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  • poet123
    poet123 Posts: 24,099 Forumite
    I thought that too, they probably expected rampant hysteria, whereas most of us are quite philosophical on here!!
  • Gwhiz
    Gwhiz Posts: 2,322 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It's a shame "real" users of this site can't be vetted in some way to avoid putting up with posts by stupid journos trying to make a story.

    The next dumb question I see on here from someone who just joined is going to receive a pre-emptive abuse strike :D
  • pawpurrs
    pawpurrs Posts: 3,910 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Simon_P wrote: »
    You know who you remind me of?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldZhlTc8k_E&NR=1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Ggwr46aeA


    ....RUN CHILDREN.....WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! :rotfl:

    That second clip is priceless!:rotfl:
    Pawpurrs x ;)
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    If we all club together maybe we can get a discount on a job lot of these :wink:
  • sarah_elton
    sarah_elton Posts: 2,017 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    robpw2 wrote: »
    i have it ... its nasty i worn you but the bes thing to do is not to panic

    What are you doing man??!! The germs are in this thread now and I'll catch them from my mouse!!
  • izzybusy23
    izzybusy23 Posts: 994 Forumite
    sally564 wrote: »
    So you think this is a normal flu year? Have you not read anything about this? I hope you aren't one of the 1 in a 1000 that will die.

    Its' funny how I've just got back from 3 weeks in the USA with virtually little news about swine flu, with its neighbour being Mexico and land back in Britain to total hysteria...

    I am a mother too you know.. and I rent, but I live on Earth, not Mars. Get a grip!
  • izzybusy23
    izzybusy23 Posts: 994 Forumite
    clutton wrote: »
    hurrah for the common sense of the ordinary man and woman !!!!

    i have been saying " swine fly = media hype = ignore it = for weeks and weeks

    thank goodness MSE folks can see thru this media/government nonsense that we are all going to die ..... pats on backs for most MSEers ....

    The OP is just another person showing their 'sheepleness' to the world... :rolleyes:
  • Welshwoofs
    Welshwoofs Posts: 11,146 Forumite
    sarah_elton wrote: »
    What are you doing man??!! The germs are in this thread now and I'll catch them from my mouse!!

    It's worse than that.....I don't think this is a free-range organic thread either :eek:
    “Don't do it! Stay away from your potential. You'll mess it up, it's potential, leave it. Anyway, it's like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think.”
    ―     Dylan Moran
  • izzybusy23
    izzybusy23 Posts: 994 Forumite
    superfran_uk wrote: »
    Get a grip OP - People like you scare me more than Swine Flu..

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T
  • izzybusy23
    izzybusy23 Posts: 994 Forumite
    TigersEye wrote: »
    I know it's not directly health related but what about all the fuss over the millenium and what happened:confused::confused::confused:

    Exactly, and I actually flew from the USA to the UK on 01/01/2000 and was in totally luxury on an almost empty plane!

    If the media didn't hype stories, the newspapers wouldn't sell...
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