Goof off
Goof off verb - To spend time doing nothing.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both terms in one sentence
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Towards the end of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode "Stop the World, I Wanna Goof Off", while Lisa was messing with a reality changing watch; Homer, Bart, Marge and Maggie are briefly gender bent.
Source: Gender Bender -
In the skit "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", after breaking a magic watch and stranding themselves in stopped time, Bart and Milhouse raid a bookstore and spend ten years teaching themselves watch repair, finally returning to normal time as adults.
Source: Time Stands Still
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