Today I was going through my mail pile, dividing it into the 'trash', 'shred', and 'take action' sub piles. And in my pile, there was an envelope with a "guilt penny" in it, very clearly labeled.
"We've enclosed a nickel that can help find a cure!"
ooo-kay.. you've sent me a magical nickel (penny, whatever).. what's up?
ah - it turns out the American Diabetes Association wants money. And while the nickel is never really explained, I'm pretty sure they want me to feel bad about taking it. So bad, that I will send them $20 or more in exchange.
ha! I am going to take this magical diabetic nickel and drop it right in my piggy bank!
but then I see that the ADA is playing hardball. They've also enclosed a sheet of address labels.. I'm a sucker for these things and I start to waver. but then I recall something someone said to me the last time I donated money for diabetes.
"Only fat people get diabetes. You shouldn't give money to save fat people!"
hehehehe.. well now. Most diabetics that I know are fat. Though I did have one diabetic roommate who was only stout, not actually fat. well, either way, this does remind me that I've already donated a hefty sum for the diabetics this year (get it? hefty..?)
those address labels are mine!
Comments (2)
OMG! You are so insensitive to the 3/4 of Americans who are overweight. I hope for your sake you never know what being in the majority feels like. You're not better than them just because you eat healthy food and exercise. It's not fat people's fault that you can't get a decent shirt at the mall because all the XS's are now made to hold C-cups. Or that your friends call you a "skinny b--ch" every time they gain a few pounds. Don't you know genetics made you what you are, and not the hour you spend jogging 4 days a week? It's all your fault that other people are fat because there wouldn't even be fat people without skinny people to compare them to.
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Thank you. This is exactly what I was hoping for.
Posted by fratchling | 18. Srpen 2008 17:38
Posted on 18. Srpen 2008 17:38
Today I stepped on the scales and am under 160 for the first time in a year. Hopefully that will keep me from getting Diabetes. But if it doesn't, I'm coming after you for my nickel.
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nutter butter; you can have that nickel.. but you have to promise not to spend it on candy.
Posted by Nutter Butter | 19. Srpen 2008 9:24
Posted on 19. Srpen 2008 09:24