The Mystery of Poverty and Famine in the Third World

Incidently, there was a stand up comedian who originally did a joke like this. Anyone know his name? Its bugging the life out of me.
(Mephs should get a bloody job, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:36, archived)

It was
Sam Kinson
(badly overdrawn boy, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:38, archived)

Cheers...
...I may rest in peace now.
(Mephs should get a bloody job, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:50, archived)

Erm...
slightly worrying.....
( LNADJKMD DMKJDANL, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:39, archived)

don't let the conservatives see that
they'll have you gagged

Jeffrey Sachs, a prominent US economist and a special adviser to the UN secretary general, argues in a new book that extreme poverty could be eradicated by 2025.
In The End of Poverty, he says much will depend on the choices made by Americans, who are paying a far smaller share of their income in foreign aid than they promised three years ago, and only a 30th of the "nearly $500bn [£260bn] the US will spend this year on the military".


click here for a bit of the book
(Prof UnderCover how mad I am sad I am glad that you won, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:41, archived)

Of course it could be eradicated.
There's enough food, clean water, medicines, housing materials and general stuff to sort out everyone on the planet.

We just don't.
( Afinkawan doesn't have enough space in his sig to write wha, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:48, archived)

i dont
get it
(C0UN7:z3r0, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:42, archived)

*kiss*

( Jessie © had a really cracking night, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:43, archived)

Hey!
Whatever!

/Jealous


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat's justice kilt is in the wash - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:46, archived)

*cough*
'envious'
(Prof UnderCover how mad I am sad I am glad that you won, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:52, archived)

'lo Prof!
*man-hugs*

Thanks for the lesson but it harks back to a previous post . . .


( Sir Aunty Dave the Hat's justice kilt is in the wash - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:55, archived)

:)
yeah - me too. I was just hoping to rub you up the wrong way then I might get to rub you down...
(Prof UnderCover how mad I am sad I am glad that you won, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:56, archived)

Congratulations
It's not often that I find a post offensive.

( Flowerpot Voodoo stick and shark's fin, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:42, archived)

just ignore it, it'll go away

(Prof UnderCover how mad I am sad I am glad that you won, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:44, archived)

yay
Thrusting panda!

( Flowerpot Voodoo stick and shark's fin, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:46, archived)

he thrusts for
YOU
(Prof UnderCover how mad I am sad I am glad that you won, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:46, archived)

ooooh!
*blush*

( Flowerpot Voodoo stick and shark's fin, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:47, archived)

I find that fairly repellant to be honest,
Still, each to his own.
(Scoobs, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:44, archived)

If its a little too dark....
...I'll take it down, burn it and salt the earth their after.

All who want it to go, raise you hands... (or some 'wacky' response indicating that you do...
(Mephs should get a bloody job, Tue 3 May 2005, 13:49, archived)

Nah
It's sparked some interesting posts.
(Scoobs, Tue 3 May 2005, 14:00, archived)

*ahem* DEVIL'S ADVOCATE!

It's similar to the humour of Bill Hicks, Dennis Leary, Sam Kinison et al.

I think after viewing some of the posts on this site, and considering that most people on here are hull-bound, it's actually quite mild...
(Johnny Catfish hates Santana, Tue 3 May 2005, 14:33, archived)