Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Cure My Cold, Please Message-ID: <15@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 13:19:46 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.15 Posted: Tue Nov 12 13:19:46 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 04:41:34 EST References: <31200022@uiucdcs.UUCP> <17400011@hpfcla.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 17 Summary: This discussion reminded me of an amusing (to me) advertisement I used to see on billboards all over London. The ads were for an over-the-counter patent cold remedy. I don't recall then name, but the gist was that their remedy would cure your cold. All you had to do was take it regularly for nine days ... "God cures the patient. The doctor collects the fee." -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp(+)TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe