quicko: ads

The other day I was watching TV and in one -- ONE! -- commercial break saw government infomercial ads for three -- THREE! -- kinds of cancer: prostate (Aussie males, don't be afraid to seem un-macho and not get things checked out), bowel (Aussie everyones, don't be afraid to seem weird and not get things checked out) and skin (put on sun screen or you'll DIE!). Let me just stress, these were not about treatments, medications or the latest fad drug with a mile long list of side effects, these were simply warnings. In advance. So beware!

And if you die of cancer, you can't say the Australian government didn't try to tell you so.