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How many e-mails do the Viagra people have to send me? &#8220;73% off VIAGRA!&#8221; they scream at me. &#8220;We&#8217;ve slashed prices because of the competition!!&#8221;, which is exactly the kind of thing you want to hear coming from your pharmacist. &#8220;dan Theresa amanda Butthead nothing abgrossm steph quebec Doobie!&#8221; the e-mails triumphantly conclude, bypassing my spam filter. &#8220;sparky jesus1 groin infection!&#8221;<br \/>\nI get a hundred of these e-mails a day. Clearly, the online Viagra people know something about my penis that I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the article details how hard (heh) it was to order online, the rigorous (heh) testing he did, and the Final, Hideous Truth he learned about the medication, of a prank that had gone terribly wrong, and the ultimate, vital warning he has for all men thinking of dabbling with this Demon Drug &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>RTWT. 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