Fable – Filomina and the Pill

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Filomina and the Pill Once upon just the other day, a nice lady of modest proportions, Filomina by name, decided to do some real body-building using both diet and exercise. She really wanted to look GOOD. Filomina jogged on over to the local pharmacy and consulted with the white-coated purveyor of medications and vitamins, Dr. Bennie. “What do you have in the way of quick-acting pills or powders that I can take to help me gain some muscles?” Filomina asked. “We have a new pill here, Ms. Filomina. Just what you need". "You take one of these each day, swallowed down with a half-quart of milk. That's important. These pills are extra-sized and they are mighty potent. After swallowing a pill each day, you should exercise that part of you you desire to be enlarged and strengthened. The results are guaranteed. Muscles will grow that should make you or anyone proud and happy with their own body.” So it went. The pills were purchased and swallowed, one each day. The right bicep was the first muscle to be exercised. A barbell was put to use for the exercising – just one barbell, for that was all the barbells that Filomina could afford to buy right then. Filomina wanted to produce some real results before checking on her progress in a mirror. After two weeks of pill-popping and right-arm barbelling, Filomina took a look. "Fantastic - Those pills really work..." Moral: You can take the pills from the pharmacist but you might not want to take the sales pitch that came with them. * * * * * * * * * * Image source – My Broderbund DVD, Muscle Building by Gus Kilthau * * * * * * * * * *