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When your parents were telling you to clean your plate, which part of the world did they say "people in" are starving or would love to have that food?

Yosyp 2012/05/08 11:13:16
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I think each generation had a different area of the world that they would reference.
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  • Guido 2012/05/08 12:11:14
    None of the above
    Guido
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    They said if I didn't clean my plate...my ass would be starving...there was no mention of anyone else
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  • caius madison 2012/05/21 06:22:00
    All of the above
    caius madison
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    It was kind of a mixed phrase in my family's house. It was whatever one was on the tip of the tounge.
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  • Me 2012/05/11 06:27:10
    None of the above
    Me
    +1
    lol
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  • cassidysf 2012/05/10 21:37:21
    None of the above
    cassidysf
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    I guess I could say All of the Above,
    my family told me that there were starving children all over the world.
    And then I thought that me eating the food was not going to help them.
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  • mr echo 2012/05/10 20:59:13
    Undecided
    mr echo
    +1
    my plate was allways clean
    sometimes i wanted more but couldnt not often but it happened
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  • Iamfree 2012/05/09 19:31:29
    Africa
    Iamfree
    +1
    In my mom's generation, it was "China." I never used the phrase with my daughter, but she heard about it elsewhere. One day when she was little, teasing me because I hadn't finished my dinner, she said, "Mom, eat all your dinner. Just think of all of the starving children in Niagara." LOL.
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  • La 2012/05/09 10:22:21
    Africa
    La
    It's always Africa.
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  • JanHopkins 2012/05/09 06:28:16
    China
    JanHopkins
    +1
    And my father claimed that's what his grandmother would tell him at the dinner table. It beats me how cleaning my plate would help feed the starving Chinese.
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  • nightcrawler2005 2012/05/09 03:49:52
    Africa
    nightcrawler2005
    +1
    I think she might have used Africa once or twice. Even thought there were kids starving in Bangladesh and other places at the time. Personally it didn't work and she had to try other tactics.
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  • HAlex1972 2012/05/09 03:46:01 (edited)
  • exsecrare 2012/05/09 03:33:18
    None of the above
    exsecrare
    +1
    We were starving and loved to have food. Plates didn't go uncleaned in my house when I was a kid.
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  • Dee 2012/05/09 03:25:57
    Africa
    Dee
    +1
    Boy, does this question ever bring back memories...
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  • ACE 2012/05/09 00:03:57
    Africa
    ACE
    +1
    and we moved there and saw it first hand.
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  • Sister Jean 2012/05/08 23:29:53
    Africa
    Sister Jean
    +3
    Africa and I told my students same
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  • blissful 2012/05/08 21:36:45
    Africa
    blissful
    +2
    Africa! Why does it always have to be Africa? There are other countries that have people who are just as starving..
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  • firebird 2012/05/08 20:43:57
    China
    firebird
    +3
    China and India. My dad traveled all over the world... HE went round the world seven times in his life time..... He always claimed it was bad in many places.
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  • Tara-ABO-2012 2012/05/08 19:44:00
    None of the above
    Tara-ABO-2012
    +2
    I guess I got lucky... I was never forced to eat everything. I ate as much or as little of whatever I wanted
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  • Old Nellie Bones 2012/05/08 18:45:26
    None of the above
    Old Nellie Bones
    +1
    My parents never used that one.It was eat what is put in front of you or go hungry period.I once had a burger that was kept in the fridge for about 2 or three days.They realized that I would rather starve than eat that damn burger.Of course they didn't want me to starve so that was the end of that from that point forward.
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  • MrFabulous47 2012/05/08 17:48:45
    None of the above
    MrFabulous47
    +2
    The nuns in my grade school would say the kids in Biafra which hasn't been a country for decades now; but in real life at home, if I didn't finish my dinner I was not allowed to leave the table until I did. I missed more hours of TV & more evenings running around outside than I care to remember. It was a fierce battle of wills between my dad & I, but I usually won because it became my bedtime or my always sympathetic mom would come to my rescue and get my dad to let me off the hook. Good times.
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  • keliffa 2012/05/08 17:26:25
    None of the above
    keliffa
    +4
    My dad would never say 'there are people starving in...'. He would say finish your food. And we did.
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  • Gloria 2012/05/08 17:24:21
    China
    Gloria
    +3
    One of the worst famines currently is here;
    famine in mali west africa
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  • Kyle 2012/05/08 17:12:35
    Africa
    Kyle
    +1
    My parents didn't use that tactic to often but when they did I remember that they used Africa.
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  • Ron 2012/05/08 17:01:45
    Undecided
    Ron
    +2
    It was these 3: India, Africa, and China.
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  • none 2012/05/08 16:57:59
    China
    none
    +2
    That was a while ago.
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  • ronbo 2012/05/08 16:45:20
    Africa
    ronbo
    +3
    If I wasn,t eating all my food she,d roll out the kid in Africa as a guilt trip.
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  • nverumind 2012/05/08 16:12:09
    None of the above
    nverumind
    +3
    haha my grandma used to say kids in detroit would LOVE to have that food !
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  • ♛Littlɘ Ǫuɘɘn~ƿɦɐɘϯ 2012/05/08 15:53:20 (edited)
    None of the above
    ♛Littlɘ Ǫuɘɘn~ƿɦɐɘϯ
    +3
    Ethiopia.

    (Should have clicked Africa.)
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  • MitsukyWkfChang 2012/05/08 15:44:58
  • becca m 2012/05/08 15:27:20
    None of the above
    becca m
    +2
    You either ate or you didn't eat.
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  • Rachel 2012/05/08 15:26:55
    Those in your own country
    Rachel
    +2
    .... particularly those who live in the slums.
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  • Cassi 2012/05/08 15:05:18
    None of the above
    Cassi
    +3
    They just say clean the plate. Eat it. It's a waste.
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  • JohnT 2012/05/08 14:50:42
    Those in your own country
    JohnT
    +2
    That was back in the fifties and they said the plate would sit there until I finished it or be there for breakfast. The thought of it being around for breakfast was terrible so I finished it, but as a adult I don't eat the things they forced me to eat.
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  • RosaG 2012/05/08 14:50:31
    Africa
    RosaG
    +2
    Never heard people mentioning anything besides Africa or sometimes 'the Third World' in general.
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  • luvguins 2012/05/08 14:27:00
    India
    luvguins
    +3
    it was always India from my mother.
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  • Mrs. Kathy Arch 2012/05/08 13:51:41
    Africa
    Mrs. Kathy Arch
    +6
    Ethiopia.
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  • ♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒ 2012/05/08 13:51:41
    China
    ♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒
    +3
    LOL

    and I still feel guilty for not eating everything put on my plate....
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  • Brother Bo 2012/05/08 13:40:40
    Africa
    Brother Bo
    +4
    It was Africa. I once told my mom to send my carrots to them. Not a good suggestion.
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  • **StarzAbove** 2012/05/08 13:35:10
    None of the above
    **StarzAbove**
    +4
    I was never told about any country, I was just told to finish my plate, and I did.
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  • Sgt Major B 2012/05/08 13:26:23
    China
    Sgt Major B
    +3
    China and India. Being altruistic enough to gladly offer it up for their relief only earned you a rap on the back of your head!
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  • John Storz 2012/05/08 13:26:02
    Africa
    John Storz
    +2
    And lets face it, there are a lot of people starving there.
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  • L1 2012/05/08 13:25:21
    All of the above
    L1
    +2
    Everywhere. They said "poor people in the world" but not necessarily name where.
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