Freethinkers Anonymous

Frederick Allen Jones (Courtesy Freethinker Archives) The Freethinkers Institute welcomes you to its home page. Freethinkers Anonymous was founded in 1953 by poet, author, and original Freethinker Frederick Jones. For a comprehensive biography of Jones, we recommend Reginald Starkie’s Hey You Kids! Get Away From That Donkey--The Life of a Freethinker. Originally founded for reasons which remain obscure, the new mission of Freethinkers Anonymous is to find and provide a little humor to those who need it most. The legend of Fred Jones is, itself, almost as obscure as the origins of his weekly distribution list. Born in 1870, he had a series of misadventures around the globe, always going somewhere and never really getting there. After settling down in Colombo, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), he founded the Freethinkers Institute, then disappeared into the jungle, never to be heard from again.

Freethinkers Anonymous, as well as Freethinking in general, was revived in 1995, along with the weekly distribution list. Feel free to subscribe to the weekly list, or you can read the latest offerings online, as well as browsing through the Freethinker Archives.

Just What Is a Freethinker, Anyway?

The man most qualified to answer that question is lost in the dense jungle of Sri Lanka. However, it is rumored that Fred Jones is still alive, and that he continues his crusade against...er...that he’s still fighting to stamp out...um...well...any further questions, comments, complaints, should be directed to Frederick Jones himself.

Freethinkers Issues

1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010

January 7, 2000: "Snow What?"
January 14, 2000: "As Time Goes By"
January 21, 2000: "Why Should You Never Take a Cell Phone To Italy?"
January 28, 2000: "It'll Be Bigger Than..."
February 4, 2000: "Space: The Final Marketing Opportunity"
February 11, 2000: "Here we go again"
February 18, 2000: "What's Next--Soybeans?"
February 25, 2000: "It's All In How You Look"
March 3, 2000: "You Have 2 New Woofs"
March 10, 2000: "What Other Use?"
March 18, 2000: "Been there, done that, left trash"
March 24, 2000: "Bleep!"
March 31, 2000: "Deal of the Century"
April 7, 2000: "Natural Selection: The Show!"
April 14, 2000: "One Less Thing To Worry About"
April 21, 2000: "The Dating Scene"
April 28, 2000: "FREETHNKR"
May 5, 2000: "Gardening Is Decadent And Depraved"
May 12, 2000: "Oops."
May 19, 2000: "So long, goombahs!"
May 26, 2000: "What do you mean it WAS brilgum?"
June 23, 2000: "We Must Metriculate"
June 30, 2000: "Whose DNA Is It Anyway?"
July 7, 2000: "Call me a cab"
July 14, 2000: "The Truth Is Out There. WAY Out There."
July 21, 2000: "It's Getting Better"
July 28, 2000: "Shhh! Do You Smell Something?"
August 4, 2000: "Food, Glorious Food!"
August 11, 2000: "I May Already Be A Loser!"
August 18, 2000: "Words, words, words"
August 25, 2000: "Don't Ask Me"
September 1, 2000: "Fork You!"
September 8, 2000: "Volunteers Wanted"
September 15, 2000: "Free For All ©"
September 22, 2000: "When's the next bus?"
September 29, 2000: "Next Question, Please"
October 6, 2000: "Snakes alive!"
October 13, 2000: "I Want Candy!"
October 20, 2000: "Spaced Out"
October 27, 2000: "Trick Or Treat"
November 3, 2000: "All Tied Up"
November 10, 2000: "Look Out Below!"
November 17, 2000: "Lobster, Anyone?"
December 1, 2000: "Junk Mail"
December 8, 2000: "O Tannenbaum!"
December 15, 2000: "The Year That Was"
December 22, 2000: "2000: The Final Farewell"

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