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The Song Challenge:   The Day That Saji's Sari Slipped and Baji's Bobbin Got Buffed . . . India's health minister has banned the use of condoms to lubricate bobbins used in weaving saris.  CP Thakur has told parliament sari makers are using condoms to speed up weaving because condom lubricant was also good at stopping yarn from snapping.    Mr. Thakur claims the use of so many condoms in the sari industry is affecting India's population control programme.    "Instructions have been issued to stop this practice," Mr Thakur said.  Mr Thakur says the use of condoms in weaving is causing shortages and instances of unscrupulous government health workers meant to distribute free condoms to contain population instead selling the condoms to sari makers.  Workers rub the condoms on bobbins while they make their brocade saris.   The industry is using an estimated half a million condoms every day.   Each of the 125,000 looms in the city of Varanasi uses an average four condoms per day.   It takes nearly 15 condoms to produce one Benarasi sari. The lubricant on the condom smoothens the bobbin and makes it move faster between threads..


Hard to Make a Sari by mousethief
(Tune: Hard to Say I'm Sorry (Chicago))

Everybody needs a little lubricate-
Lubricayyyy-tion on their bobbin
It makes the bobbin move so smooth-i-lay
While the loom is a-throbbin'

(Chorus)
Sheathe me now,
It's hard for me to make a sari
Without latex novelties
Given all the bobbin goes through
It needs a little extra lube
Not from a tube!
After all has been said and done
It's just a little fun to rub them down!

Now there comes a little message sent
The government--'s getting cranky
Seems men are beget-tin' lotsa kids
Without lids on their shankies

(repeat chorus)

Trojan Durex HotRod BigBoy Golden Coin
Life Styles, WildCat -- we'll buy them all
Rub 'em on our bobbins and let 'em go
Don'tcha know -- we have a ball!

(repeat Chorus and fade)

(C)2001 Alex Riggle. All Rights Reserved.

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