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- From: gerald@torolab4.vnet.ibm.com (Gerald Oskoboiny)
- Subject: should be taken only on the advice of a physician
- Summary: I drank what? - Socrates.
- Originator: gerald@gerald
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <gerald.721942839@gerald>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 19:40:39 GMT
- Reply-To: gerald@torolab4.vnet.ibm.com
- Organization: November is seafood month
- Followup-To: talk.bizarre,misc.test,alt.politics.clinton
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- For the last week or so, I've been substituting a "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."
- for my afternoon coffee. Instead of using normal sugar, I decided to use
- the little yellow packets of "Sugar Twin[tm]" instead. I like using this
- substitute, because it jumps around a lot when I add it to the tea, as
- if it is alive. Sugar just clumps at the bottom.
-
- Today, I read the fine print on the package:
-
- Contains dextrose 66.5%, sodium cyclamate 33.0%, and
- silicon dioxide 0.5% and should be taken only on the
- advice of a physician.
-
- Why would anyone use this chemical junk as a substitute for sugar? Just
- because it's "only 2 calories"? I could probably eat my shoes without
- gaining much weight, but that doesn't mean they would be good for me.
-
- Gerald
-