hahaha, the noid.

good headline.

Uh..... profit?

eating contest anyone?

HOT SAUCE! OHHH YOU LOSE!

I sure hope that thedorksdork didn't read the article.

The noid owns you.

Nice. Makes you almost happy that you live in a country that has reelected that asshat Dubya.

Wait, I just RTFA... and ew. I realize the necessity of the transactions, but the mention of the "parasite" added to thedorksdork's comment... and all I can say is... Ew.

But it might piss you off if you donated those underwear to charity that it's being sold.

Mivumba

You can get crabs that way.

Hmmmmm... fried white ants! It taste like shiat, but you can live on it.

Local textile manufacturers have been lobbying for a ban on the clothes, as they cannot compete on price. The Government has introduced import taxes on mivumba, but this has had little effect on demand.

Sounds like they are picking up on western democracy just fine!!!

thedorksdork-

What an obscure reference.

I lived next door in Kenya for 16 years. A few comments:

With an average income of ~$350/YEAR, new clothes are pretty hard to afford.

Used clothes are probably cleaner (in multiple ways) than they will be after a few day's wear.

Fried flying-ants (a stage of white-ants/termites) are supposed to be a delicacy. I could never bring myself to eat bugs, but many do.

Western style "democracy for the corporation" is pretty well entrenched everywhere.

Laws like this usually have the most benefit to those who enforce them. An extra $1 a day for the police to walk past a certain shop -- no problem!

Uncledeercamp; As I woke up today and watched the news, you are the only one bold enough to call the election.

(an invasive parasite that attaches itself to the intestinal wall) can be transmitted by soiled mivumba,"
//you could try washing these clothes first. Just a suggestion.

Man. Let the people them have their used clothing if they desire.. looks like they are struggling to provide clothing for themselves.
However. Mivumba would be a great name for a dog.
Or a child of African American descent.
Mivumba Linoleum Washington. Represent!


/checks underwear for signs of normal wear and tear

I am SO going to Uganda now. Do you have any idea what a Noid T-Shirt would be worth in a Seattle or Portland trendy store like Red Light??!

I bet the ugandan streak marks would just give it more "cred."

Used clothing is a popular trading commonity thoughout Africa. I remember a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer who traveled through an area well known for its crafts, with a backpack full of clothes he didn't need. He came back with his backpack full of handcrafts & wearing the only clothes he still had, hiking boots and a pair of shorts. Underwear is usually NOT traded, for the same reason that Goodwill doesn't have a used panties bin, it's icky to wear someone's stained old undies.

BTW, we were stationed in a fark fav. Swaziland. In fact, I was at the Mswati's coronation.

Wearing other peoples mivumba =

not to be gross or anything, but I don't get it.. I'll buy a 5 pack of Haynes undies and they last forever. I'm sure I make more than your adverage Ugandan, but common... Used underwear?

Cody

They must not possess the control of their sphincter muscles. Unlike the mighty US of A.

Do they not have cleaning supplies in Uganda? Bleach? Water?

I would think the cloth suppliers could at least wash the stuff. They're mixing soiled underpants with the regular good cloths?!

AVOID THE NOID! HE RUINS PIZZAS!

Codyl

You can't just buy a 5 pack of haynes underwear in Uganda. Even if you could, they would cost the eqivilent of $1000

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
I wonder how many people knew the Futurama reference?

Ohhh wait I was thinking of Slurms MacKenzie.... forgot about the dog.

SPUD!!

Wait, they're SELLING the clothes that we donated to Africa?

It sounds like Uganda has some pretty serious cooties. In the future, I'll be washing all the used underwear I get from there before I wear it.

Glad you caught that too, poot_rootbeer. My only problem is that I'm not sure if this is corruption at it's worst or capitalism at it's best. Maybe both?

Or maybe Capitalism = Corruption...

And Grumblecakes 5 Haynes (Hanes?) wouldn't cost the equivalent of $1000 in Uganda...at most the equivalent of $20 or $30.

Spuds in '88!

ack.

They wear clothing in Uganda?

Holy mother of 1988!!!

Considering 80% of the country's water source doubles as an open sewer for five other communities, I'd think that wearing second hand underwear could possibly get a miss.....

I'd think a life of drinking grey water could POSSIBLY have more to do with getting butt-worms than undies from the Sally-Ann....

JUST A THOUGHT....

Underwear will be worn on the outside so they can check.

/obscure?