To: Igor Chudov <ichudov@algebra.com> Subject: Re: y2k/gary north delusions From: Soren <sorens@workmail.com> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 08:29:23 -0500 References: <199812042341.RAA18742@manifold.algebra.com> Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
Well... The answer is that there is much less washing needed for survival than it is needed for day to day civilized American life.
For instance, I change my shirts every day. If shit hits the fan, you can wear a shirt for two weeks. Similar story is with other clothes.
This is a good one. What about the other half of American life (the uncivilized?). You know, the americans who live in those old refrigerator cartons? The ones that nobody sees? I think they get more than 2 weeks out of their shirts. The sad fact is that city brats haven't got the faintest idea what survival is all about (you mean I have to *walk* to the supermarket?). It was in the 1890's when Queen Victoria issued an edict that forced all the english to 'bathe at least once a year'. Sit back and enjoy the carnival.