Brown Motion

No this is not a race (human or automotive) inspired blog but about the more mundane subject of doing laundry.  This doing is part of every household who deigns to maintain a rinsed lifestyle. To me its an interesting study of how cleaning a piece of cloth has come to symbolize globalization and mission impossible all in one. Let me explain - pick a ready to wear garment of any color or fabric or dimension (and these days they also come in XXXL with Extra Tall - as a species we are growing or what?) and you will find that if you did not know the names of any of the third world countries you can easily master that in minutes.  Just by walking down a clothes aisle at a department store and reading out the 'Hecho En' (or Made in) tag on the inside of the collar.. or in some strange cases along the inside right seam. First I find it weird that the tag is only available in English or Spanish and not in other languages too - for example Afrikaans or Hindi or Peshtu o...