This is all such a logic fail, I don't know where to begin.

Haha. I did see Shrek with my friend and her son when I was visiting her in FL.

Really, WTF?? She looks 80.

Yeah, I'd always heard there is no balm in Gilead.

It's a little alarming that the answer to every parenting issue is 'someone should take those kids away from them' (Like anyone else really wants someone else's poorly raised brats?) And then do what with them? Put them in one of those excellent residential care facilities that every town has? Oh that's right, we…

"Marrying his daughter to a prince is like winning the world cup"

Really? I was thinking just the opposite.

So maybe a combined 'Certificate of Stillbirth'? That acknowleges that a woman gave birth to a child that was 'born' dead (passed though her birth canal -or otherwise- went from being in her womb to being in the world).

Meh. They should have planned it for the 7th, then.

I missed the part where literature needed to be 'reinvented', can someone enlighten me?

Yeah, it would suck to be the folks at The Rusty Cauldron if it was just another forum.

I was joking, but the protein thing makes sence. There are also hair products with silk protein (silk peptides).

I think it is self-regulating, at least for larger companies. And certainly at the corporate-sponsorship level (such as Avon, as you say) I think you can be sure that a significant amount is donated to cancer research, aside from the awareness aspect.

"Isn't a cent on the dollar for, say, a popular product, better than nothing at all?"

Oh, stop. It's probably like, sheep placenta or something. Just like Premarin is made from PREgnant MARe's urINe. It would be different if it were human urine, amiright?

"Also at risk are rainbows, ponies, shooting stars, and the entire oeuvre of Lisa Frank."

My own (very small) company was considering jumping on the 'pink' bandwagon, until we looked into the requirements and restrictions for producing or promoting crap in the breast-cancer-pink color, or with the pink ribbon logo: Absolutely none. You don't even need to register. There are NO requirements for donating…

One evening at a formal ball with our active servicemen and woman? That's a huge publicity win for her at very little cost.

Why not put it in the profile: "I'm having fun dating right now, not ready to settle down"? That way he isn't wasting the time of those looking for something more committed?

"If I were to discover that I was not my daughter's biological dad, I'd be hurt by my wife's deception -– but Heloise would be no less my daughter. (I have no reason to suspect otherwise, of course.)"