Hello to all readers! Welcome to our 'We're Having Fun Here' column. As you know, elections have come around again and everyone is talking fervently about politics. And if anyone is still not quite clear on what politics actually is and whether it has any basis in our country, read this interpretation from a child who has just learned his first lesson on Politics in Family and Legal Relations.
A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is politics?'
Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me Capitalism. Your Mom, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people. The nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense,'
So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father, 'Dad, I think I Understand the concept of politics now.' The father says, 'Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.' The little boy replies, 'Well, while Capitalism is busy with the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored and the Future is in deep excrement.
BREAD-WINNER
[' [' bredwinə]
n a person who works to support a family
GOVERNMENT
[' gʌvnmənt]
1. government
NANNY
[' næni]
I. 1. nanny
CONSIDER
[kən' sidə]
4. to consider, to regard
CHECK
[tfek]
3. to check, to examine (also with on, up, upon, Am. out)
SOIL
[sɔil]
II. 1. to soil, to get dirty, to stain, to pollute, to contaminate (and fig.)
DIAPER
[' daiəpə]
diaper
SOUND ASLEEP
[saund ə' sli:p]
deeply asleep
PEEK
[pi:k]
I. v to peek, to glance (in, out)
KEYHOLE
[' ki:houl]
1. keyhole, lock
GIVE UP
to give up, to surrender, to quit,
CONCEPT
[' kɔnsept]
n concept, idea, general notion
EXCREMENT
[' ekskrimənt]
feces, excrement
