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.
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.
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60 responses to “Rejected Readers Digest 2 – Starving Africans”
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.
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.
Green flies? Never heard of those. Are they green from eating too much cabbage?
Green flies are usually found around cow patties (and similar stuff) and around rotting animal carcasses. Oh… and boiled cabbage.
green flies what the…
I didn’t grow out of mine.
Reader’s Digest is missing out. And really, I think the kids in Africa would LOVE Brussel Sprouts!
I’d eat a poo stick if I were starving but it (and BS) wouldn’t be my first choice.
I’d eat a poo stick if I were starving before I’d eat brussel sprouts
hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhhhheeeeee
The difference between boogers and Brussel sprouts is that kids won’t eat Brussel sprouts.
I know some adults who will eat the former as well.
very healthy as well! I guess I could send prunes ~ also very nutritious!
Ugh…now that is torture.
I hope I am never that parent that says that. Keyword appears to be That.
I’m sure you will reuse something your mom said to you and then it will hit you….you are now old.
How old is 32?
Depends if you are asking a 50 year old or a 20 years old.
Hey, they can have my peas and corn too !!!
I was about to say, “I’ll eat your corn” but you would probably take that the nasty way.
Blahahahaa well NOW I would!!!!
heheh
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.
So who eats them?
I’ve never tried Brussel Sprouts – still that seems more tortuous that charitable. Is there a return address on that perishable postage?! 🙂
I think you need to make up some and report back to us.
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.
Or send me a cease and desist letter..haha
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???
For being so cheeky. Isn’t it funny how mom made you eat things that they didn’t like themselves.
When they made me eat stuff I didn’t like I just threw up. I got in trouble but after a while I won.
That’s one way to get your way.
I am a good parent because I never ever made my kids eat stuff that was yucky
brussels sprouts taste great with bacon you know…….
I didn’t…
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.
It’s funny that I like raw carrots but hate cooked ones, like cooked brocolli but hate it raw.
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.
Sagging and perky…hmmm wonder how that works.
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.
They question is, was it there when you came back to check on it?
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.
So you DID think of it…you just smarted up quick and shut the hell up.
EW! But… they will be all moldy and grossss….
You mean they could get worse??
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?
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.
When I was a kid, the ones starving were in China, now look at em! o.O
Aren’t they still starving…well now they are starving adults.
I can’t tell you how many times I tried to do that with my mother. To many backhands to say.
haha…You would think you would learn. Unfortunately for me, the dog didn’t like it either.
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.
Interesting point. Where were you when I was coming up with excuses as a kid. This one could have come in handy.
I coulda really done with knowing this when I was a kid too. Valuable info which UNICEF should make available to children everywhere
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. 🙁
Did you try to send it ground?
That’s my kid, with Spinach instead of Bruseel Sprouts. God, he hates Spinach more than I hate smashed potatoes 🙂
Can’t you two just get along and setlle on some nice brocolli??
You know, we both like Broccoli actually 🙂
Everyone likes broccoli…unless it is raw.