Romance Lesson

I received this from Yahoo's 'Humour Against Psychiatry' List, and thought I'd pass it along for those who don't subscribe:

Folks,

I heard this one from one of my colleagues at the postal service where I work in mail delivery:

Last week Eli Lilly sent an unsolicited mailing to the private homes of physicians to promote its look-alike Viagra drug, called Cialis. The mailing consisted of a bright orange-colored package the size of a box of copier paper. On the front, above the physician's address label, was written in huge white letters: Romance Lesson. On the back was extensive product information of the kind one would expect to find on a package insert, together with praise for the product.

A member of my colleague's sports club lives on his route. This member isn't well-liked because he's always picking arguments. As the disliked member's wife is a doctor, my colleague had to deliver an orange box to his address. So he rang the bell, and the conversation went like this:

Club member (from behind closed door): "Who is it?"

Colleague: "Mail service?"

Member: "Whadya want?"

Colleague: "Mail for you that doesn't fit in your mailbox."

Member: "What is it?"

Colleague: "A lesson kit to help with your impotence."

Member (opens the door, yanks the package out of my colleague's hand): "This isn't for me, it's for my wife."

Colleague (just before spinning off to his next address): "Well, please give it to her. She's probably waiting for it anxiously."

The way my colleague told it, it sounded pretty hilarious. But seriously, it must be awfully embarrassing to receive such a package in the mail. I might almost feel sorry for the doctors.

Yes, my heart goes out to them. This morning, I scratched my name on my last ever Medicare form (as far as 'therapy' is concerned), using as usual, a token ink-stick of appreciation from a pharmaceutical company. I'd never even heard of the medication being advertised on the pocket-clip. Some new atypical, I was told. Typical.