Hi ya! How are you doing this splendidly fine day? I am
trusting you are having a most pleasant one. Help yourself to a mug of
delectably refreshing Indian coffee and a virtual poppadom as I jump into the matter
of Indian toilets...not that I actually do plan to jump into one, mind.
A marriage-encouraging initiative in the Sehore
district of India's Madhya Pradesh state awards gifts and financial assistance
to couples agreeing to wed in mass ceremonies, but the country also suffers
from a notorious toilet shortage.
Consequently, the district announced in May
that to qualify for the government benefits, the groom must submit to officials
a photo of himself beside his own toilet to prove that he and his wife will
have home sanitation.
Now I think that’s only fair, don’t you? For some
reason the old western tune, “Oh...give me a home where the buffalo roam...”
comes to mind.
“Get that buffalo out of our home, Kneedeep! And where
is that toilet you promised me when we got married?”
“It is right there at the end of the line, my treasure.
Don’t despair, it won’t be so long a wait until all my brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, have used it!"
See ya, eh!
Bob
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