The Englishman Abroad – Ailments
I'm sure this country has ailments that no other country has. I had the TV burbling in the background this morning as I was getting ready, and on came an advert for a product designed to treat 'Restless Leg Syndrome'. I thought this was a joke at first, but it seems to be a real thing. Apparently, if you get pins and needles and a few other odd symptoms a lot, this is what it is.
As with many drug adverts over here, even more entertaining than discovering that there even is such a thing as RLS (yes, it has its own three letter acronym and everything) are the side effect warnings. It seems that patients taking it should tell their doctor if they experience (among other things) increased sexual or gambling urges. I'd have thought that they could market it for the side effects alone.