Thursday, July 26, 2007


You've probably seen the ads for Glaxo's new weight-loss drug, Alli. Supposedly works wonderful, is FDA-approved, yaddi yadda. The web site is all about women losing weight and feeling good about themselves. Well, it's also about the side effects of a drug that makes you unable to digest the fat in your food (fat which, clearly, has to get out somehow). The Alli website offers very helpful suggestions to manage the fact that you very well may shit yourself at, literally, a second's notice:
You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work
Yeah, dark pants will really save the day in this situation...

PS: This reminds me of this charming story
PPS: Yes, I am juvenile, what's new?

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