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Velociraptor Jul 2021 9:25am, 28 Jul 2021 53,605 posts	0 Velociraptor As a very small (preschool) child I was made to watch the news footage of the poor starving children with flies on their faces in Biafra because I was a fussy eater. I think the lesson was meant to be that those poor children didn't have anything to eat as a direct consequence of me turning my nose up at mashed potatoes.
Grumpypants Jul 2021 10:45am, 28 Jul 2021 1,872 posts	0 Grumpypants Sorry for posting that, E Red. I wish there was a delete button.
jabberknit Jul 2021 10:46am, 28 Jul 2021 4,019 posts	0 jabberknit I was similarly confused by being told to think about the starving Biafrans and eat my food. My (unspoken) response was to think 'why don't you send them this bloody awful stuff on my plate, then?'
Lip Gloss Jul 2021 10:49am, 28 Jul 2021 53,416 posts	0 Lip Gloss Similar thought here JK when we were told the same thing.
MarkyMarkMark (3M) Jul 2021 11:02am, 28 Jul 2021 15,795 posts	0 MarkyMarkMark (3M) Wasn't this actually a line from a comedy show originally? Tony Hancock, perhaps? A more modern take.... reddit.com
westmoors Jul 2021 2:11pm, 28 Jul 2021 5,262 posts	0 westmoors jk, my sister did say "why don't you send it to them then" when told to eat her dinner.
Eynsham Red Jul 2021 2:19pm, 28 Jul 2021 7,782 posts	0 Eynsham Red I think that a lot of us might have said just that, missing the lesson that was being attempted to be taught. We were just too young.
Cerrertonia Jul 2021 2:22pm, 28 Jul 2021 14,309 posts	0 Cerrertonia Think I'm right in saying that medecins sans frontiers was set up in response to Biafra. One of the many ways that the world has got better in the last 50 years is the international response to famines and disaster.
GimmeMedals Jul 2021 2:37pm, 28 Jul 2021 21,217 posts	0 GimmeMedals I offered to put the mashed potato in an envelope and post it to "the starving children" and would willingly have done so if it meant I never had to be faced with it again
Velociraptor Jul 2021 2:44pm, 28 Jul 2021 53,608 posts	0 Velociraptor My mother claims I said, "Send it to them, then," but I don't think I did because if I had she'd have killed me for being cheeky.