Five Tons of Flax
In the Principia Discordia, "Five tons of flax" is given as the answer to the question, "Is there an essential meaning behind POEE?" (This is a reference to a Zen story about "Three pounds of flax".) Discordians have taken "Five tons of flax" as a slogan or as a universal answer to philosophical questions.
In the Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, which draws heavily upon Discordianism, "Flaxscrip" is depicted as a genuine form of scrip, serving to avoid the use of government-issued currency.
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