Rejected Readers Digest 2 – Starving Africans

Here is the second in a series of light-hearted cartoons that are so bad they are good.  Here is the first in case you missed it.

Comments

60 responses to “Rejected Readers Digest 2 – Starving Africans”

  1. jammer5 Avatar

    Love it. I watched a program where scientists found many people have an allergic reaction to a specific chemical in cabbage crops. Sometimes they grow out of it, sometimes they don’t. Interesting.

    1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

      I like raw cabbage in coleslaw, etc. When you boil cabbage it attracts green flies. I try to avoid eating things that attract green flies.

      1. Bearman Avatar

        Green flies? Never heard of those. Are they green from eating too much cabbage?

        1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

          Green flies are usually found around cow patties (and similar stuff) and around rotting animal carcasses. Oh… and boiled cabbage.

        2. deathnote1230987 Avatar

          green flies what the…

    2. Bearman Avatar

      I didn’t grow out of mine.

  2. Nate Fakes Avatar

    Reader’s Digest is missing out. And really, I think the kids in Africa would LOVE Brussel Sprouts!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I’d eat a poo stick if I were starving but it (and BS) wouldn’t be my first choice.

      1. Tony Avatar

        I’d eat a poo stick if I were starving before I’d eat brussel sprouts

    2. deathnote1230987 Avatar

      hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhhhheeeeee

  3. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

    The difference between boogers and Brussel sprouts is that kids won’t eat Brussel sprouts.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I know some adults who will eat the former as well.

  4. Jillsy Avatar

    very healthy as well! I guess I could send prunes ~ also very nutritious!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Ugh…now that is torture.

  5. Mel Avatar

    I hope I am never that parent that says that. Keyword appears to be That.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I’m sure you will reuse something your mom said to you and then it will hit you….you are now old.

      1. Mel Avatar

        How old is 32?

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Depends if you are asking a 50 year old or a 20 years old.

  6. Friggin Loon Avatar

    Hey, they can have my peas and corn too !!!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I was about to say, “I’ll eat your corn” but you would probably take that the nasty way.

      1. Friggin Loon Avatar

        Blahahahaa well NOW I would!!!!

  7. lisleman Avatar

    creative excuses might not give you the vitamins but does exercises your mind.
    I just read an article in today’s paper about the vegetable gardens in the Chicago schools. Interesting that they can grow stuff by are not allowed to serve those home grown veggies in the cafeteria.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      So who eats them?

  8. SpilledInkGuy Avatar
    SpilledInkGuy

    I’ve never tried Brussel Sprouts – still that seems more tortuous that charitable. Is there a return address on that perishable postage?! 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I think you need to make up some and report back to us.

  9. George Avatar

    This is really cute, Bearman! I can actually see this sort of cartoon in their magazine. RD needs to go ahead and scoop you on up.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Or send me a cease and desist letter..haha

  10. Tony Avatar

    Good on you kid, you can send mine too. I said a similar thing to my Mum when I was a kid. She knew I didn’t like tem but she would still cook them for us, my sister hated them too. Mum said “There are starving kids on the other side of the world who would appreciate brussel sprouts for dinner” So I said “Well send them to them because I don’t want them” Then I got slapped for being cheeky. I thought I was providing a practical solution. I didn’t want them & they did. Problem solved, so why did I get slapped???

    1. Bearman Avatar

      For being so cheeky. Isn’t it funny how mom made you eat things that they didn’t like themselves.

      1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

        When they made me eat stuff I didn’t like I just threw up. I got in trouble but after a while I won.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          That’s one way to get your way.

      2. Tony Avatar

        I am a good parent because I never ever made my kids eat stuff that was yucky

  11. nursemyra Avatar

    brussels sprouts taste great with bacon you know…….

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I didn’t…

  12. starlaschat Avatar
    starlaschat

    He can send me the brussel sprouts I don’t mind them and yes bacon is a good add on. I could send a box of cooked carrots I could live without them.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      It’s funny that I like raw carrots but hate cooked ones, like cooked brocolli but hate it raw.

  13. Vodka and Ground Beef Avatar

    This child is obviously suffering from the Oedipal complex. Look at his mother’s bosom. It’s both sagging and perky. He’s aggressive toward it.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Sagging and perky…hmmm wonder how that works.

  14. Scott Oglesby Avatar

    This was great! You know I actually tried to do that for real when I was child. I felt bad so I put a bunch of cereal and cans in a big box by the front door and wrote ‘TO Africa’ on it. I didn’t have a solid grasp of the postal system back then.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      They question is, was it there when you came back to check on it?

  15. DadaHyena Avatar

    Now why didn’t I think of that when I was a kid?

    Oh, right…Dad beat the hell out of me for being a smartass.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      So you DID think of it…you just smarted up quick and shut the hell up.

  16. Joenis Avatar

    EW! But… they will be all moldy and grossss….

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You mean they could get worse??

  17. Dan McGinley Avatar

    I would send condoms but the church would come after me.

    Oops . . . did I just write that? I’m going to burn. If I had the money, I really would help Africa, and a lot of other places. Kids are starving here, now. What to do?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      All you can do is what you can. Oh and when I do my food drive next year, you promote it and I donate money.

  18. jynksie Avatar

    When I was a kid, the ones starving were in China, now look at em! o.O

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Aren’t they still starving…well now they are starving adults.

  19. home lenders bad credit Avatar

    I can’t tell you how many times I tried to do that with my mother. To many backhands to say.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      haha…You would think you would learn. Unfortunately for me, the dog didn’t like it either.

  20. Dan Long Avatar

    Also of note: In China, it is considered rude to finish your meal completely when served, because it implies that you are still hungry and the host did not provide enough food. So when your mom says there are kids in China who would love the rest of the dinner you’re wasting, you can throw this fun fact back at her.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Interesting point. Where were you when I was coming up with excuses as a kid. This one could have come in handy.

    2. Tony Avatar

      I coulda really done with knowing this when I was a kid too. Valuable info which UNICEF should make available to children everywhere

  21. Ahmnodt Heare Avatar

    I tried to mail my green beans to Africa when I was a child, but I didn’t have enough postage to send it air mail. 🙁

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Did you try to send it ground?

  22. Alexa Stone Avatar

    That’s my kid, with Spinach instead of Bruseel Sprouts. God, he hates Spinach more than I hate smashed potatoes 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Can’t you two just get along and setlle on some nice brocolli??

  23. Alexa Stone Avatar

    You know, we both like Broccoli actually 🙂

    1. bearman Avatar

      Everyone likes broccoli…unless it is raw.