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Letter: Letters : Packet puzzles

Published 7 March 1998

From Guy J. Forrester

Brussels, Belgium

In response to your series on amusing notices on packaging (Feedback, every
week), I would like to share with you a translation from a French product used
for nappy rash, among other things.

On the box was written, in plain English: “For the prevention of
buttocks”.

We used it on my youngest daughter, but nothing happened.

Issue no. 2124 published 7 March 1998

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