EDITORIAL: Some Food For Thought For Lazy Louisiana
The Town Talk (excerpt)

You'd better sit down, people. Then again, you're probably already sitting, if we can believe the latest assessment of the Louisiana lifestyle. The self-appointed fitness police at BusinessWeek.com have pointed a big, fat finger at us and called the Bayou State the Laziest State in America.

On average, we sleep, goof off and watch TV more than other Americans, and we work a whole lot less. So says the online publication, which analyzed five years of data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in its American Time Use Survey.

The report goes out of its way to say that "lazy" means "sedentary," not "lacking work ethic." That was smart. Louisianans are known for their ability to hunt and track just about anything. (Of course, they are known for cooking and eating just about anything, too.) Given that Louisianans think more than most others in America, this is good food for thought.