Schufanity problems
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- Mr. Potatoe Head
- Posts: 1783
- Joined: Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:25 am
Something I though was interesting
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it
would look something like the following.
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 would be Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6
would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
(ONE)1 would be near death;
(ONE)1 would be near birth;
(ONE)1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education;
(ONE)1 (yes,only1) would own computer.
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the
need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly
apparent.
And, therefore . . .
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof
overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this
world.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are
more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a
dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment,
arrest,
torture, or death, you are more blessed than three billion people in
the world.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness
of
imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you
Are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If your parents are still alive and still married, you are very
rare, even in the United States.
If you can hold someone's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the
shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly
thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can read this message, you have just received a double
blessing
in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more
blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
As you read this and are reminded how life is in the rest of the
world,
remember just how blessed you really are!
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely
100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it
would look something like the following.
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 would be Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6
would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
(ONE)1 would be near death;
(ONE)1 would be near birth;
(ONE)1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education;
(ONE)1 (yes,only1) would own computer.
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the
need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly
apparent.
And, therefore . . .
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof
overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this
world.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are
more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a
dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment,
arrest,
torture, or death, you are more blessed than three billion people in
the world.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness
of
imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you
Are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If your parents are still alive and still married, you are very
rare, even in the United States.
If you can hold someone's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the
shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly
thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can read this message, you have just received a double
blessing
in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more
blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
As you read this and are reminded how life is in the rest of the
world,
remember just how blessed you really are!
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- rorythedog
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- Location: Dundee Scotland
Language
Gonna gie's a break, fur christs' sake! It's ba'bag. Two "l"'s are missing, no "w" is inserted. Profanity is in the eye of the beholder. We Scots have many ways of expressing ourselves (though it's probably fair to say that few are quite as productive as the odd piece of verbal colloquialism). Need more?
It wisnae' me...!
Re: Language
Sure Thing RTD, The more Schufanity options the betterrorythedog wrote:Gonna gie's a break, fur christs' sake! It's ba'bag. Two "l"'s are missing, no "w" is inserted. Profanity is in the eye of the beholder. We Scots have many ways of expressing ourselves (though it's probably fair to say that few are quite as productive as the odd piece of verbal colloquialism). Need more?
Rush on! AnalogK....aka "The Count"
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- Aerosmitten
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