I try not to think about stuff like this

dar512 · 03-22-2005, 01:44 PM

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the plague is not extinct. ... In 1995, a woman in California came down with the plague after she ran over a squirrel with her power mower.

From this weeks issue of The New Yorker.

I know much more than is good for me.

Kitsune · 03-22-2005, 01:49 PM

Why does this bother you?

mrnoodle · 03-22-2005, 02:13 PM

is the mower ok?

lookout123 · 03-22-2005, 02:23 PM

where are PETA and the Humane Society when you need them? that evil woman killed a helpless squirrel. i'll bet she was a republican so the plague is too good for her.

Clodfobble · 03-22-2005, 02:37 PM

All I keep thinking about is Lawnmower Man...

lookout123 · 03-22-2005, 02:40 PM

refresh my memory. wasn't Jeff Fahey in that? i don't remember anything but his forever spooky eyes.

Clodfobble · 03-22-2005, 02:44 PM

I wouldn't know, the movie was crap and completely unrelated to the short story. The short story was maybe a dozen pages and literally had to do with this crazy guy who was mowing a lawn. It had none of that virtual reality bullshit in it.

mrnoodle · 03-22-2005, 03:08 PM

all that aside, are you concerned about the plague, dar?

cowhead · 03-22-2005, 03:09 PM

yeah.. back to the original topic... the plague is very much alive and well... west of here there are whole colonies of prarie dogs that have the plague...seems they breed fast enough to not all die out. yeah, not so good eh?

lookout123 · 03-22-2005, 03:10 PM

maybe we could have a hazmat team relocate them to a suitable location. i have a few major cities i could suggest...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-22-2005, 04:07 PM

Do you have a link to that story?

dar512 · 03-22-2005, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mrnoodle

all that aside, are you concerned about the plague, dar?

Not in the sense of life altering fear. But I will think about it now, whenever I see a squirrel. In general, I'm a pretty logical kind of guy. So I understand that the chances of my being affected by something like this are so small as to be infinitesimal.

But that won't stop me from thinking about it.

BigV · 03-22-2005, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I wouldn't know, the movie was crap and completely unrelated to the short story. The short story was maybe a dozen pages and literally had to do with this crazy guy who was mowing a lawn. It had none of that virtual reality bullshit in it.

Right on! I hadn't been so ripped off by a movie in my life. Story was pretty good, but .... short. no where feature movie material. hosed again...

dar512 · 03-22-2005, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Do you have a link to that story?

I don't see it online, Bruce. It's in the Mar 21, 2005 edition of The New Yorker. The article is entitled The End of the World. It's a review of two books on the Black Death.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-22-2005, 04:29 PM

OK, thanks.

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	where are PETA and the Humane Society when you need them? that evil woman killed a helpless squirrel. i'll bet she was a republican so the plague is too good for her. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	refresh my memory. wasn't Jeff Fahey in that? i don't remember anything but his forever spooky eyes. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	all that aside, are you concerned about the plague, dar? __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

03-22-2005, 03:09 PM	#9
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	yeah.. back to the original topic... the plague is very much alive and well... west of here there are whole colonies of prarie dogs that have the plague...seems they breed fast enough to not all die out. yeah, not so good eh? __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I wouldn't know, the movie was crap and completely unrelated to the short story. The short story was maybe a dozen pages and literally had to do with this crazy guy who was mowing a lawn. It had none of that virtual reality bullshit in it.

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