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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

We’re All Gonna Die

posted by on January 29 at 12:27 PM

You know that flu that’s been going around the last few weeks? The one that people initially blamed on food poisoning or bad oysters (why are people always so quick to blame the poor oysters?) but, after two dozen people got it, was undeniably an epidemic? The flu that reminds me of this crappy movie?

Well now it’s everywhere. Prisons in California. Schools in Texas. On your keyboard.

And the New York Giants have it. Before the Super Bowl, even.

We’re all gonna die. Or at least we’re all gonna

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In sum: norovirus, baby! Projectile top and bottom. Hits hard, symptoms pass pretty quick. To not get it, wash those hands all the dang time. If you do get it, stay the fuck home for three days afterward.

Posted by tomasyalba | January 29, 2008 12:38 PM
2

huh? what flu?

Posted by uh | January 29, 2008 12:59 PM
3

It's pretty bad.

I agree - to cut your chance in HALF, wash your hands with hot water and soap - use the cheapest soap you can. As often as you can.

Also agree you should stay home. It's hard for families where the kids get it one after the other tho.

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 29, 2008 1:00 PM
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Are you saying that novovirus is going around Seattle? That's the "stomach flu".
Looks like what's going around the Giants (and Texas) is the regular flu - seasonal virus.

Posted by scharrera | January 29, 2008 1:16 PM
5

I just gotta say that seeing "Barf -- Magic Brightness" on the side of that bus makes getting sick totally worthwhile.

Posted by Fnarf | January 29, 2008 1:21 PM
6

If I use my barf will my clothes be filled with Magic Brighness?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | January 29, 2008 1:34 PM
7

I take it you've never had a dose of food poisoning from oysters, Brendan.

It hits you pretty much exactly the same as how you're describing this virus - only you get it going both directions at once.

Na'fun, to be sure.

Posted by COMTE | January 29, 2008 2:07 PM
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@6 - well, no, but nobody's going to want to sit next to you on the bus, and ECB will write something scathing about it ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 29, 2008 2:24 PM
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In fact, Mr. Comte, I HAVE had food poisoning from an oyster. It was the longest 48 hours of my life. Still—the oysters have been unjustly accused and deserve a public exoneration.

Posted by Brendan Kiley | January 29, 2008 3:11 PM
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LMAO! Barf magic brightness, that's funny.
I crapped magic brightness Sunday after drinking some pot chai tea Sat night. Well, magic green-ness anyway.

Posted by irl500girl | January 29, 2008 4:20 PM

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