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I'm not sure.
However, he does certainly
look the part.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 23, 2006 at 11:03 PM
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Nice one!!!
Thanks for the rapid comment in my new blog, you're the first comment (and second viewing...go figure).
Doesn't your guy have a Star Wars action figure? O'rth Odon Ya?!
posted by
majroj
on April 23, 2006 at 10:53 PM
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Thanks, Bright Irish ...
why does everyone always count
my comments, btw?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 1, 2006 at 8:54 PM
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M.P.O.
Great Post.. I laughed so hard.. Hope your doing well
Best Wishes.. # 62
posted by
BrightIrish
on March 1, 2006 at 7:53 PM
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Odd numbers drive me crazy, too, Lensman!
Oh,
fuck.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 1, 2006 at 7:41 PM
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MPO
Hey, this post's doing okay....59 comments. I can't stand odd numbers, so here's number 60
posted by
Lensman
on March 1, 2006 at 1:18 PM
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That was sarcasm, btw...
Oh and, you'll want to check out my post tonight. It should interest you a great deal. I'll give you a hint, it's either:
(a) photos of me at the beach
or
(b) my next set of pet pictures
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 1, 2006 at 1:15 PM
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Oh, thank God!
I was, like, on fucking "pins and needles".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 1, 2006 at 1:12 PM
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You ARE a weird little girl, you know?
PS my subscription is still up so I guess it's next month. You can stop crying now, I suppose.
posted by
Gubby
on March 1, 2006 at 12:39 PM
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Good question, Katray ...
I'm not sure.
However, the Center for Communicable Diseases claims masks won't necessarily protect you from all airborne pathogens, anyway.
It's like, "Masks don't protect you from diseases?! But that would mean, Michael Jackson is crazy?!"
P.S. That's just wonderful to hear that Bird Flu continues to creep ever closer.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 1, 2006 at 11:20 AM
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How close do your nostrils have to be to the bird droppings??
I live close to a lake, which is full of geese and ducks, etc. - sometimes they wander into my yard - Gulp! Should I start wearing a mask outside? Maybe it's too late - I do have a slight cough and am feeling kind of feverish now...
From one hypo to another. ;)
(On a more sobering note, I just heard bird flu has been detected in the Bahamas.)
posted by
Katray2
on March 1, 2006 at 10:57 AM
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Hopefully tears of joy, Smartdog.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 7:50 PM
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Thank you, Nanaroo...
and, I'll recheck the link momentarily.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 7:49 PM
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I appreciate the kind words, Gulliver ...
as well as, your concern for my well being.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 7:48 PM
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MP
Well done piece - had me laughing; then crying.
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on February 28, 2006 at 6:59 PM
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M.P.O.
Hi, I've also had that 'medical student syndrome' at times too- you're fun to read- haven't been able to get the photo yet...
posted by
Nanaroo
on February 28, 2006 at 2:57 PM
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MPO...I laughed prety hard...only to feel bad...
You see, I had a dilemma. As much as I enjoy your company and the witty zip intrinsic in your words, I don't know you very well. So as I'm laughing at your post...but in the back of my mind I'm thinking, "OMG, this poor girl things she has the Bird Flu" Then of course I got to the end, read the punch line, bada-bing-bada boom (at which point I erupt into a fit of laughter and my office colleagues look up from their cubicles with confused looks, you should have seen the scene)
Anyway, I’m also glad you posted that fact about how humans become infected with the virus. I knew that already, but listening to the news, I wonder if everyone else does. Of course, there is a chance it could mutate, and then god help us. But let's believe for the best until then, shall we.
Wonderful post!
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on February 28, 2006 at 2:48 PM
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Though, it's almost as scary as if it were, Ben.
Btw, if anyone was wondering ... that is the "chicken man" in the photo.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 1:39 PM
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Interesting post and photo link. I thought the pic was for real too.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on February 28, 2006 at 1:31 PM
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By all means, knock yourself out ...
Seriously, thanks for the compliment, Freelancer. It was very sweet of you.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 12:47 PM
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You are a real artist...
with a very nice style.... shall I say more?
posted by
FreelancerX
on February 28, 2006 at 12:42 PM
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I really appreciate you saying that, fourfive.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 12:18 PM
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I have two things I want to thank you for 1. there is so much info I got from what you wrote
2. Thank you for your comment, what you said is the major message behind my saying
posted by
fourfive
on February 28, 2006 at 12:06 PM
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Yeah, FoF, the disease apparently takes "quite a toll" on the victim.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 11:00 AM
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Glad I could be of service, Symphony.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 10:59 AM
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Thank you, Anthony...
although, to repeat my response to Dave, the photo is perfectly harmless and unlikely to cause any nightmares ...
hopefully.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 10:58 AM
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What exactly does that mean, Billy?
In layman's terms?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 10:56 AM
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Oh no, Dave, the photo is not horrifying...
(well, not in the way you're imagining, anyway), for the very reason you mentioned:
I didn't want to be like, "Okay, after reading my quasi-humorous story, now, please enjoy this photo of an incredibly gruesome and horrible death."
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 10:54 AM
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Very funny, Jack...
I guess I'll have to choose my words more carefully next time, to avoid any
confusion.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 10:49 AM
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No, Ann...
unlike, say, the Ebola virus, the effects of Bird Flu would be no more visible (to the naked eye) than those of the ordinary "run of the mill" flu.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 28, 2006 at 10:47 AM
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MPO
Great post but I was too chicken to look at the pic. lol
posted by
WileyJohn
on February 28, 2006 at 10:04 AM
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lungs...lungs is what I meant
posted by
FreeManWalking
on February 28, 2006 at 7:49 AM
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M.P.O. - my lings are calcified by hystoplasmosis...spread by a similar
vector
posted by
FreeManWalking
on February 28, 2006 at 7:49 AM
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Cute story... I like it!
And I was wondering why it would be so hard to look at the effects of bird flu...
posted by
FactorFiction
on February 28, 2006 at 6:43 AM
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hahaha the photo was funny...
but you are even funnier....thanks for my morning laugh!
posted by
_Symphony_
on February 28, 2006 at 4:20 AM
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I'm not going for the photo - I don't want to spoil the laugh you gave me with the 'clammy beak' symptoms. And don't worry - I'm the same and my mother-in-law is ten times worse. She thought she had AIDS a while back.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on February 28, 2006 at 2:39 AM
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mp,
Besides, I have seen those symptoms before. It comes from standing for too long under an ugly tree and having a big branch fall on you. Sorry about that mister, but that's how it goes.
posted by
Jack_Flash
on February 28, 2006 at 1:43 AM
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mpo,
Must have been an awfully lazy chicken. We had them when I was a kid, but we never had stools for them. I can't even see how a stool small enough to swallow would do a chicken any good anyway.
I think, though, that I caught something over at that guys political history blog. Pyrocanthra, or whateve his name was. Everything doesn't make any sense now. 
posted by
Jack_Flash
on February 28, 2006 at 1:40 AM
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I checked the photo. Do the symptoms really cause that?
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on February 28, 2006 at 1:28 AM
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Your 2 prizes are here. Thanks for playing.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on February 28, 2006 at 1:27 AM
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Thanks for the tip, Divine...
now, if I could only retrieve the tip (
of my finger).
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 10:40 PM
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Ohhhh how fierce..
put some vaseline on the finch bite. it cures everything.
posted by
Divine_1
on February 27, 2006 at 10:32 PM
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Whenever possible, Lensman,
I try to match the quotes to the person's post (that I was commenting on). Sometimes it's a better fit than others, however, which has lead to some confusion ... even a few hard feelings.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 10:05 PM
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No, Blanche ...
I meant I probably don't remember the survey, because I would have only been very young at the time.
Possibly, not even born yet (depending on when the article was written).
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 10:02 PM
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MPO
I'm learning to like your purple prose ;-)
posted by
Lensman
on February 27, 2006 at 10:01 PM
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Next time I'll remember to blank out the title line....
Anyway, bird flu seems to be spreading at a rate which survives even my attention span. Where's my hazmat suit? I know it's around somewhere.
posted by
Lensman
on February 27, 2006 at 10:00 PM
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I'm sorry, Lensman.
though, keep in mind:
"Men don't stop playing because they grow old,
they grow old because they stop playing."
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:59 PM
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The disease is a big deal, PassionFlower, because...
(a) It's highly contagious, and easily spread.
(b) There is no effective cure, as of yet.
(c) The mortality rate (of those infected) is alarmingly high.
(d) There is a growing fear among scientists that the strain may mutate into a far deadlier "pandemic" level plague. (One capable of taking tens of thousands of lives.)
P.S. Feel free to look at the photo, PassionFlower ... it's just a joke.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:56 PM
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or that you weren't born in the 80s?
posted by
Blanche.
on February 27, 2006 at 9:55 PM
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MPO
Thanks for making me feel old.
posted by
Lensman
on February 27, 2006 at 9:55 PM
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I'm being especially clueless, MPO,
the scary fact is: that you're afraid of being abducted by aliens?
posted by
Blanche.
on February 27, 2006 at 9:55 PM
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Scary fact about me, Blanche, ...
which might explain my lack of recall (
hidden below):
I was actually born in 1985.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:50 PM
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Thanks for the warning. I decided not to look at the photo.
I guess this wouldn't be a good time to get a parakeet.
Do you know why everyone is so freaked out about this disease? What makes it so dangerous?
posted by
Passionflower
on February 27, 2006 at 9:47 PM
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The Newsweek study came out in the 80s sometime
and it had a whole lot of women in an uproar. When the media gets that blatant about trying to make a case that getting an education and getting a man are diametrically opposed, I gotta wonder "the media is liberal?"
posted by
Blanche.
on February 27, 2006 at 9:42 PM
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Thank you, Decshak...
every now and then, even the clumsiest, most incompetent of miners strike (comic) gold, I suppose.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:39 PM
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So glad you enjoyed it, Lensman.
My mother really liked this one, too. Which doesn't happen very often.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:37 PM
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"Clammy beak" That's a thigh slapper!
posted by
WindTapper
on February 27, 2006 at 9:37 PM
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You're welcome...
I take great pride in making my comments as distinctive as possible. Or, at least,
attempting to.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:36 PM
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MPO
Check, check, check.... You know, I had all those symptoms the first time I fell in love
You cracked me up with the "clammy beak" crack.
Same with the photo....
posted by
Lensman
on February 27, 2006 at 9:33 PM
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That was
a very funny comment you left on my poem. Thank you. I may put that to use on my personal website.
posted by
EssentiallyOne
on February 27, 2006 at 9:29 PM
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No, actually I don't (remember the study)...
but I certainly trust you.
Oh and, I'm 99.9% sure you're correct that the quote is from Samuel Clemens.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:28 PM
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Suspiciously happy, like "a few fries short of a happy meal" happy
Well, back in the day, a college educated woman supposedly had a bettter chance of getting abducted by terrorists than getting married. Remember that famous Newsweek study? "There's lies, damn lies and statistics." Possibly Mark Twain, I'm not sure.
posted by
Blanche.
on February 27, 2006 at 9:23 PM
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Oh and, in reference to the "bird man"...
my mother had the greatest line:
"He sure looks awfully happy, though."
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:18 PM
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The disease actually does seriously concern me, though...
moreso even than being abducted by aliens, my previous biggest fear.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on February 27, 2006 at 9:16 PM
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mpo,
after looking at the photo, I'd say inhaling bird droppings was just the tip of the iceberg for this guy. Whew. Other than a few poultry handlers, hardly anybody has gotten the disease.
Hardly worth justifying calling out the military for quarantines as GW was talking about. One thing at a time, Mr. President, one thing at a time, just get us out of Iraq, first, please.
posted by
Blanche.
on February 27, 2006 at 9:03 PM
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