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A pin-on button, that serves as fair warning and apologia, for when you need to leave the cocoon while under the weather.
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This fits the situation perfectly. I'd wear one. [+] |
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We understood that the established procedure was to dress in sackcloth and ring a large bell, while declaiming "UNCLEAN ! UNCLEAN ! ", so as to warn the uninfected of your approach. |
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A tissue hanged of a pin on the clothes would be a convenient standard [+] |
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In parts of Asia, it's just common courtesy to wear a surgical mask, although it could mean many things, including "I am a doctor." |
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Why is it "a cold" but "the flu"? |
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One's an adjective and one is a noun. |
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//"the flu"// is well known to be the result of the influence
(Italian "influenza") of the planets, as described by
astrologers. It is unitary, in the full hippy-hermetic-buddhist
sense. |
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Such variations as bird flu and swine flu are therefore the
result of dangerous interference between animal-based
Chinese astrology and the Western zodiac. |
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Five dollars, but you have to somehow mention Hitler and/or Nazis. |
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Also, there are lots of different colds., but only one flu. Just like there are lots of different Nazis, but only one Hitler. |
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// there are lots of different colds., but only one
flu.// Definitely not. There are many flus. I think
[pertinax]'s comment (//Italian "influenza"//) is
nearer the mark. |
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Impossible, otherwise it couldn’t be called //the// flu. One would instead say “I have //a// flu”. |
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I have a whole bunch of flooz. |
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sp: I have a whole bunch of floozies. |
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No, that would make me sick. |
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//Impossible, otherwise it couldn’t be called //the// flu. One would instead say “I have //a// flu”. |
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That's my bet. The "the flu" turn of phrase probably originated from the 1918 pandemic. |
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Like I'm sure when birds talk about "the" meteor, there's an unwritten understanding they all mean the one that wiped out their ancestors. |
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// there are lots of different Nazis, but only one Hitler.//
For some reason I am imagining this as a chant at a football match. "Only one Hitler! There's only one Adolf Hitler! One Adolph Hiiiiitler!" etc. That's quite bad isn't it? It is, isn't it? |
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So, I'm wearing a mask : mostly to "show the flag" so to speak, but I have an almost non-existent cold (no fever), so this would actually come in handy. |
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This whole covid business is really starting to feel like 1930s Germany. |
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No, you're just tuned to the Disney channel by mistake. All those stormtroopers are just actors. |
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I was talking to a couple kids (20-30s) today, who were convinced that this was a major historic thing. Had to explain that while neither I, nor my parents had experienced it, my grandparents would have. |
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That's a sad comment on how very little history that age group knows. |
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//this was a major historic thing// |
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What was? The 1930s? Spanish flu? The common cold? |
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It goes beyond sad & well past the realms of pathetic. |
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"Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it" |
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^ Favourite saying of History teachers, worldwide. |
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No, that's "Those who do not learn their history are condemned to repeat it, until they remember it." |
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Yes, but on the other hand, you don’t recall events and influences of even the last twenty minutes. |
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Yes, you have had your tea. No, it's not time for dinner yet. No, that's not a comedy show on the TV, that's the President of the United ... well, yes, it is a comedy show, but it's not meant to be. No, you do have to wear those special undergarments ... |
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"... and with that admission, Your Honour, we submit that the case against [CH] is proven beyond reasonable doubt." |
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//I’m more disgusted by people my own age who don’t recall events and influences of even the last century.// |
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I've been promoting the preventative measures whenever possible, and adopting them when I can. |
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Problem is I'm set in my ways and there seem to be tradeoffs ; f'instance I remember to wear a mask all the time, and am getting used to the 2m distancing thing... but now I'm forgetting to put my seatbelt on :/ |
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