I recently joined the Colostomy Association. I found their website while trawling the internet for lowbrow topics to write about.

Their membership fee seemed reasonable ($199.95 per year), so I joined up.

My membership card

My membership card

Imagine my surprise when this note came along with the membership:

“Thank you for joining the Colostomy Association. Included in our member’s welcome pack are free samples of the latest available bags. (Unfortunately, due to funding constraints, the association apologises that it has to supply used samples.)”

You can’t beat value like that. I promptly signed up for a dozen more memberships under the names of my friends and my high school teachers.

Everyone should join the Colostomy Association as soon as possible.

I have misplaced their web address, but they’re pretty easy to find. Go to any search engine and enter “Hardcore colostomy”.