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*****OFF TOPIC***** THIS JUST CAME ACROSS BUSINESS WIRE . SOMEONE HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR OVER THERE. (PR NEWSWIRE) DJ: National Viagra Day; To Raise Awareness of New Sexual Ut
DJ: National Viagra Day; To Raise Awareness of New Sexual Utopia
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1998--HarperCollins Publishers have
proclaimed Sunday, August 30th, the first annual Viagra Day in honor of its
new book VIAGRA NATION by Bruce McCall and Lee Eisenberg (HarperPerennial,
August 10, 1998; trade paperback/original; $10.95).
Viagra Day commemorates the onset of "a new sexual utopia in America," the
authors say, "a golden era in which sexual anxiety is a thing of the past,
save perhaps for Woody Allen. That's why the motto for the day is CELEBRATE,
NOT CELIBATE!"
To mark the occasion, the authors recommend "you climb into bed with someone
you love, sort of love, sort of like, or can simply tolerate and stay there
for 24 hours."
"This promises to be the most talked-about bed-in since John Lennon and Yoko
Ono's," says co-author Eisenberg, "only more private--and much bigger."
"Don't bother arriving early to get a good curb-side seat for the Viagra Day
parade down Fifth Avenue," says co-author McCall. "With everyone shacked up
in their apartments, what's to see?"
The date for Viagra Day, Sunday, August 30th, was carefully chosen,
according to the authors, "because nothing else is likely to happen on a
hot, sultry weekend when TV is showing only reruns, the kids are off at the
movies and your suntan is as good as it's ever going to get."
President Clinton, the authors noted, is not expected to issue a Viagra Day
proclamation, nor lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Viagran (for
obvious reasons).
CONTACT: For author interviews
Jill Siegel
212/472-6259
09:55 EDT AUGUST 24, 1998
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