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Monday, April 27th, 2009 08:03 am
update to the end of life as we know it
Yes, it has come to this:
The European Union's health commissioner Monday called on people to avoid traveling to both Mexico and the United States as health officials around the world worked to contain what appears to be a spreading swine flu outbreak.
Though notice the lack of--say, oh...Canada? Yeah, you can travel there, despite the fact that they had six so-called mild cases of this non-kosher-hotdog-ish flu (let's all thank![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
deadlychameleon who redubbed swine flu to non-kosher hotdog flu due to it not being totally swine and let's just all admit it, somehow, still better than calling it swine flu). SIX CASES.
So. We've been isolated and left to die. Left to die. I am so betrayed by France. They gave us a statue! (of Liberty!) And fries! And some rather pricey manicures!
It's all very confusing. I still don't want to be sacrificed beyond Thunderdome to the Elder Gods, however. Let's just all take that as a given while we mull an impending low-tech future where we'll all be forced to use dial-up to access the internet, because let me be frank. I will give up running water before I give up the internet, so let's all concentrate on saving the electrical engineers and the people who maintain the mainframes, kay? We can rediscover indoor plumbing when we're sure network access will not be lost.
...would it be wrong to cough loudly around people who try to talk to me at work today? *curious*
The European Union's health commissioner Monday called on people to avoid traveling to both Mexico and the United States as health officials around the world worked to contain what appears to be a spreading swine flu outbreak.
Though notice the lack of--say, oh...Canada? Yeah, you can travel there, despite the fact that they had six so-called mild cases of this non-kosher-hotdog-ish flu (let's all thank
deadlychameleon who redubbed swine flu to non-kosher hotdog flu due to it not being totally swine and let's just all admit it, somehow, still better than calling it swine flu). SIX CASES.So. We've been isolated and left to die. Left to die. I am so betrayed by France. They gave us a statue! (of Liberty!) And fries! And some rather pricey manicures!
It's all very confusing. I still don't want to be sacrificed beyond Thunderdome to the Elder Gods, however. Let's just all take that as a given while we mull an impending low-tech future where we'll all be forced to use dial-up to access the internet, because let me be frank. I will give up running water before I give up the internet, so let's all concentrate on saving the electrical engineers and the people who maintain the mainframes, kay? We can rediscover indoor plumbing when we're sure network access will not be lost.
...would it be wrong to cough loudly around people who try to talk to me at work today? *curious*
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From:And Europe has had its first case in spain. We are not so safe anymore.
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From:I feel so confident. I kind of feel for her - she doesn't seem to have a lot of experience in front of the camera (with the "Um, you'll ask that question later, right?" comment) but jumpin jiminy, guys, just report, okay? Don't make a story and don't bring in so-called experts to shrug and say, "We don't really have anything to say.
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From:Don't make a story and don't bring in so-called experts to shrug and say, "We don't really have anything to say."
God, I know. *facepalm*
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channel 11, I think.
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From:Personally, I am planning to. It helps that my allergies are having a party. (I saw someone in a mask in a subway train today. The end is nigh, I tell you!)
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non-kosher hotdog flu. I must use that....
From:*poltergeist voice* It's here!
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Re: non-kosher hotdog flu. I must use that....
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From:I promise not to make sacrifices to the Elder Gods. There, there.
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From:THIS IS JUST PAYBACK FOR CUTTING US OFF DURING SARS.
Look on the bright side, maybe you'll get an awesome rock concert like we did.
Srsly, up here, we've gotten warnings about travelling to Mexico but not the US (yeah, like that's ever going to happen).
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From:THIS IS JUST PAYBACK FOR CUTTING US OFF DURING SARS.
One tiny boycott and OMG DRAMA.
Srsly, up here, we've gotten warnings about travelling to Mexico but not the US (yeah, like that's ever going to happen).
I am doing that map checking thing to see where the newest cases are popping up. This is stressful. I should not watch my doom creping toward me like a George Romero zombie.
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From:LOL! I'm kind of new to your journal so mostly enjoy in a lurkerish fashion, but the combination of that comment and your icon made me laugh so hard I think I broke something. I'm 100% with you in your priorities -- outdoor ablutions pale in comparison to the trauma that would be the lack of a functioning network! ;)
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From:Also, hi! Nice to meet you!
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From:I love how they are ignoring all the cases in Canada too!
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From:As for dialup - noooooooo.
Be sure and cough - a lot - at work today. :DDD
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From:And I am in last stages of getting over the flu (the regular type, not the non-kosher hot dog type), and I swear, today at work every time I coughed people looked over at me like I was the Outbreak monkey.
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From:OMG I love you. But you knew that.
BTW, we watched a hideous semi-gay-porn movie called Cthulhu the other day, maybe we can blame it for the swine flu. You should watch it. Excreable. And it's available on Netflix.
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From:While freaking out the co-workers is entertaining (easy, but entertaining), my morning was perhaps made instead by the commercial for Mexicana Airlines that came on right after the latest swine flu update on one of the newsradio stations. "We take care of you" has a much more exciting promise in such context.
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From:AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Genius!
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From:Also - non-kosher hotdog flu is truly the most awesome name for this.
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From:SERIOUSLY.
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From:These are the things I think about way, way too much.
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From:*bites lip*
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From:I wouldn't because Life has a mean sense of humor and the next thing you knew, that cough would be real (though it would probably be just a cough and not swine flu.)
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From:There is an outbreak in New Zealand from some kids who went to Mexico on holiday. Brings a whole new meaning to "Montezuma's Revenge", doesn't it?
Until Doctor13 tells me to panic, I ain't panicking.
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From:...would it be wrong to cough loudly around people who try to talk to me at work today? *curious*
No, and it's even better if you can work it so that you're 'feeling a bit feverish' comes up in any and all conversations.
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