HizOnner Prince Michael wrote:
>Additionaly, I was suffering quite unpleasant ilness cca 3 years ago
>(probably as result of my initial period of extremely-hard, day and
>night work on Arachne... which I definitely gave up, now I spend most
>of my time answering Arachne related e-mails ;). It is caused "syndrome
>of being tired" (proably only in Czech, not in English), and some
>doctors believe it is caused by certain known virus, so it is often called
>"E.B.virosis". But it is not on list of "accepted ilnesses" to be
>excused from military service. Luckily, this ilness is not active now,
>but they would probably called me even during the period when it was
>active, if I had bad luck.
-- M.E., chronic fatigue syndrome or "yuppie 'flu" (my Polish friend knows
what a yuppie is, so I presume it's a universally-used term).
Didn't the Czech army help the Western armies with chemical warfare
protection for the Gulf War? -- And US and UK troops involved in that
conflict returned with Gulf War Syndrome (not acknowledged in the UK)
-- some sort of connection? Czech beer?? :-)
Jake
p.s. "Apropos" of the salutation at the head of this message, and the
possibility of mobilising the Net to improve Michael's chances of
avoiding conscription, perhaps Michael could claim royal descent,
or that many cybercitizens regard him as regal. This could work
for him in a similar way to the cases of captured Brits during WWII
who were thought by the Germans to be related to Sir Winston
Churchill, the Prime Minister. Or convince the authorities that
before them stands Mad Prince Michael.
(Written in jest, hoping not to start a thread on the merits or
otherwise of monarchies.)
