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French bloggers proud to be lazy

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PARIS, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Self-professed lazy Internet users in France want personal "lazing around days" to protest the French government's call to be more productive.

The French enjoy 11 national holidays and 5 weeks of paid vacation annually, along with 35-hour work weeks. Recently President Nicolas Sarkozy called for workers to "work more to earn more," the Daily Telegraph reported from Paris.

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A woman who identifies herself only as "Julie, a lawyer" set up a Web site in protest. The headline reads: "Lazy bones of the world, unite!"

The site offers guidelines on loafing and lazing on a personal day.

"Obviously, getting up is prohibited," the site says, adding baths and showers are out, and the dress code is pajamas or tracksuits, the Web site said.

The site recommends spontaneity in selecting lazing days, but also some courtesy.

"By midday one should start thinking about phoning the boss to inform of one's absence," the site says.

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