T & A Cures Poverty (a haiku)
November 9, 2005 9:44 AM Subscribe
. Chicks in thongs parade
While poor kids are sniffing glue
Awesome charity
[via Independent Sources]
While poor kids are sniffing glue
Awesome charity
[via Independent Sources]
That's really really really weird.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:49 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:49 AM on November 9, 2005
So what's the point? Why is a bra and panty fashion show being put on for homeless hungry youth? I don't get it.
posted by Keith Talent at 9:50 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by Keith Talent at 9:50 AM on November 9, 2005
i guess it would make me feel better if i was homeless, but i would rather have a job and a house and some food....
posted by stilgar at 9:52 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by stilgar at 9:52 AM on November 9, 2005
I bet the kids were there on display to pull money from attendees. The fashion show was probably a sop to that crowd and not aimed at the kids.
I notice the charity is never named. Anyone have any local news of the event?
posted by ?! at 9:58 AM on November 9, 2005
I notice the charity is never named. Anyone have any local news of the event?
posted by ?! at 9:58 AM on November 9, 2005
man, i picked a bad time to stop sniffin' glue.
posted by NationalKato at 10:07 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by NationalKato at 10:07 AM on November 9, 2005
My brain hurts.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:11 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by Pollomacho at 10:11 AM on November 9, 2005
...street children, some of whom are sniffing glue...
Who the hell writes like that? Did the reporter just see one of those kids sniff glue, or is this a rash generarlization? Why not "some of whom are assholes" or "some of whom have hard-ons" or "some of whom just jizzed their pants" ?? Why's the glue sniffing so important here?
posted by afx114 at 10:16 AM on November 9, 2005
Who the hell writes like that? Did the reporter just see one of those kids sniff glue, or is this a rash generarlization? Why not "some of whom are assholes" or "some of whom have hard-ons" or "some of whom just jizzed their pants" ?? Why's the glue sniffing so important here?
posted by afx114 at 10:16 AM on November 9, 2005
10 points for tha haiku.
(never sniffed glue, but ... damn.)
posted by bhance at 10:19 AM on November 9, 2005
(never sniffed glue, but ... damn.)
posted by bhance at 10:19 AM on November 9, 2005
La caridad es quizá "la hermandad de la felicidad perpetua?"
posted by tzelig at 10:19 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by tzelig at 10:19 AM on November 9, 2005
Why's the glue sniffing so important here?
Because it's in Columbia, home of cocoa and thus prepare for a wave of adhesive abuse to sweep the streets of North America?
I'm done asking questions about this stupid assed post. Without context and/or further explanations it's just a collection of blurry softcore, with a hint of furrners are weird.
posted by Keith Talent at 10:22 AM on November 9, 2005
Because it's in Columbia, home of cocoa and thus prepare for a wave of adhesive abuse to sweep the streets of North America?
I'm done asking questions about this stupid assed post. Without context and/or further explanations it's just a collection of blurry softcore, with a hint of furrners are weird.
posted by Keith Talent at 10:22 AM on November 9, 2005
it's just a collection of blurry softcore
Since when did women's underwear and/or fashion runway modeling become softcore pornography? Put the Wite-Out down.
posted by NationalKato at 10:30 AM on November 9, 2005
Since when did women's underwear and/or fashion runway modeling become softcore pornography? Put the Wite-Out down.
posted by NationalKato at 10:30 AM on November 9, 2005
This is so punk rock. Sniffing glue while leering at chicks in thongs? Fuck yeh!
Suck it, haters.
posted by klangklangston at 10:31 AM on November 9, 2005
Suck it, haters.
posted by klangklangston at 10:31 AM on November 9, 2005
??
It's porn because the audience isn't viewing it to discover new trends in ladies undergarments, they're being titillated, much like the Yahoo story isn't covered because we're all hungry from local news from Columbia, ergo softcore.
And I have a friend that started with cocoa and graduated to a full blown Ovaltine addiction.
posted by Keith Talent at 10:39 AM on November 9, 2005
And I have a friend that started with cocoa and graduated to a full blown Ovaltine addiction.
posted by Keith Talent at 10:39 AM on November 9, 2005
Oh metafilter, we hardly knew ye.
This is exactly the sort of post that fark was made for, folks.
+1 for the Haiku
-3 for content, et al.
posted by phylum sinter at 10:44 AM on November 9, 2005
This is exactly the sort of post that fark was made for, folks.
+1 for the Haiku
-3 for content, et al.
posted by phylum sinter at 10:44 AM on November 9, 2005
What a weird situation. What were they hoping to accomplish?
And what a terrible caption with all those pics.
posted by raedyn at 10:54 AM on November 9, 2005
And what a terrible caption with all those pics.
posted by raedyn at 10:54 AM on November 9, 2005
Why's the glue sniffing so important here?
Glue sniffing is more or less epidemic where there are hungry, impoverished children. Sniffing glue eases hunger pangs. See, e.g.
posted by kosem at 10:57 AM on November 9, 2005
Glue sniffing is more or less epidemic where there are hungry, impoverished children. Sniffing glue eases hunger pangs. See, e.g.
posted by kosem at 10:57 AM on November 9, 2005
Did the reporter just see one of those kids sniff glue, or is this a rash generalization?
Did you happen to look at the photos? Here's a hint: the caption is literal. Some of the kids are actually sniffing glue in the pictures.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:59 AM on November 9, 2005
Did you happen to look at the photos? Here's a hint: the caption is literal. Some of the kids are actually sniffing glue in the pictures.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:59 AM on November 9, 2005
Because it's in Columbia, home of cocoa
Oh, and it's not Columbia, Chocolate City. It's Colombia, the country and home of cocoa.
posted by Pollomacho at 11:02 AM on November 9, 2005
Oh, and it's not Columbia, Chocolate City. It's Colombia, the country and home of cocoa.
posted by Pollomacho at 11:02 AM on November 9, 2005
The model needs a bit of trimming down in the thighs
posted by Postroad at 11:05 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by Postroad at 11:05 AM on November 9, 2005
There are only so many column inches in your average fashion magazine. If the press starts listing all the illicit substances that are in the audience of runway shows, they won't have room for all the scary pictures.
posted by eatitlive at 11:14 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by eatitlive at 11:14 AM on November 9, 2005
Did you happen to look at the photos? Here's a hint: the caption is literal. Some of the kids are actually sniffing glue in the pictures.
Nah, I only saw a pair of nicely shaped buttocks. But now that you pointed out that kids are actually sniffing glue in the pics, I still don't see it.
posted by afx114 at 11:26 AM on November 9, 2005
Nah, I only saw a pair of nicely shaped buttocks. But now that you pointed out that kids are actually sniffing glue in the pics, I still don't see it.
posted by afx114 at 11:26 AM on November 9, 2005
The kid in the red on the far right. That's the other right, not the side with the booty.
In this one, the kid between the two holding yellow bottles has a bag or rag up to his face. I can't tell but I believe the yellow bottles are glue bottles as well.
posted by Pollomacho at 11:36 AM on November 9, 2005
In this one, the kid between the two holding yellow bottles has a bag or rag up to his face. I can't tell but I believe the yellow bottles are glue bottles as well.
posted by Pollomacho at 11:36 AM on November 9, 2005
I wonder if FARC is behind this, or the AUC?
posted by SweetJesus at 11:59 AM on November 9, 2005
posted by SweetJesus at 11:59 AM on November 9, 2005
Yeah, it was huge!
posted by Joeforking at 12:14 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by Joeforking at 12:14 PM on November 9, 2005
How do you know they're not blowing their noses? Or smelling the pair of panties that was just thrown in their face?
posted by afx114 at 12:30 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by afx114 at 12:30 PM on November 9, 2005
How do you know they're not blowing their noses? Or smelling the pair of panties that was just thrown in their face?
Because they, like street children around the world, are sniffing glue, because they are hungry.
posted by kosem at 12:49 PM on November 9, 2005
Because they, like street children around the world, are sniffing glue, because they are hungry.
posted by kosem at 12:49 PM on November 9, 2005
Hungry kids just never have enough time or energy to become horny on their own, great charTITy!
posted by cleverusername at 1:01 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by cleverusername at 1:01 PM on November 9, 2005
"Sniffing" glue because they're hungry?
Ok, that might be, but primarily because it gets them totally high. Also, it's very cheap and available basically anywhere. I was in Argentina last year. All the street kids were doing it (often had it smeared on their clothes), and a whole bunch of one of my cousin's punk friends were doing it ... hell, even he was.
YES, people, South American street kids are inhaling glue fumes like crazy. It's ruining their brains. I'm glad it was pointed out in the picture.
posted by redteam at 1:12 PM on November 9, 2005
Ok, that might be, but primarily because it gets them totally high. Also, it's very cheap and available basically anywhere. I was in Argentina last year. All the street kids were doing it (often had it smeared on their clothes), and a whole bunch of one of my cousin's punk friends were doing it ... hell, even he was.
YES, people, South American street kids are inhaling glue fumes like crazy. It's ruining their brains. I'm glad it was pointed out in the picture.
posted by redteam at 1:12 PM on November 9, 2005
redteam: Yes, definitely to get high (saw the same thing in Argentina last year also). Of course, I do not know if these particular Colombian kids are street children, or if they are hungry.
Just a visceral thing, really: I instantly thought of this story from the New Yorker when I read this thread. Best piece of glue-huffing fiction in some time.
Finally, the underwear model angle to this thing is completely baffling.
posted by kosem at 1:32 PM on November 9, 2005
Just a visceral thing, really: I instantly thought of this story from the New Yorker when I read this thread. Best piece of glue-huffing fiction in some time.
Finally, the underwear model angle to this thing is completely baffling.
posted by kosem at 1:32 PM on November 9, 2005
Well if I was flashed that much pussy so close I'd be smelling glue to forget...oh yeah and then something else too :)
posted by elpapacito at 2:15 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by elpapacito at 2:15 PM on November 9, 2005
From elpapacito's link above:
Some people however have a different view.
Vegetable vendor Mthavini Khoza said she condoned the boys' action.
"These boys are doing the right thing because their actions are likely to reduce the tendencies of wearing 3cm (sic) skirts in public and embarrass every woman," she said.
"I wish they rape them one day so they may start respecting their bodies," Khoza said.
One of the boys, a 14-year-old whose name cannot be revealed because of his age, had no qualms to speak about the incident.
"I feel very happy after masturbating next to a woman with beautiful legs and wearing see-through clothes," the boy said.
"There is no girl out there who wants a filthy glue-sniffing street kid so the only way to relieve our sexual appetite is to masturbate," he explained.
posted by NationalKato at 2:19 PM on November 9, 2005
Some people however have a different view.
Vegetable vendor Mthavini Khoza said she condoned the boys' action.
"These boys are doing the right thing because their actions are likely to reduce the tendencies of wearing 3cm (sic) skirts in public and embarrass every woman," she said.
"I wish they rape them one day so they may start respecting their bodies," Khoza said.
One of the boys, a 14-year-old whose name cannot be revealed because of his age, had no qualms to speak about the incident.
"I feel very happy after masturbating next to a woman with beautiful legs and wearing see-through clothes," the boy said.
"There is no girl out there who wants a filthy glue-sniffing street kid so the only way to relieve our sexual appetite is to masturbate," he explained.
posted by NationalKato at 2:19 PM on November 9, 2005
Ah yes, once again it is the woman's fault. I just can't be surprised by this anymore.
posted by NationalKato at 2:20 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by NationalKato at 2:20 PM on November 9, 2005
The police wouldn't open a case because she wasn't raped? And one of the shop keepers said they hope next time she IS raped? Jeez.
*tries not to get frothed up into a wild rage*
*fails*
*sees only red*
posted by raedyn at 2:24 PM on November 9, 2005
*tries not to get frothed up into a wild rage*
*fails*
*sees only red*
posted by raedyn at 2:24 PM on November 9, 2005
I remember seeing a documentary or special on glue sniffing a few years ago. Apparently, it would be fairly easy for glue manufacturers to put a chemical in the glue that would make the kids get sick before they would get high, theoretically preventing them from using the glue for this purpose. And apparently it would have absolutely zero effect on its usage as a glue. But for some reason companies aren't adding it to their product. Hmmmm...
In any case, even if the kids are sniffing glue just to get high, it's still a problem. Self-destructive drug use is generally an indicator that something else is fundamentally wrong. Most pot smokers (most) go on to be more or less productive in their lives. The same can not necessarily be said for glue sniffers, I'd imagine.
posted by Deathalicious at 2:55 PM on November 9, 2005
In any case, even if the kids are sniffing glue just to get high, it's still a problem. Self-destructive drug use is generally an indicator that something else is fundamentally wrong. Most pot smokers (most) go on to be more or less productive in their lives. The same can not necessarily be said for glue sniffers, I'd imagine.
posted by Deathalicious at 2:55 PM on November 9, 2005
w.r.t glue sniffing:
Wow, that's pretty depressing. And weird.
posted by delmoi at 5:14 PM on November 9, 2005
Wow, that's pretty depressing. And weird.
posted by delmoi at 5:14 PM on November 9, 2005
Sadly, glue sniffing appears to be a problem that is not solveable by adding in mostly naked models.
I say we try throwing them at Kansas. Evolution, baby! Nice asses and see-thru clothes!
posted by graventy at 7:16 PM on November 9, 2005
I say we try throwing them at Kansas. Evolution, baby! Nice asses and see-thru clothes!
posted by graventy at 7:16 PM on November 9, 2005
"Sniffing" glue because they're hungry? Ok, that might be, but primarily because it gets them totally high.
This is really a push-pull type of problem.
posted by dhartung at 7:20 PM on November 9, 2005
This is really a push-pull type of problem.
posted by dhartung at 7:20 PM on November 9, 2005
"These boys are doing the right thing because their actions are likely to reduce the tendencies of wearing 3cm (sic) skirts in public and embarrass every woman," she said.
"I wish they rape them one day so they may start respecting their bodies," Khoza said.
Jus' jealous.
posted by fshgrl at 8:08 PM on November 9, 2005
"I wish they rape them one day so they may start respecting their bodies," Khoza said.
Jus' jealous.
posted by fshgrl at 8:08 PM on November 9, 2005
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