Today I was feeling sweeter than normal and decided to give the News Readin' Husband a call during lunch to see what he was working on for our evening enjoyment.
Our conversation went a little something like this...
Me: Hey, what's the story of the day?
Mr. NR: Oh, just sitting at some health department press conference talking about swine flu. Did you know that pigs pass the flu virus - just like humans? Interesting.
Me: Did you ask if you can catch anything else from the little buggers? Or any other livestock for that matter? I mean, seriously. We need to know.
Mr. NR: (snidely) No, I did not ask if we can catch things from other livestock. I also didn't ask how fast a cheetah really runs. It was a press conference about swine flu.
Me: Whatever. Hmph.
And, scene.
Well, that's the last time I try to help him create the next media frenzy.
Off to figure out why we can't just call it pig flu,
Mrs. News Readin'
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Honestly, our husbands really need to listen to us more.
I mean we had the avian flu, mad cow disease and now the swine flu...isn't it probable that horse flu is next?
What an ingrate Miss News Readin', honestly. Tell him *you* are the focus group....hello? (Heh-heh, 17 years in tv and this is what he gets.)
Oink.
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I'm with you. "Describe to us, if you will, what the difference is between a swine, boar and a pig?" Wonder if they could have answered? Ha!
I'm thinking of buying a face mask, but only if it's made of bacon.
Good angle. "Swine flu" sounds alarmingly like "wine flu", and I think we can all agree that that is a concept more horrifying than is imaginable.
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