Sunday, February 13, 2011

What Civilization Is

Boy from South East Asia cleaning his hand with napkin
What is Civilization - cultural achievements, glorious victories, etc and so on blah- blah. I found it in most trivial things. Believe me or not but napkins and hot water mean civilization for me. Yesterday I had forgotten to buy napkins from the store. By the moment I had realized that every store has been already closed (maybe I should open 24/7 store selling these marvelous household inventions). As you know bad things don’t come alone. My boiler has broken down the same evening. So here I am sitting with no hot water and no napkins. No big deal you will say. I agree with you why is the fuss about all this? I just want to say how Civilization is measured in small things. Every major glorious events echoing through the history seems quite distant and in a second thought means nothing to me. I just want perfect accommodations at my home, this includes napkins and hot water all the time. Yesterday civilization had a fail with me.

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Hygiene Matters

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