Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Sick As A ... Bird?

The eagle has landed ... and he's terminally ill!

It turns out that several "cluster" outbreaks of the avian flu have taken place in Indonesia within families, and scientists are not sure how or why it has happened. Next stop: pandemic!

I guess the ABC mini-series Fatal Contact wasn't so far off the mark after all! Good Lord! Kill all chickens! Lock up the ducks! Sequester the pigeons! And euthanize that sparrow; I think he just coughed!

AIEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee!

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12939359/wid/11915773

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does that mean no more Bush's chicken?

Fork said...

Dear JEBUS!

I'm a little out of the loop here. So does the bird flu actually KILL you or does it just give you a runny nose and flu-like symptoms? I'd take avian flu over seasonal allergies ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!

Bibb Leo File said...

First it gives you flu-symptoms and then it kills you. Then, after you're dead, you suffer from seasonal allergies for all eternity.

AmberO at Sleeping is for Sissies said...

Oh, well that is better than seasonal allergies then. Thanks for helping us keep things in perspective!

Anonymous said...

So that's a 'no', right?

Bibb Leo File said...

Are you kidding? Bush's chickens are pratically laced with the virus during preparation! And it's what makes their iced tea taste so good.