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Feb. 25, 2005 Radio stations are infamous for running wacky promotions, but a radio station contest offering free breast enlargement surgery has sparked protests. The contest was run by Clear Channel stations in four cities: Tampa, Jacksonville, St. Louis and Detroit. The "Breast Christmas Ever" contest, as it was called, offered free surgery to women who wrote the best essay on why they wanted bigger hooters. The Tampa station says it received 91,000 essays. All a kid wants for Christmas is his two front teeth, but it looks like the only thing many boobs want is two silicon knockers. I can only hope that the judges weren't boobs who valued titillating passages over good grammar. The National Research Center for Women and Families and the National Organization for Women (NOW) are outraged. They're urging people to complain to the FCC. NOW needs to get its priorities in order; isn't striving for "equal pay for equal work" more important than complaining about a silly radio contest? I'm all in favor of anything that will encourage people to write. Next year, Clear Channel should change the rules to let men write essays on why their wives/significant others should have a boob job -- I guarantee they will receive over a million essays. For most guys it will be the first essay they've written since "What I did during my summer vacation" back in elementary school. Thirteen women won the contest, hopefully they will realize that exercising their minds to write essays is more fulfilling than flashing their new boobs. ------------ About the author: Robert Paul Reyes is a columnist for the Lynchburg Ledger. Email: rreyes4966@aol.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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