# Have A Manifesto? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 13, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148 "2013-02-13T03:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/1 "2013-02-13T03:38:47Z")
And if so, where do you keep copies; safe deposit box, desk drawer, with a trusted friend, etc.? Oddly, I find myself without a manifesto. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/2 "2013-02-13T03:40:00Z")
Anyone care to share their experiences having a ghost writer author their manifesto? Asking for a friend, here. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/3 "2013-02-13T03:41:50Z")
You mean a biography. A manifesto is an intentional publication, usually by an organization. A personal manifesto is little more than a resume. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/4 "2013-02-13T04:18:43Z")
I am manifestless and likely to remain so. Guess it’s my destiny. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/5 "2013-02-13T04:57:01Z")
Yeah, I’ve written up a few things of that nature. Mostly in the form of several personal moral oaths. As one example, I am sworn not to kill vertebrates. As another example, I’ve got a clause in my will that, if I am murdered, I do not wish my murderer to be executed. A bunch of unrelated clauses, but they sum up to my manifesto. (Does that make it a multifesto?) ---
**Author:** ![kyogi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@kyogi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kyogi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/6 "2013-02-13T06:18:23Z")
Hey, I’m damn good. Insightful and, if necessary, creative. So if you need a ghost-writer for your manifesto, I’m 100% open to the proposition. It’s like this: if you die and I don’t get paid, at least I got to look into your morbid soul before everyone else lost the chance. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/7 "2013-02-13T07:23:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > And if so, where do you keep copies; safe deposit box, desk drawer, with a trusted friend, etc.? > > Oddly, I find myself without a manifesto. ☹ I have an unwritten manifesto, as befits a man determined to do as little as humanly possible. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/8 "2013-02-13T07:41:19Z")
Manifesto? Not really. More like a loose collection of Post-Its. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148/9 "2013-02-13T12:28:40Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > As another example, I’ve got a clause in my will that, if I am murdered, I do not wish my murderer to be executed. Wow. I’ve got a clause in my will as well. It states that, should I be murdered, all my possessions shall go to the person(s) who kill the sumbitch that killed me!