Okay, okay, so maybe my last email was a bit harsh, but it's something I feel pretty strongly about - most pharmaceutical companies are more sinister than we are. On a lighter note, I once bought doggie shampoo with a label that read "not tested on animals". Which was curious. From: "The Hodottir" <hodottir@hotmail.com> Reply-To: "The Hodottir" <hodottir@hotmail.com> To: sinister@missprint.org Subject: Sinister: hard to swallow? Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 09:00:19 -0000 On 14.03, David said: "Glaxo Wellcome SmithKline Beecham are short of cash. So please, BUY LOTS OF RIBENA!" Smithkline Beecham (as was) were one of the worst companies for testing cosmetics (not medicines) on animals - in one instance, they were testing on beagles, and when the testing was complete, they were due to have the animals put down. The RSPCA asked them to wait until they could find the 100 or so dogs new homes, which you can imagine took some time. To cut a long story short, by the time the RSPCA HAD found homes, Smithkline Beecham had destroyed the dogs regardless. So, my kindly friends, do enjoy your Ribena. Hodottir. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Okay, okay, so maybe my last email was a bit harsh, but it's something I feel pretty strongly about - most pharmaceutical companies are more sinister than we are.
On a lighter note, I once bought doggie shampoo with a label that read "not tested on animals".
Which was curious.
"Not tested on Steps fans"? Well, I'd just like to say (actually, it's more like 'hate to say') that I lent Tigermilk and IYFS out to four people... only one liked it, and I know she would because she said she liked them before. One said that it was dull, the lyrics weren't ever very good and it sounded like Badly Drawn Boy without good tunes. Another compared them to Celine Dion (!?). And another said they were ok to start with, then, apon hearing the comments of the other two, said they were in fact crap. On a happier note... I'm just off to drink some doctor pepper... *twiddles thumbs and waits for flight to come in from America*. I'm currently waiting for confirmation as to whether I can use the "Judy..." name for my story. I hope everyone will be buying it in six months time. I'll be posting more story soon... have fun, Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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