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Wafer-thin!

The western world is filled with weight-loss cures. And how fitting it was that I found a certain special one yesterday that I hadn’t heard of.

Yesterday, you see, was International Monty Python Day. I hope you didn’t miss it. The day had me reminiscing about one of Monty Python’s most iconic characters, a character who every day here in America looms even larger, Mr. Creosote, who serves as a bigger and bigger role model for many of us. Here’s the scene that launched Mr. Creosote to fame:

Now, in what I can only assume is his honor, a company has introduced WaferThin weight-loss wafers. Oh, if only the thoughtless maitre d’ in the clip above had offered one of these and not the fatal chocolate variety!

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