou shall not take pleasure in the music of Prince.
Thou shall keep at least 27 Hawaiian shirts on hand at all times

Thou shalt not illegally download songs.

Great idea, tomatochives! Here are my commandments:
-Thou shalt not pay good money for stupid ringtones
-Thou shalt get thyself an egg and beat it, then open up thy mouth and feed it.
-Thou shalt possess a copy of UHF in some form; be it VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Laserdisc, Beta, etc.
-Thou shalt not forward crap via e-mail to thy friends.

Thou shalt not wear those shoes.

-Thou shalt not shake that boogie off thy finger; nor pick it off, flick it off, or lick it off!
-Thou shalt train thy Wonder Hamster in the ways of Harvey.
-Thou shalt not play that song, that Achy Breaky Song, the most annoying song we know.

MW is that YOU?? Because your avatar is COOL. But you need the Ponys or some poodles or whatnot flying over your head in a flank.
Commandment # -98: Woof! (Pause.) Woof. ["Guess what city I'm in and I'll give you a twinkie-weiner sandwich."]

Al is so laid back, if you went to his house he probably has NO Thou-Shalt Nots! Except for Don't Throw That Poodle In The Pool. Then I Have To Remove The oodle from the ool. Because Now There Is P In It.