gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) (12/03/84)
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Several TV stations in the Chicago area have ads for get-thin-quick
elixirs that you take before going to sleep. They claim you wake up
pounds lighter. (You'll certainly wake up dollars lighter.) I'm real
curious--what is this stuff really?
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..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***act@pur-phy.UUCP (Alex C. Tselis) (12/03/84)
> -- > Several TV stations in the Chicago area have ads for get-thin-quick > elixirs that you take before going to sleep. They claim you wake up > pounds lighter. (You'll certainly wake up dollars lighter.) I'm real > curious--what is this stuff really? > -- This stuff sounds like liquid BS, with artificial color and flavor.
jjchew@utcs.UUCP (John Chew) (12/05/84)
> Several TV stations in the Chicago area have ads for get-thin-quick > elixirs that you take before going to sleep. They claim you wake up > pounds lighter. (You'll certainly wake up dollars lighter.) I'm real > curious--what is this stuff really? Hmm. How long has it been since tapeworm larvae (eggs?) were advertised as an effective crash diet? -- university of toronto computing services john j. chew, iii {cbosgd,decvax,harpo,ihnp4,utcsrgv,{allegra,linus}!utzoo}!utcs!jjchew
nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) (12/11/84)
> -- > Several TV stations in the Chicago area have ads for get-thin-quick > elixirs that you take before going to sleep. They claim you wake up > pounds lighter. (You'll certainly wake up dollars lighter.) I'm real > curious--what is this stuff really? > ken perlow ***** ***** Recently, a local television station had a news article on the fact that the FCC and some other Federal regulatory bodies were investigating this company, which has advertized in local papers. These claim that the pills contain some extract from the grapefruit (apparently this is different than the vitamin pill that others have seen). Still, the old saying applies: "If sounds too good to be true, then it probably is." Nemo