Showing posts with label africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label africa. Show all posts

Monday, August 8, 2011

Who deserves it more?


I live in the United States.  You can look up more stats on world hunger here (WFP)

            There are 17 million hungry American kids.  There are 11 million hungry Somali.  Caca.

Who deserves the food more?

Friday, August 5, 2011

Watching the laundry and getting serious


            Laundry always interests me.  It’s such a mundane task, but you just have to do it one time or another, and people have had to do it for ages.  I really like to watch it spin.  As much as I love that, though, I always think about the people who had to do it when it was really hard work.  I hate laundry because it’s incredibly boring, but what about the time before that when it wasn’t just a boring chore mostly involving sitting and watching laundry spin. 

            For example, what about when laundry was actually physical exercise? 

            A long time ago (and still, I suppose, in undeveloped countries) people literally had to squeeze the laundry, rub the laundry on a washboard, go forth and carry it to the dry line and dry it.  Yick! 

            I wonder even more about people who don’t do laundry or don’t have the means.  For example, what about the poor people in Somalia?  Clearly, they have more important things to think about than laundry, like eating and wars and keeping cool.  I remember one time I bought a new shirt because I was just too busy to wash that night, but they clearly can’t do that.