Saharan Style Golf
by J-loNormally I wouldn't share special days (no it's not Cicero's b-day) with reader, however, I felt that here on Cicero Jones we should acknowledge an event that occurred on March 22. Today, though I have yet to receive approval from the editors, we are celebrating post
World Water Day (March 22), or better known as Saharan Style Golf.
Understandably water is the very under appreciated (who has their 8 glasses of water a day?)and undervalued resource in the world. Rarely, as we are singing in the shower and producing an abundance of suds do we consider the importance of water and its scarcity for most people. Honestly, if Gallup were to conduct a poll today asking people what is more important - water or oil, I can gander that more than 60% would respond oil.
Besides the usual importance of H2O I quickly wanted to share something that makes me perspire a little and wonder what Tiger Woods would say. Though not a golfer (I'd prefer to utilize my senior years playing a good game of bocce), I couldn't help but see these
numbers as staggering (please read).
San Antonio’s 56 golf courses alone suck up 6.4 billion gallons of water per year. To put that figure in perspective, consider that in Africa, average daily human consumption is 47 liters, or about 12.5 gallons. That means the San Antonio golf courses’ annual water consumption equals about that of 1.5 million Africans.
As an act of protest I demand that all golf courses halt their watering for the course of Summer '07 and send an open invitation to individuals and families from water deprived nations to enjoy the exclusivity of US country clubs. The US can easily mend diplomatic relations with countries through an act such as free access to golf course - just imagine a plethora of Sudanese, Bolivians, and Uzbeks picnicking and playing 18 holes on a plush American golf course!
UPDATE (
by Cicero): I think J-lo did a real nice job here, don't you? However, I would caution against the golf course idea above. For all those who have seen Borat: J-lo, why would you advocate letting "Uzbeki assholes" into this country. Borat would not like.
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