Swine flu?

[Strangler Lewis]

Swine flu?

Ha!

When pigs fly.

[The Lovely Mrs. tod]

I spent two and a hours at the laundromat yesterday instead of Saturday because I decided to go to the LA Times Festival of Books. And for two and a half hours at the laundromat yesterday, CNN was pounding me with Swine Fly warnings and tape of the soccer game with no one attending. (Yes, I go to a telenovelaless laundromat.)

So now I'm thinking "Oh crap! There were LOTS of people at UCLA. Did we give Swine Flu to Kristen Chenowith? Did we GET Swine Flu from Bob Barker? Where have these people BEEN?" We're doomed! And it's MY fault because I didn't do the laundry! Dirty lingerie will give you swine flu.

Seriously. I'm basically a practical person but after 2 and a half hours of CNN I thought the black plague was being visited upon us.

So how about "hey, if you get the flu, call the doctor. You'll probably be fine, just like with any flu. If you ignore it, you'll get sicker."

Too simplistic, isn't it?

[Moonliner]

Now why does this all sound so familiar. Oh yeah, we just need to replace the word "swine" with the word "bird" and we'd have this thread....