Am I Missing Something?

When I was a kid I never ate my veggies till mum stepped in and said. “What about the starving lids of Africa???”

That waS the clincher.

But I couldn’t see how me eating my veggies would benefit the starving kids of Africa.

Was I missing something?

But you don’t argue with your mama. I made a token effort which pleased mum.

And I felt happy in some obscure way I helped these kids. Were the remains of my meal shipped to some deprived colony ?

…………………………

Forward some sixty years.

I’m at the pub with my mates. It’s a Friday.

There’s me, Marge, churlish Chas and Pete,

Ten minutes later, our Kate rocks up.

I’m drinking a pint of beer. Kate scowls.

“You’ll never finish it, John,” she says,

And it plays out as if scripted.

“Look. It’s a waste,” Kate says mounting her high horse..“ Why don’t you buy a schooner?”

“Coz it’s dearer,” I say. “Costs more for less.”

“I’ll pay the difference,” she says.

“But what if I want more ????? “

“ Oh, you men are impossible, “ she says. “Think of the waste.”

I could mention the starving kids, or beer drinkers, of Africa but think better of it.

Is it a female thing or just a Kate and Mum thing.?

“Stll love you, Kate, : I say, “Cheers.”