Nice shoes

Aug 14, 2011 12:23

For my fortieth birthday, I went to Macy's.  I found a beautiful pair of pumps there.  They were $299.

So I circled the globe, gathering funds and distributing supplies.  I stared down hard-eyed guerrillas to shepherd aid convoys to their destinations.  I invented brilliant appropriate-technology solutions and helped local cooperatives manufacture them.  I microfinanced.  I tapped native horticultural knowledge to test and spread pest-resistant crop varieties.  I inoculated and I educated.  I drilled wells and passed out mosquito nets.  I reforested and reclaimed.  I was tireless; I was a machine.  At last, world hunger and extreme poverty were eliminated.

Finally, it was a world where I could pay that much for shoes.  I made it back to Macy's just before closing.

"Oh, I'm sorry", said the saleslady.  "We don't carry wide sizes."
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