Nice indeed to think that the dude is out there, takin’ ‘er easy for the rest of us. I see in the dude, any of us… most particularly me, or at least what could be me, with a little more or less effort. I have to say that based on my own experience, there is a lot of prejudice out there regarding the “unemployed”. Lately, people have asked me, “what do you do?” although I really think they’re asking “who are you?”. When I respond “nothing.”, I invariably answer the wrong question. They assume that I am indeed nothing. Anyway, sorry for delving there, I just mean that I identified with the dude on a higher level. Although I don’t personally see the attraction of bowling, I see how the dude could. Every man has his nirvana.