Sinister: hard to swallow?

[The Hodottir]

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 at xxx.com>
Reply-To: "The Hodottir" <hodottir at hotmail.com>
To: sinister at 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.

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