Hey, Sari-Man the Bali's by Jack the Sailor


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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..

Hey, Sari-Man the Bali's by Jack the Sailor

You put it on a spool now, Its so simple
Put it on a bobbin shuttle to the loom now
Weave me a sari now it comes out perfect
Need to making 'em faster now, not your doing

Hey, Sari-Man, Whats your grease now, can you really say?
Hey, Sari-Man, Whats your grease now, can you really say?

You have a new trick to make your product
You need to lubricate, oh so daring
You've got a source now in the government
Where is the birth control disappearing?

Hey, Sari-Man, Whats your grease now, can you really say?
Hey, Sari-Man, Whats your grease now, can you really say?

Oh Oh Please save a condom for me (save a condom for me)
Oh Oh Please save a condom for me (save a condom for me)

People are starving but you're still earning
You're using rubber sheaths in your greasing
When the condoms all are gone there'll be babies
Mommas needing saris to hide their bellies

Hey, Sari-Man, Whats your grease now, can you really say?
Hey, Sari-Man, Whats your grease now, can you really say?

Sari-Man(Sari-Man) Sari-Man