Swine Flu

[mharky]

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!

[AndyC]

Two things sure in life Death and Taxes.....

Just go for a run and you'll feel better

[mharky]

Students don't pay taxes

[seabird]

Not even on their beer?

[mharky]

touché

£1.60 a pint in the union thouhg, can't complain

[seabird]

£1.44 for a pint of Sam Smiths at the Dyneley Arms near Otley. They're cheating you.

[rebbid]

I've heard that when you get swine flu it makes you say Boll**ks all the time.

[Scott]

Would the other symptoms include overuse of smilies..... and ellipses......... and always typing your subjects in capital letters....?

[greywolf]

Secretly our leaders must be overcome with joy, and not only because just for once they don't seem to be to blame..
Admittedly it could get messy for a while but in the longer term a short sharp epidemic is the answer to all their prayers:
* mortality will be disproportionately amongst the non-productive and expensive members of society (and lots of foreigners too) thus allowing long term cuts in public expenditure...
* and releasing a cascade of wealth which will kick-start the economy...
* and helps us make some progress towards those GHG emission targets...

not that I am in any way cynical or anything

[DavidJ]

Secretly our leaders must be overcome with joy, and not only because just for once they don't seem to be to blame..
Admittedly it could get messy for a while but in the longer term a short sharp epidemic is the answer to all their prayers:
* mortality will be disproportionately amongst the non-productive and expensive members of society (and lots of foreigners too) thus allowing long term cuts in public expenditure...
* and releasing a cascade of wealth which will kick-start the economy...
* and helps us make some progress towards those GHG emission targets...

not that I am in any way cynical or anything

Is there any connection with this recent news item?:

BBC News, 13th April 2009: "The broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has become a patron of a group seeking to cut the growth in human population. On joining the Optimum Population Trust, Sir David said growth in human numbers was "frightening". Sir David has been increasingly vocal about the need to reduce the number of people on Earth to protect wildlife."

[Big Jon]

Good to see the Met doing their bit for population control recently and killing a Londoner.... given some of the other video footage they must have been on a bonus for blood letting....

[RJ]

Just wait till the pandemic is sufficient for us all to stay at home for an extended period of time..... no travel to work.... no large collections of people in any one place.... schools closed etc etc. The only oreinteering that we will be doing will be on the forum!

[DavidJ]

Just wait till the pandemic is sufficient for us all to stay at home for an extended period of time..... no travel to work.... no large collections of people in any one place.... schools closed etc etc. The only oreinteering that we will be doing will be on the forum!

I would suggest if this does happen, then any orienteer who is actually healthy could go out mapping. It is one occupation where you don't meet many people.

[RJ]

......any orienteer who is actually healthy .......

Now there's a presumption. Next you will be suggesting...... of sound mind!!

[mharky]

For everyone's information there is a new website set up to test whether your symptoms match those of swine flu, it's got a catchy web address...

http://www.haveigotswineflu.co.uk/