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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: BlueTsunami on April 25, 2009, 01:23:45 AM

Title: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: BlueTsunami on April 25, 2009, 01:23:45 AM: I know, the Himu joke was too easy...

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MEXICO CITY – A unique strain of swine flu is the suspected killer of dozens of people in Mexico, where authorities closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in the capital on Friday to try to contain an outbreak that has spurred concerns of a global flu epidemic.

The worrisome new virus — which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before — also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths in the U.S.

"We are very, very concerned," World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. "We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human ... It's all hands on deck at the moment."

Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090425/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/med_swine_flu_39)

Also, an interesting read on the subject of Influenza (focuses on Avian) and the inevitable pandemic...

The world is teetering on the edge of a pandemic that could kill a large fraction of the human population

Robert G. Webster, Elizabeth Jane Walker (http://www.scs.carleton.ca/~soma/biosec/readings/influenza/influenza.html)
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2009, 01:25:09 AM: /me eats a ham and bacon sandwich.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2009, 01:27:04 AM: so good.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2009, 01:28:14 AM: today, i actually bought prepared sandwiches form Safeway, a Canadian supermarket. That's how lazy i am.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: BlueTsunami on April 25, 2009, 01:28:41 AM: Pork shoulder :drool Had some on Easter (seasoned with too much delicious salt and other assorted spices).

Also, EB should create an Apocalypse contingency. We'll all meetup in Ohio or something and form the Fallout crew.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 25, 2009, 01:33:30 AM: Quote from: Malek on April 25, 2009, 01:28:14 AM
today, i actually bought prepared sandwiches form Safeway, a Canadian supermarket. That's how lazy i am.

Well you were busy assembling a chair.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Rman on April 25, 2009, 01:48:15 AM: It was nice knowing you guys.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Phoenix Dark on April 25, 2009, 01:51:41 AM: Quote
The worrisome new virus — which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans

What the hell does this mean :-\

*cooks a hotdog*
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: brawndolicious on April 25, 2009, 01:58:22 AM: It can infect those things.

I'm guessing that it's more adapted to mammals though.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Mandark on April 25, 2009, 02:25:28 AM: Quote from: Malek on April 25, 2009, 01:28:14 AM
today, i actually bought prepared sandwiches form Safeway, a Canadian supermarket. That's how lazy i am.

Hey now. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeway_Inc.)
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2009, 02:27:41 AM: Quote from: Mandark on April 25, 2009, 02:25:28 AM
Quote from: Malek on April 25, 2009, 01:28:14 AM
today, i actually bought prepared sandwiches form Safeway, a Canadian supermarket. That's how lazy i am.

Hey now. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeway_Inc.)

i was lied to.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 25, 2009, 02:27:43 AM: Different Safeway. Ours is Canadian. It is better.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2009, 02:28:40 AM: it's actually the same one

to be fair, i never heard of the chain before i moved to Winnipeg
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2009, 02:29:05 AM: /me cries

owned by mandark again
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Flannel Boy on April 25, 2009, 02:29:56 AM: i think I'll kill the pain by finishing this filth of vodka
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 25, 2009, 02:31:14 AM: I know it's the same you drunk fool. I just had deep rooted beliefs that it was Canadian too. I've been going there all my life and now it feels Walmart dirty. I guess I'm switching to Sobeys.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: TVC15 on April 25, 2009, 02:43:35 AM: Quote from: am nintenho on April 25, 2009, 01:58:22 AM
It can infect those things.

I'm guessing that it's more adapted to mammals though.

Yeah, you don't get this from pigs or pig products. It just came from pigs. You catch it from Mexicans, so stay the fuck away from them and any places they may be employed.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 25, 2009, 02:47:56 AM: What can't you catch from Mexicans?
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Bebpo on April 25, 2009, 02:55:59 AM: Ugh, my dad's sailing to mexico right now in a race and they stay for a few nights in baja at the end of it before sailing back to CA. :\ I hope they get a cure for this thing asap.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Kara on April 25, 2009, 03:20:18 AM: i buy safeway pizzas

they're $2
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 25, 2009, 03:21:32 AM: In Canada they would be $10 and better.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Kara on April 25, 2009, 03:30:23 AM: It's all about quantity, not quality when you live on the fringes of society.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Don Flamenco on April 25, 2009, 03:57:13 AM: i believe we have a canadian safeway in chicago.

also why do I feel like everything I've read in WWZ is coming true? :-\ 2G2D2D (the second D is for "diseased")
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: chronovore on April 25, 2009, 05:33:08 AM: Hopefully this won't mix with the Bird Flu, or we'll have a flying pig epidemic.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on April 25, 2009, 07:56:17 AM: It always seems like this time of year, a new virus pops up that may or may not kill us all.

Although I think SARS was earlier in the year.
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Himu on April 26, 2009, 05:51:06 AM: 8)
Title: Re: Looks like Himu converted to Islam in the nick of time
Post by: Cheebs on April 26, 2009, 10:03:24 AM: Pork products :bow