Letters to the editor, January 2010

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• Dr. Camilla Lustigmann

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From: Dr. Camilla Lustigmann
Date: 6 January 2010
Subj: Akte 09: Deutsche zu dick

Erleben Sie das manchmal, dass Ihre Augen ganz voller Neid auf der Figur der Leute ruhen, die es erreichen, ihr Traumgewicht zu halten?

5 oder sogar 25 Kilo verlieren? Wer will das nicht! Bloss erreicht es kaum ein Mensch. Zumindest nicht ohne Unterstuetzung.

Haben auch Sie sich schon oft an diesem Ziel versucht, sind bisher jedoch immer gescheitert und sind nun schon vollkommen verzweifelt?

Checken sie dieese nagel-neue Abnehm-Methode und er-fahren sie, wie easy es endlich ist 19 K-i-l-o in einem Monat abzu-nehmen.

Hier ist die Seite, empfohlen von Google: http://hurl.me/q1fwnh

Das neue Mittel zur Gewichtsreduzierung ist so revolutionaer, es hat es sogar in die beruehmte Show von Oprah Winfrey geschafft!

Amerikanische Abnehmprodukte schaffen den totalen Durchbruch. Nehmen auch Sie teil daran!

Versuchen sie diese nagel-neue Art und weise und er-fahren Sie, wie easy es heutzutage ist 7 KG in nur einem Monat abzunehmen.

Weitere Informationen,
http://hurl.me/fcktj1

Mit angenehmen Gruessen
Dr. Camilla Lustigmann

I do thank you for writing, but there are a few matters that I should call to your attention. First of all, my name is not Douglas. It is a fine and honorable name – I dare say I would have been a better person if I had been born a Douglas – but it is simply not mine. Secondly, it would have been better if you had written in English. It has been half a century since my university German and I was not the most apt of students even then.

Thirdly, while I could do with losing 5 kilos, the thought of losing 25 kilos is scary. It occurs to me that you may think that “Douglas” is a feminine name and that I am really rather heavy for a woman. If so, it seems that we have an international identity crisis going on here.