Hungry, but blogging
Apparently, during the recent G20 love-in, us taxpayers coughed up 50 large just for Bloggers. This response in Hansard has the detail:
What leaps out, at least to CF's jaded eyes, is the phrase "bloggers from the developing world".
What the fuck? Surely, a blogger from the developing world is a just a little bit of an antonym? What next? Ethiopian Astronauts? Mobile 'phone salesmen from Sierra Leone? Eritrean tooth whiteners? Sushi chefs from Burundi?
"The total amount of funding provided by the Department for International Development for the G20 Voice programme was £49,700. This covered travel and subsistence costs for bloggers from the developing world; technical support and costs associated with the briefing day"
What leaps out, at least to CF's jaded eyes, is the phrase "bloggers from the developing world".
What the fuck? Surely, a blogger from the developing world is a just a little bit of an antonym? What next? Ethiopian Astronauts? Mobile 'phone salesmen from Sierra Leone? Eritrean tooth whiteners? Sushi chefs from Burundi?
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3 comments:
lol . . .that's funny! Gr8 blog ;-)
TP: cheers, m'dear!
Reminded me of the TV ad for the charity 'laptops for africa' (or something like that). I thought to myself "where are they going to plug them in?"
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