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Friday, Feb. 15 2008 @ 6:06AM

It’s that time of year again – yes, time for the 30-hour hunger-off brought to you by the socially conscious folks at World Vision. According to the organization, about 1,400 Houston-area teens will participate in a 30-hour famine fundraiser February 22 to 23, which will give them a “real taste of hunger while helping the poor and hungry around the world.” (Although, since there’s a break for sleep, it’s probably more like a 23-hour famine, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it.)

No doubt the worldwide distended belly set will thank these kids for their show of solidarity, going a whole 30 hours without eating anything – consuming only liquids. (It is not made clear in World Vision’s press release if the liquids must be retrieved from dung-filled mud-holes where the wildebeests bathe.)

Be sure to check out the Web site, www.30hourfamine.org, where you can find things like famine T-shirts!

Stay tuned for details on the simultaneous 30-Hour Douche Fundraiser, where starving kids will act like douches for 30 hours (or 23, depending on how much they sleep) in order for them to get just a taste of what being a total douche feels like. – Craig Malisow

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Meme says:

You missed the point. Sure, well-fed, privileged teenagers will be not eating for thirty hours, but the idea is not simply to "give them a taste of hunger." The point is that it's a fund raiser. The kids get people to sponsor them, and the money goes toward buying food for "the distended belly set" (as you so sensitively put it).

Don't ignore half the story. Snotty kids simply trying out hunger for a day is pointless and kind of offensive. Snotty kids raising money to buy food for the people who are actually starving is a worthwhile endeavor. More power to them.

Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 18 2008 @ 5:46PM