Bokononism and the End of the World

Just finished Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. A crazy book about the end of the world caused by a chemically triggered ice age that isn’t really cold. Odd? I thought so too.

But what really makes this book wonderful is the religion Bokononism which has infected the whole island community of San Lorenzo. The Calypsos (poems) are hilarious and the whole concept sorta makes sense in a nonsensical kinda way. So get the book and come join in as Bokonon invites us to sing along:

” We do, doodley do, doodley do, doodley do,
What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,
Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.”
From the Books of Bokonon