Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better h…

P. J. O'Rourke
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Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty, p.65, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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