SOCIALISM HAS TAKEN ONE STEP TOO FAR...
Posted on 09/15/2014 3:49:15 PM PDT by dynachrome
Venezuela's chronic shortages have begun to encroach on a cultural cornerstone: the boob job.
Beauty-obsessed Venezuelans face a scarcity of brand-name breast implants, and women are so desperate that they and their doctors are turning to devices that are the wrong size or made in China, with less rigorous quality standards.
Venezuelans once had easy access to implants approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But doctors say they are now all-but impossible to find because restrictive currency controls have deprived local businesses of the cash to import foreign goods. It may not be the gravest shortfall facing the socialist South American country, but surgeons say the issue cuts to the psyche of the image-conscious Venezuelan woman.
"The women are complaining," said Ramon Zapata, president of the Society of Plastic Surgeons. "Venezuelan women are very concerned with their self-esteem."
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I’m sensing a classic thread here.
What they really have a shortage in is CAPITALISTS.
Apparently. BOGO.
I think the saying “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free” somehow fits here.
Buy one, get one!
VERY GOOD!
Just one WOULD look kinda odd. Just sayin’.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Therefore; in Venezuela a true amazon would be queen!
If Venezuela needs more boobs maybe we can ship them some of our TV reporters.
And if you elect Hillary I'd like to be ambassador to Venezuela
Am·a·zon
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek Amazōn, explained by the Greeks as ‘without a breast’ (as if from a- ‘without’ + mazos ‘breast’), referring to the fable that the Amazons cut off the right breast so as not to interfere with the use of a bow, but probably a popular etymology of an unknown foreign word.
I like 2. More balanced. Probably an infant memory thingee. "Gee, what's for lunch today, the left or the right? Choices, choices..."
Not for archery.
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/09/22/10/43/woman-undergoes-surgery-to-add-third-breast
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