HOW TO BE A HIPPY
BY REILLY ROSBOTHAM
I would like to dedicate this book to my mother and father for actually being sort-of hippies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The basics of hippyness
Why hippies came around
The music of hippies
How to appear like a hippy to any ordinary
bystander who might just happen to see you
CHAPTER ONE: THE BASICS OF HIPPYNESS
There are a few things that all hippies nowadays have in common:
• They are all against war and extreme violence. If you've read about people in the 60's committing violence, it's either the police, the Black Panthers, or some annoying organization that thought it was right to use guns to stop the Vietnam War.
• They are not shy. If you are shy, move to Boulder, Colorado or some equally fun and eccentric place. After about a year you will be cured. Then you can be happy and crazy and wear silly, colorful clothes.
• They are always ready and willing to fall in love with anyone they might meet (it doesn't matter what gender you are: you can always be gay, as long as George Bush doesn't make it illegal). Don't be afraid to state this to the person you love, if they know, they will love you. And always remember: If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with!
• Unfortunately a lot of hippies do drugs. That is now out of fashion, and although in the 60's you had to take an acid trip once in a while to be a hippy, now drugs are not really part of what makes you a hippy. So forget this bit.
• They listen to hippy music: early rock, psychedelic music, and no bands with names like "The Killers" or "The All-American Rejects", 'cause that's just dumb.
• Talk like a hippy. Use words and phrases like "Fab", "Far out", "Cool Cat", "Yeah, man" and "Sweet".
• Two words: Be Hip.
All right, these are the main bullet points about how to be a hippy. Done 4 now fowks!