Guilty as charged and caught red handed!!

There's nothing wrong with wilfing as long as the work gets done, it's when that's all you do that it becomes a problem!

Helen, North East,

I wish I was surfing my life away. Better youngsters be out in the waves surfing than wilfing in my opinion.

How on earth did the ultimate in geekiness ever get to be called surfing?

alf, St David's, Wales

So how is this any different from spending an hour or two browsing in a bookshop, sorting through an old pile of magazines and ending up reading bits or pottering around the garden finding various jobs that you didn't plan to do? It sounds like perfectly normal human behaviour to me.

The joy of the web is that one link leads to another and often you find wonder new things.

Robert, Manchester,

People have always wasted time at work. One could argue it's a necessary part of a working day during those periods when deadlines do not loom. So now instead of chatting, or daydreaming, they wander the web.

When will society realise that in 99.9% of cases, the dreaded Internet is NOT the problem; it merely offers a NEW way to amuse/abuse/communicate/campaign/sell/buy...

The problems are with us!!

John Ellis, Cambridge,

I'd rather have my son chase his mates around the back alley with a water pistol than have him "wilf" and learn horrific stuff on the Internet, thankyouverymuch, Joshua. Yup, it's noisy. That's what kids do. If you don't like it, go live in a retirement village.

I use the Internet to do research for my work, read up on the news, and talk to friends. I never randomly search, I'm not THAT bored! I'd rather read a book!

starling, Lancaster,

I encourage my staff to use the internet as much as they want. The work still gets done and I have happy staff.

Andrew, London, UK

Better that youngsters be "wilfing" than out on the streets up to no good in my opinion.

Joshua Powell, Manchester,

Well. The internet is the advent of Knowledge. It is in fact, helping everyone to learn that which they did not know before. If we are wandering aimlessly looking for new information...then yes, we become like drones looking for instruction per say. I for one, having been online for over 10 years am ready to unplug and learn about how to communicate with people.

Anyone for a trade of lifestyle? You teach me how to communicate with people, you can have my life of online. Sounds fair to me! :)

Brian Kortmeyer, Palm Springs, usa, CA

Got sent out a link on timesonline about cats altering your personality, that I ended up not reading. Clicked the link to this story and decided to write my own comments after seeing i'm not really alone!
that makes me feel alot better!

On a side note, does that make me a "wilfer" ?

Marc, Montreal, Canada

Eventually life comes to an end. Some of us will have spent most of it working, some playing, a few in prayer or in solitude, and a considerable number endlessly clicking on web links.

Malcolm McLean, Bradford, UK

To me, Wilfing seems to be missing a 'W' somewhere. I prefer Otlic (Oh That Looks Interesting - Cick) but to each his own as the Old Lady said when she kissed the cow...

Steve Turnbull, munich, Germany

Yep, WILF-ed my way here too!

Daniel Houston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

I agree with Chris, I was tasked to get a few drivers and wondered upon this page.... as you do :-)

Bob Lowe, Merseyside,

I went into a school classroom once, the teacher pointed to Claire in the corner at the back earnestly typing away on the BBC B. "Claire's very good with computers" she said. During the lesson I sneaked a peek over Claire's shoulder. She typed "I love Bros, true. Enter" over and over and over again. Wonderful things computers!

John Ledbury, Kings Lynn, England

It goes past the point of irony that I'm reading this while at work. Damned first-day-back-after-the-bank-holiday!

Chris Davies, Manchester,