Smurf Card 3

Here's the next installment of the world wise Smurf Cards. Now, if you are a long time headinablog reader, fear not. I am not making this into a Smurf-only blog. There are a lot of things I would like to discuss and they are coming, but right now, I have some things I would like to share with you.

This, for example:










On the surface, this card may appear like a simple affirmation about taking time to relax, but is that all it is? Or is it that at all?

Could it be that this card is mocking the lazy? Those that do things only half-assed. Those that "phone it in." Those that are living in "cruise control." Those that don't use every scrap of life in them to make the world a better place for all Smurf-kind. This is the route I believe Peyo was going. I mean, look at the Smurf Village! Those mushrooms aren't going to hollow themselves out now are they? Peyo doesn't believe in sitting on one's laurels. Peyo is about the future. Even thought the Smurfs are set in medieval times, the Smurfs were always ahead of the curve. Again, take the Smurf Village as an example. The Smurfs invented modular housing approximately 1,000 years before we as Americans perfected it. I would go as far as saying they are very European (duh). You can't get more polyamorous than one women for 100+ dudes. And Handy Smurf Created a frekin' robot! It's true. Google it. Its name is Clockwork Smurf.

Very progressive, very forward thinking these Smurfs.

Of course there is another option. To us T.G.I.F. means "thank goodness it's Friday." To the Smurfs it might mean something else, like:

-That Gargamel is Funny
-Tailer-Smurf Gets in Front
-Tree Gloves in Fashion
-Tiny Germans Ingest Fungus
-That's Good It's Fighting
-The Grand Investment Futures

But then again, Maybe Peyo is saying it's OK to take a moment for yourself every now and then. But I doubt it. I really doubt it.

What do you think? What else could T.G.I.F. stand for for a Smurf?