Being Black
One more from Reckless Tortuga
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I aint going to India. EVER. If for some reason I do go, I damn sure aint eating there.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It pays to use a toilet in southern India, as residents are earning close to a dollar a month by using public urinals, a scheme launched by authorities to promote hygiene and research in rural areas.
Dozens of people are queuing up to use toilets in Musiri, a remote town in Tamil Nadu state, where authorities have succeeded in keeping street corners clean with the new scheme, The Times of India newspaper said on Sunday.
"In fact, many of us started using toilets for urination only after the ecosan (ecological sanitation) toilets were constructed in the area," said S. Rajasekaran, a truck cleaner.
The urine was also being collected and tested for its efficacy as a crop fertilizer, an official of the state's agricultural university added.
People relieving themselves in the open is a common sight in India's rural towns and villages, as basic sanitation still eludes millions.
(Reporting by Bappa Majumdar; Editing by Jerry Norton)
So let me get this right. The government is paying people. To use a toilet? The government has to give the rwesidents money not to pee on the street? WTF? This is the country that all our support jobs are being outsourced to? These people are the benefactors of several of my friends being out of work? People that arent even smart enough to find a tree or dig a hole to do their bussiness in?The sanitation worker, himself says HE only started using toilets when they built them recently. What the hell happended to the money they were getting from us? I know Dell, SBC, Toshiba, and several other companies shut down and started hosting tech support there. Are you telling me that we lost jobs in America and they didnt atleast build decent sanitation? WTF did they spend the money on? Elephant slippers? Replacement dots for the women? WHAT?
I want to knowm how exactly the goverment knows who peed when and where? How do you get your money? Is there some form to fll out? Do you measurwe it before you finish? What if you go more than average? Does some guy give you an extra 30 cets because you had a special time and had to pee more often? What about pregnant women? they always have to pee. Do they earn double because they are pee'ing for two? How the hell does this work?
Its just one more thing that makes me glad to live in America.
I just love knowing that I am a source of entertainment for the cosmos.
It happened four times this week. I think thats a record thus far.
First I meet a pretty girls who asks me for help. She is lost and does not know how to get home. So I help her. During the drive she tells me how her boyfriend is abusive and she wants to leave him. The reason she doesn’t is she has no where to go. when she leaves she gets my number and says she will be intouch. I never heard from her.
Then a friend calls. They are having a really bad time and needed someone. I offer the only thing I can. You need somewhere to and be safe, come over. They said they would. I have not heard from her at-all.
I met someone a couple of weeks ago and we are talking and having fun. Someone gave me free concert tickets so I ask her. not only does she not want to go, but she says we cant date. She likes me but she cant do it.
Another friend emails me and says, “Dave Matthews? That sounds fun.”
So I email her thinking we are going to go. Turns out she was just commenting. She didn’t plan to go.
So, the universe gave me four good pokes in the eye. I fell for every one of them too.
It all makes me wonder. When did I get the job of ‘Piss-Boy’
If his heart rules him, his conscience will soon take the place of the rod