Dispensary Corner 27 Jan 11
January 27, 2011
LIVING off fat of the rich.
A recent campaign marketed
by UK Harley Street cosmetic
surgery practice, offering ‘reverse
liposuction’ has been revealed as
a spoof.
Claimed to be a cutting edge
procedure developed by the
Klaxon Institute and which could
end world hunger by enabling
those in third world countries to
live off the excess fat of the
Western world, reverse
liposuction, was in fact the
brainchild of a charity called
Practical Action.
Watched by an estimated 38%
of people living in the UK, the
video marketing campaign, was
designed to demonstrate how
“short-term, quick fixes are no
match for long-term, practical
solutions that help the people of
the developing world escape
poverty forever”.
“It’s worrying that people fell
for the spoof and think that
imposed western solutions such
as reverse liposuction would be a
good, feasible, idea to help end
poverty,” said Margaret Gardner,
a Director at Practical Action.
To watch the clip CLICK HERE.
THIS one doesn’t need dressing.
Visitors to Cairns Botanic
Gardens might be forgiven for
thinking the garden contains the
walking wounded, after one of
the world’s rarest flowers
bloomed earlier in the month.
Not the most lovely Valentine’s
Day flower, the titan arum species
is native to Sumatra, and is said
to smell exactly like rotting flesh.
Rather than just being nasty for
the sake of it, the scent is designed to
smell like rotting flesh to attract
insects for the plant to feed off.
SLIGHTLY disturbing green energy.
Local UK council members in
the town of Redditch have come
under fire for their push to have
the local swimming pool heated
by a neighbouring crematorium.
The “green energy solution”
has been criticised for being
“creepy”, with one funeral
director saying “I think trying to
save money due to the death of
someone’s family member or
friend is a bit sick”.
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