Fun_People Archive
28 Mar
Re: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore...

Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 17:31:11 -0800
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: Re: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore...

[Our copious correspondent El Jefe couldn't help but pass on this stream of  
pithy insights on the recent Fun_Article about the uses of urine... -psl]

From: eljefe@netcom.com (Jef Jaisun)

> Five million Germans indulge in urine therapy, many of them taking
> injections, according to Dr Johann Abele.  "It has spread over Germany
> like a huge wave," he said.

A big yellow one, no doubt.

>      Companies have begun waking up to urine, Thomas says.

Call me when the astronauts do. 


>      A Dutch firm mixes the urine of nuns with that of pregnant women to
> make a potion for sterile couples, van der Kroon said.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What do they do with the urine from pregnant nuns?

>      Some say urine is the medicine of the future for billions of poor
> people without access to health care.

Those "some" would be Blue Cross, Principal Mutual and the rest of the 

health insurance lobby, who's motto is, "Piss on 'em!"

© 1996 Peter Langston