A certain day Fidel Castro was addressing Cuba in a speech, and he told them: "We have been said to be a country of misery and poverty. So, we have to let those yakees up north know that in Cuba nobody goes to sleep without eating!"

A Cuban gets on his feet and says: "Hey, my brother, you know I haven't had any food yet?"

Fidel answered swiftly: "Then don't go to sleep..."





certainPRONOUN
An indefinite but limited number; some: Certain of the products are faulty.

addressingTRANSITIVE VERB
To make a formal speech to.

speechNOUN
The faculty or act of speaking.

miseryNOUN
The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.

povertyNOUN
The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.

yakeesNOUN
A native or inhabitant of New England.
A native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially a Union soldier during the Civil War.
A native or inhabitant of the United States.

Cuban
get on one's feet
swiftly