Comments on: Africa for Norway: raising money in Africa to help poor Norwegians struggle through the frozen winter http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 00:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ponkyo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588405 ponkyo Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588405 Armando Ianucci got there first!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjG5yt5_yeA Armando Ianucci got there first!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjG5yt5_yeA

]]> By: glittertrash http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588404 glittertrash Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588404 I feel like "Pimp My Aid Worker" is relevant here:  http://www.pimpmyaid.org/index.php/pimp.html Dress your aid worker up as an angel, an explorer, or a tourist! They also have a delightful song. I feel like “Pimp My Aid Worker” is relevant here: 
http://www.pimpmyaid.org/index.php/pimp.html
Dress your aid worker up as an angel, an explorer, or a tourist!
They also have a delightful song.

]]> By: Ray Perkins http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588401 Ray Perkins Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588401  As a Canadian, I am devastatingly jealous of all that warmth you will be feeling come winter, Øyvind. Perhaps any surplus radiators can be sent over here.  As a Canadian, I am devastatingly jealous of all that warmth you will be feeling come winter, Øyvind. Perhaps any surplus radiators can be sent over here.

]]> By: Øyvind http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588340 Øyvind Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588340  What do you mean humor? Are you saying there are no radiators? Then I'll freeze this winter!  What do you mean humor? Are you saying there are no radiators? Then I’ll freeze this winter!

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588266 Mister44 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588266 >.> I see what they did there. >.> I see what they did there.

]]> By: LinkMan http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588169 LinkMan Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588169 There's a whole website:  http://www.africafornorway.no/ Also a website for the country "band" (Bretton Woods) that wrote the lyrics for the Radi-Aid song: http://www.developingcountry.org/ There’s a whole website:  http://www.africafornorway.no/

Also a website for the country “band” (Bretton Woods) that wrote the lyrics for the Radi-Aid song: http://www.developingcountry.org/

]]> By: Patrick McGorrill http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588167 Patrick McGorrill Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588167 "If we say Africa, what do you think about? Hunger, poverty, crime or AIDS?" And windows that never need plastic, and driveways that never need shovelling, a wonderland where food can grow all year long and the sun never goes down earlier than 6... “If we say Africa, what do you think about? Hunger, poverty, crime or AIDS?”
And windows that never need plastic, and driveways that never need shovelling, a wonderland where food can grow all year long and the sun never goes down earlier than 6…

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588107 Paul Renault Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588107 This is exactly the kind of humour that Norwegians are famous for...  Heh.  Great find! /I can claim a bit smugness (smugicity?) here, as I never purchased any of the help-for-Africa discs or CDs preferring to donate the full amount and more directly to a charity.  I do, however, own a copy of 'Starvation/Tam Tam pour l'Ethiopie'. It's just great music! This is exactly the kind of humour that Norwegians are famous for…  Heh.  Great find!

/I can claim a bit smugness (smugicity?) here, as I never purchased any of the help-for-Africa discs or CDs preferring to donate the full amount and more directly to a charity.  I do, however, own a copy of ‘Starvation/Tam Tam pour l’Ethiopie’. It’s just great music!

]]> By: Alpacaman http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/africa-for-norway-raising-mon.html#comment-1588100 Alpacaman Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195155#comment-1588100 Yes! This is wonderful. Foreign NGOs really should stop with the 'white man's burden' monologue (not that they are all guilty of this), and instead help with supporting existing locally run organisations. Yes! This is wonderful. Foreign NGOs really should stop with the ‘white man’s burden’ monologue (not that they are all guilty of this), and instead help with supporting existing locally run organisations.

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