Tony Hsieh from Zappos.com founded Duhism!
On this day when Duhism gained its 100,000th Twitter follower, it’s about time I fessed up and told you who the real founder of Duhism is…
Tony Hsieh.
Yes, the CEO of www.Zappos.com.
Tony didn’t know that he founded Duhism until just recently when I told him.
How did he do it then?
Simple.
I had resisted sharing The Duh with people for years, centuries, a long time. I knew that, in the wrong hands, the profounditudenessity of Duhism could have catastrophic consequences, including a reversing of the Earth’s magnetic field, the loss of the number 5, and endless reruns of Alf.
But Tony wrote an article about how much he loved Twitter and how his inspirational tweets got a lot of response.
I figured if his inspirational writings got attention, then the unspirational writings of Duhism should too.
So, in April 2008, I shared the first teaching of Duhism:
Remember, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single pee stop.
And the rest, as they say (and I wish I knew who THEY were so I could ask them to stop saying it), is history.
Thanks, Tony… now I can’t go out in public without people tugging at my tunic (no, that’s not a euphemism. I actually wear a tunic), the teachings of The Duh have spread to 4.5 continents, and we’ve taken all the money donated by Duhism’s followers and bought Petting Tzu a new collar.
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CYBERHALLELUJAH and #GloryToDuhism #smilesandhugs
Hello Dear Duhism Master! Bob Tzu, I would like to congratulate you on this great occasion! Now that so many people know your tweetabouts, I sense festive cerebrations with many more firewisecrackers and whatnuts.
Yours in Duh,
Sergey Malovatov
Congrats on the 100K, Master Bob! If I were on Twitter there’d be 100,001 already. Keep up the good werks!
Congratulations, Master! What’s a Twitter?
It’s similar to a henway
Did you realise your emailer cuts off long posts? It arrived in my inbox looking like this:
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Tony Hsieh from Zappos.com founded Duhism!
On this day when Duhism gained its 100,000th Twitter follower, it’s about time I fessed up and told you who the real founder of Duhism is… Tony Hsieh. Yes, the CEO of http://www.Zappos.com. Tony didn’t know that he founded Duhism until just recently when I told him. How did he do it then? Simple. I […]
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I blinked and thought “Isn’t that just typical of Twitter – making it impossible to post a coherent thought”.
Then I thought “Ahhhhh! Very clever Bob! The Duhism of today is a case in point of that fundamental rule of the universe – keep it short or you don’t get heard”.
Then I clicked through here to discover you were just gushing.
It doesn’t matter though, I’d never seen the “Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single pee stop”, so I once again proceed into my day enlightened.
Might I say, though, your most profound utterance was this one “We are driving the bus of our own destiny. Of course, we lost the map, we’re low on gas, and the restrooms need cleaning…”
This was the main reason I bought a car.
David