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Whose responsibility is it to change the world?
Ours.
And what will be your contribution?
Eat less.
Fart less.
Kill all the cows.
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To be fair, I am doing my bit:
- I reduce, repair, re-use and recycle whenever possible.
- I swap my books instead of buying new.
- I Freegle, Realcycle and Freecycle at every opportunity.
- I don’t just throw cans into the brown recycling bin: I take off their labels for the blue recycling bin.
- I turn old wardrobes into cupboard shelves and socks into dusters.
- I buy my clothes in charity shops or accept them gratefully from friends.
- I only boil enough water for my cup of tea. The rest of them do without because they can’t be bothered making their own.
- I let Stockport Homes re-wire my house, install a condensing boiler, double glazing, insulation and energy-efficient shower. (How good am I?)
- I use the same old jokes whenever I think I can get away with it.
I don’t think there’s much more I can do; do you?
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While proofreading this post, I realised I had read ‘save’ instead of ‘change’.
Let’s try again:
Whose responsibility is it to change the world?
Ours.
And what will be your contribution?
Get my kids to do it.
They’ll have to take over; I’m exhausted. I’m so busy saving the planet, I don’t have time to fix it.
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Wow, what time did you get up at this morning? I thought I was the only person awake.
I don’t believe you, by the way, because I’ve been told by EVERY girl I’ve ever met that girls don’t fart.
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Yes, but you haven’t met me. Or have you? I could be the cause of your bad river smell in my other life as Secret Ireland Visitor.
I didn’t get up at four, thank goodness! I write many of my posts beforehand and schedule them for later.
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Oh, and brill title 🙂
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A man of discernment 🙂
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this winter i have made ‘window duvets’ winter curtains as it is hard to get double glazing done here
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That’s a good idea!
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Two minds with but a single thought – though yours is much funnier – see my http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/world-environment-day/ post, which WAS written this morning and kept disappearing, so it was written 4 times. How’s that for re-cycling?
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I read it already 🙂
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And commented.
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I rated this four out of five stars in error. it was a five… Although what it could really use is a cow-killing eco-spree to spice it up 😀
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5/5 for that comment!
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good article!
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Thanks!
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It’s funny how we interpreted this prompt differently. You went toward the environmental aspects and I went more more for what to do for others. Both are valid ways to change the world.
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Anything we can do to make life better for someone is always worth doing.
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Great post, Tilly.
Especially enjoyed: I only boil enough water for my cup of tea. The rest of them do without because they can’t be bothered making their own.
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I only wish it were true…I make almost all the tea because I drink almost all the tea 🙂
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Where is the nearest Stand Comedy Store? You should appear as an act…lol xx
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I’d die! The paper’s the thing. Or, in this case, keyboard.
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i can kill all the cows but eating them, so i blame the vegetarians, they need to eat cows to save the world
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A unique perspective 🙂
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