Dispensary Corner 08 Sep 11
September 8, 2011
AN unusual animal rights
campaign in Belgium is urging
men to forego underwear in
support of the five million piglets
who are castrated each year.
Using the tag-line “Let ’em
hang,” it’s the brainchild of
welfare group Gaia which says the
current practice by farmers of
administering the chop without
painkillers should be outlawed.
“We are hoping for mass
participation so that supermarkets
stop selling pork from castrated
pigs,” said a spokesman for the
group, suggesting that men leave
their briefs and boxers in the
cupboard this Fri to “show
solidarity” with the swine.
Women should also hide their
partners’ underwear, the group
suggested, to boost the levels of
so-called “freeballing”.
AND also from Belgium, a new
research project funded by the EU
in Brussels aims to investigate the
nutritional value of insects.
About $3.5 million in funding
has been allocated to the study,
with the team from Wageningen
University in Holland looking at
claims that eating insects could
relieve food shortages and help to
save the environment.
“By 2020 you will be buying
insects in supermarkets,”
suggested project leader, Professor
Marcel Dicke.
“We will be amazed that in 2011
people didn’t think it was going to
happen,” he added, with the
move likely to start with “groundup
insects in sauces and burgers”.
COULD this happen in Australia’s
pharmacy schools?
Students enrolling at academic
institutions in Florida in the USA
are being given new belts to help
them comply with a new law
banning on-campus saggy pants.
The so-called ‘Pull Your Pants Up
Law’ aims to get boys to dress
“professionally,” rather than
following the trend of low-slung
pants and exposed underwear.
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