A Life Less Ordinary

Ironmonger

Hi
Can anyone tell me what exactly they think this expression means?
Thanks

el_tiddlero

many people long for a life less ordinary.... it is both a blessing and a curse, much the same way as the chinese say "may you live in interesting times"

Chucky

I think it is there to be interpreted in whatever way you wish. For me it means a life that is away from the usual - going through school, going through college, getting a full-time job, buying house, marrying, kids, dying.


Some people like that. Others need extras. Others need constant change. Think of aid workers, who give up all the perks here (nice food, TV, money) just to go out and help others in poorer countries. Then again, think of those people who set up communities in forests in the US and self-sustain themselves in the way indigenous people do.


...It's all, less ordinary, and it's life

ziggy sawdust

chucky, chucky, chucky - you've got it all wrong. Sort of. I think.....

You're not describing a life less ordinary - you're describing a life extra-ordinary.

A life less ordinary is one which revels in the sub-banality of normality - and sees within our dull existence some spark which keeps us hoping and wishing.

It sort of reminds me of the quote from Wilde or some othert clever bloke "we're all lying in the gutter but some of us a looking at the stars."

'Less' is the key word. It points at the possibility that normal life is so dull that experiencing something 'less' than normality will actually prove fruitful. And that's a great concept. It hints at seediness being fulfilling and dumbness being enlightening. Its why Punk rock is good, why porn is captivating and why stupid people get on in life.

you get me??

ZS

Chucky

I still think it is there to be interpreted in whatever way you want though.


However, I liked and understood (I think) the way you have just interpreted it. CAn you give me some examples of people living a life less ordinary though, by your defintion?

azzeretti

I think there is no definitive answer this one. I reckon it is relative to ones life. The key word is ordinary. How does one define ordinary? What is ordinary for a F1 racer would certainly be extra-ordinary to me. And my life might be Less Ordinary to him. However my life could be deemed extra ordinary to an eskimo. I know this is a simple definition but it is how I perceive it.
Hollywood et al usually use it in reference to affluent individuals or people of means when they wish for a "simpler" life.

ziggy sawdust

hey chucky - no I can't

I'm not even sure what the hell I was on about - sounded convincing though!!

ZS