San Diego Reader - Volume 34 / Number 2, January 13th, 2005 - reports:
Zimbabwe, facing a severe food shortage, is considering an unlikely program to bring rich foreign vistors to the country, according to a government announcement in November. The imformation minister proposed an "obesity tourism strategy," in which overweight visitors (especially Americans) would be encouraged to "vacation" in Zimbabwe and "provide labor for [government-confiscated] farms in the hope of shedding weight." Americans, the proposal noted, spend $6 billion a year on "useless" dieting aids and could be encouraged to work off pounds and then flaunt "their slim bodies on a sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River."
Zimbabwe, facing a severe food shortage, is considering an unlikely program to bring rich foreign vistors to the country, according to a government announcement in November. The imformation minister proposed an "obesity tourism strategy," in which overweight visitors (especially Americans) would be encouraged to "vacation" in Zimbabwe and "provide labor for [government-confiscated] farms in the hope of shedding weight." Americans, the proposal noted, spend $6 billion a year on "useless" dieting aids and could be encouraged to work off pounds and then flaunt "their slim bodies on a sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River."
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You've GOT to be kidding.
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