Dispensary Corner 15 Mar 12
March 15, 2012
EMERGENCY toilet paper.
The state of New Jersey is
looking down the barrel of a toilet
paper free existence, if concerns
about a contract are not dealt
with swiftly.
Officials in the state got
themselves into a sticky situation
after deciding to dump a
US$42,000 contract for a year’s
supply of paper due to concerns
about the seemingly high price of
paper coffee cups.
As a result of the argument
police stations, public offices and
fire departments are nearing the
tail end of their toilet paper.
Fortunately, rather than having
to hold it until they get home,
public servants now have hope,
after city officials decided to flush
their pride and approach a
company with a proposal for new
supplies
REACHING the top.
The world’s tallest living man, Sultan Kosen, has finally stopped growing after treatment with a new drug. Kosen, who suffers from acromegaly (a condition triggered by a tumour in the pituitary gland), stands at 8-feet and 3- inches tall, decided to halt his growth in May 2010 using a new medication administered at the University of Virginia Medical Centre. The new medication is designed to control the production of growth hormones. And it seems, after two years the medication has finally paid off, with Kosen’s doctors confirming that as of three months ago, he has stopped growing “I’m most pleased that we were able to help Sultan,” said one of Kosen’s doctors, Jason Sheehan. “If he had continued to grow, it would have been life-threatening,” he added.
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