the poorer you are the less help you have
until you are so poor you have no help at all
If clothes make the man and women make the clothes, what does that mean? Women make the men.
Bryan Adams came on the radio. I listen to KOIT, a light rock less talk radio station. My lady says to me, “This is maid music.”
“What’s that mean?” I ask.
“We had maids growing up in the Philippines, and they loved this kind of music. I used to hate it, but now it brings back good memories.”
“Does everyone have a maid in the Philippines?” I ask.
“Yes,” she said.
“Even the maids?”
“Some of them will have people at home who help them. The poorer you are, the less help you have, until you are so poor you have no help at all.”
“That kinda sums it all up,” I said.
As Thoreau said, “Do that which only you can do. Omit to do everything else.”
Comment by oggy — April 7, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
or delegate.
Comment by donny laundry — April 7, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
Hello Sir,
I am an ethnomusicologist with a special interest in the correlation between socio-economic factors and melodic preferences, and I am intrigued by the relatively unknown field of “maid music.”
Will you please ask your lady friend to elaborate on the genre and its leading artists other than Mr. Bryan Adams?
Thank you,
Kathrynne Duva
Comment by Kate Duva — April 7, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
i heard “your kiss your kiss is on my lips” by hall & oats today?
Comment by donny laundry — April 8, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
it’s “kiss is on my LIST”, dum-dum.
Comment by donny laundry — April 8, 2008 @ 3:39 pm
your lips are on my list for the best list in life
Comment by Rolston — April 13, 2008 @ 8:31 am