Remember Ayds diet candies, an OTC appetite suppressant that was on a tear in the 70s and early 80s until AIDS came along and took the fun out of slogans [according to Wikipedia] such as:

Ayds helps you lose weight

Why take diet pills when you can enjoy Ayds?

Thank Goodness For Ayds

I don’t think quite the same thing is likely to happen with the death of Heath Ledger at age 28, but I’m sure the folks at Health Ledger Services, a medical management, billing and consulting firm are feeling slightly creepy lately.

January 23, 2008