My little fingers are freezing as I type
but it also might be
that I lept from bed this morning
to finish cleaning the bathroom
and now have cold, slightly damp fingers
that smell like spray'n'wipe and jif.
poo stink!
Its hard to play farmville with icy fingers!
I picked up Micheal J Fox's
Always Looking Up
at the library yesterday
and started reading it last night.
I know this says more about me..
but man it's boring.
Mr Fox is writing about setting up his Parkinsons foundation
which I think is great that he is passionate about such a huge problem,
as we all know people with Parkinsons.
And I think its great that he celebrates his opportunities
and the goodness in this life.
But in the back of my mind
the little voice says how much of this is self-interest?
Because it is.
And that's not a bad reason to do something
because there has to be something for us in everything we do.
But there seems to be something very much more honourable
about the people who get involved
because they believe in something
rather than have been directly affected by it.
y'know?
Meanwhile on the whole be there for the right reason
though that is subjective...
Dole has introduced ethical bananas.
Oh so many jokes are running through my head right now.
Is putting pajamas on bananas an ethical thing?
Dole says its ethical banana shtick here
but to me as a New Zealander
an ethical banana would come from Samoa or Tonga
not from the Philippines.
Lovely people and by all reports lovely country
but surely for NZ
ethical is also local?
Our neighbouring islands need our help more than the Philippines do.
They have American military bases etc
our neighbours don't.
Our neighbours are selling out the Chinese Government
who are not known for their ethical sensitivities
in any way, shape or form.
So for me Dole you aren't all that ethical
epscially when you listen to what supermarket chains
in New Zealand have to say about the stand over tactics
of big companies like Dole use.
If you dont take their bananas you can't have their whatever elses.
Well I say I don't need mangos in winter
but I do need local bananas.
So no Dole nanas here please.
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