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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
What Doesn't Kill You Cures YouInterestingly enough, I found both of the following articles on the MSNBC front page yesterday. One was a new item from Reuters, and the other was an AP article rehashed from several months ago. The contrast was hilarious. First was the new article from Reuters on the dangers that young people are putting themselves in by tanning:
Then there is the rehashed AP article from a few months ago:
Yep... no confusion there. Update: And if all that isn't enough, apparently now sunbathing is addictive (H/T to The Agitator):
A class action lawsuit is being prepared against Big Sunscreen for the addictive smells of coconut. Update II: I wonder... if sunbathing is addictive, would that make artifical tanning lotions the sunbathing equivolent of a nicotine patch? Maybe they're missing a whole new marketing segment.
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