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The joy of (UN) sex

The UN has a controversial new guide to sex education. I’m not sure what a UN guide to sex involves, but after more than one research grant experience (and witnessing friends with local NGOs), I have a pretty good guess.

United Nations: “Hi handsome. Would you like to have sex with me?”

Me: Sure.

UN: Oh wait. Hang on a minute.

Me: OK.

UN: We’re updating our internal copulation guidelines. We’ll have sex in a moment.

Me: Ready and waiting.

UN: Um, I forgot to fill out the right forms, so there may be further delays. By the way, can you send me your latest CV?

Me: Uh, okay.

[...]

Me: Are you still there? Why aren’t you returning my phone calls?

UN: Sorry, we were on vacation in July and August. I promise to start the approval process this afternoon.

Me: Start the process? I thought we started last year?

UN: Good news. We have approval for sex from my supervisor. But there’s an accountant in Bangladesh with some questions. And he’s on vacation for September and October.

Me: You do realize I’ve said no to three other international organizations while waiting for you?

UN: Thanks for waiting. We’re ready now. But we’ve reorganized around here and now you’ll actually have to romance my sister, UNDP. Can you be done in 10 minutes?

Me: I am so out of here.

[Months pass]

United Nations: “Hi darling. Would you like to have sex with me?”

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  1. Transitionland says

    Darn. I was expecting something entirely different from this post.

  2. tumwijuke says

    Hilarious!

  3. Domenica says

    Very very funny. Just as well you didn’t wait – no doubt it would have been done without enthusiasm and required post-coital evaluation

  4. Ian says

    Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder?

  5. Kirillov says

    Perfect!

  6. jen says

    too true. perhaps you are interested in smaller ngo’s working in reconcilliation, ours is in rwanda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6YoNN6RyKU

  7. ayumi da web edition says

    just not funny… sex education it’s for human civilization to make better future. UN really need to take care about this…. human population went down coz of this…. people just do sex just for fun…. it’s time to do sex for human population

Continuing the Discussion

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  4. Mockingbird » Archiv » Look Beyond LXVII linked to this post on September 12, 2009

    [...] – Beim Physikblog wurde kürzlich recht intensiv über Sex am CERN nachgedacht, und da halte ich als Politikwissenschaftler doch gleich mal dagegen: Sex mit (ja, mit!) der UN. [...]



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