In The Third World
On the road…again!
Afghanistan to Zambia
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Third World Footnotes
You Might Be Middle Class If… You Might Be Poor If…
♣ You have more than one pair of shoes ♦You don’t own any shoes
♣ You have nice Sunday, go to meetin’ clothes ♦You have only the clothes you are wearing
♣ When you ride on the train, it’s in 2nd Class or above ♦When you ride on a train, it’s in 3rd Class only
♣ Your house has a tile or wooden floor ♦Your house has a dirt floor
♣ You go to school ♦You don’t go to school
♣ When you go to school, you go in a tonga, or on a bicycle ♦When you go to school, you walk
♣ You eat three meals a day, plus snacks ♦You eat once a day, no snacks
♣ You learn to read at an early age ♦You never learn to read
♣ You listen to your own radio ♦You don’t have a radio
♣ You tell time with your own watch ♦You don’t have a watch
♣ You go to a doctor when you are sick ♦You can’t afford to go to a doctor
♣ Your family has an old, beat up car ♦Nobody in your family has a car
♣ Your family has a little money in the bank ♦Nobody in your family has a bank account
♣ You brush your teeth daily, with your own toothbrush ♦You don’t own a toothbrush
♣ You comb your hair with your own comb ♦You don’t own a comb
♣ You put on make-up with the aid of your own mirror ♦You don’t use make-up and don’t have a mirror
