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					Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick  I was in Africa for the past week or so and I can report conclusively on a few things:
 1.  The only water flowing there is NOT the bitter sting of tears.  There are some lakes, rivers, etc.
 
 2.  There IS snow in Africa at Christmastime.  I saw some.
 
 3.  The Christmas bells that ring there are NOT the clanging chimes of doom.
 
 I have the feeling that the members of Band-Aid were not as informed as I presumed them to be at the time.
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 Did it occur to you that the song was released in 1984 and was written in the present tense?  Here's another helpful tip: Prince has found Jehovah and all of his musical offers to make love 2 U are now off the table.