"Jay Honeck" wrote in message

I believe *some* people are sensitive to *some* additives like
aspartame -- but let's not go down the "ban peanuts at the ballpark"
mentality because *some* people are allergic to them. Mary and I (and
the kids) have happily consumed only diet soda pop for decades. The
only side effect is that we are not overweight.


Hmmmmm!

On a trip from Madison to Providence, I stopped of at Niagara Falls for the
night. Went to the Seneca casino for dinner.

The biggest, fattest guy I have ever seen sat down at the table next to us
with about three plates of food piled up as much as they could hold. The
waitress came along and asked him what he wanted to drink - diet coke he
replied perhaps in the hope that he could control his weight.

Gross.