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If I contract swine flu, will I turn into a bigger pig than I am already? (Wait for it)

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 12:00:04 PM EST
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Re: Here's the set-up (none / 1)

First we had avian flu, now we have swine flu. Does that mean pigs fly?

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 12:19:15 PM EST
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Re: Here's the set-up (4.00 / 3)

Swine flu is an airborne virus. doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo...

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 12:20:32 PM EST
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Re: Here's the set-up (4.00 / 2)

No, but if human beings are contracting swine flu, it's becoming increasingly obvious that Animal Farm was not written as an allegory...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 03:46:01 PM EST
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