And This Little Piggy Had The Flu…
I had a very busy weekend involving an out of town guest staying with me, a surprise 50th birthday party, work and ,of course, Bea Arthur’s death. How I completely missed all the news about the “swine flu” is beyond me. When I got to work today, my friend/manager was FREAKING OUT about it. What the hell is it? She could only offer me a few sketchy details which didn’t leave me much to go on. In fact, I now have more questions than answers.
Is this shit like “mad cow disease?” Do you get it from eating pork? If so, I’m safe because I haven’t eaten pork or red meat since I was 14 years old. Suck it carnivores! I don’t understand how it started in Mexico. Do they even have swine livng there? For some reason, I always pictured Mexico full of mules. And by mules, I mean drug mules 
Anyway, we haven’t had any reported cases here in Illinois so I feel safe…for now. I bet all those college kids who went to Cancun for Spring Break are shitting themselves at this very moment.
Hopefully, this all blows over soon and in the meantime, I’m going to Google “swine flu” so I’m up on all the symptoms and I can drive myself crazy every time I sneeze wondering if it’s just my allergies or if I’m going to die. Great, what a lovely way to kick off my week. Oh Jesus, I just had a thought…what if this is what killed Bea Arthur?!
No, SARS killed Bea Arthur.
We have some reported cases around us, but I’m going to try not to freak out.
#1. I’m guessing we have better medical care than Mexico, and you know everybody and their Granny will be heading to the ER at the first sign of a runny nose. (yay for me)
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#2. From what I’ve read it responds to certain type of medication (that you typically get for the regular flu)
That being said, when I kill over from this shit you can feel free to point and laugh.
Terri informed us, Bea had cancer, she was very private. Don’t be blaming your out of town guest for not knowing about the piggy flu! I had more important things to report to you, i.e. Bea’s death.
Drug mules, LOL!
You can keep yourself from getting it by repeating the phrase, “Baa-ram-u”.
Candice- Just wash your hands a lot, right? Oh, and pop Vitaman C..damn, you’re like right in the center of the outbreak!
Maria- Maybe they just said it was cancer so as not to alert us. I smell a conspiracy theory!
Heather- I’ve heard being a drug mule is a lucrative career…I’m looking into it
Shawn- I start repeating the phrase immediatly just to be on the safe side. Thanks for the tip!
yeah, good idea….google it and read ALL about it
That always eases one’s mind! LOL!
Ive been secretly fantisizing about getting the swine flu so I can go to the hospital and sleep without having to clean cook or do laundry. Does that make me a bad person??
No more pork for me. For now on, I’ll just stick to this delicious plate of carnitas. (Oh, shit!)