So we here in Texas are all gonna die from the swine flu, or as the conservative racist folk have it, the illegal alien flu. We who work in a school are on our toes --- Fort Worth has closed its entire district in what may or may not be a bit of early and unnecessary panic --- and we're keeping the kids washing their hands every time they sneeze or wipe their noses.
Today L was passing out our snack, pretzel sticks. As he walked around, I saw him take one out, lick it, and put it back in the bag. "What on earth are you doing?" I squawked in horror. He shrugged. "I forgot I licked that one," he said. I dumped all the pretzels in the trash, then as an afterthought tossed the bag in too.
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I don't get the swine flu panic. Yes, people in Mexico died, and that's really sad, but is it any worse than any other flu? In the US, as far as I know, one person has died from it.
I get that it spreads easily, but compared to any other flu, how many more people have died?
I always think of that one time when my uncle told me not to go outside in the Summer because I could get West Nile and die. Of course, my uncle has been smoking since he was 12, so what are the odds he'll die from that and I WON'T die from West Nile? I'm not going to do anything stupid, but I'm also not going to freak-out and live in fear because of it.
Yeah, I'm not too worried about it.
So I guess I'm like 9 days behind now, but it's still funny how much it's like "oh yeah, the great swine flu panic. Those were crazy times...."
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