I wonder if anyone is going to read any of it. Okay, I started reading a little of it, since I woke up in the middle of the night, (couldn't sleep) and peeked at it for a moment. But then I saw it was all the same. But I did have a funny thought this morning. Judy should say, "I've got a surprise tucked in here somewhere for those who go through it" Maybe a personal factoid, like "I have a pet and it's a................", or "For exercise, I.............."
Yea, I'd go through it a little to extract that factoid. (-: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Speaking in my capacity as a former health and medicine > writer (and I still write such articles, when the topics > interest me), I feel obliged to warn FFLers of a disease > which seems to have appeared here early this posting week. > > I am speaking, of course, of Wordvomititis. It is a viral > disease similar to -- and often misdiagnosed as -- > Wordflooditis, because the two share similar symptoms. > However, whereas Wordflooditis presents itself as a seem- > ingly never-ending stream of words, similar to uncontrolled > drooling, Wordvomititis is more "projectile" in nature, > and involves not just drooling out large volumes of bile, > but spewing them out forcefully, similar to Regan's pea- > soup projectile vomiting in "The Exorcist." > > Indeed, the comparison may be apt, because the other major > difference between the drool of Wordflooditis and the spew > of Wordvomitis is the latter's putrescence. It is almost > as if the Wordvomititis sufferer *saves up* his or her > bile for several days (in extreme cases for years) before > puking it out. This gives the resulting spew the undeniable > stench that is the primary indication of the Wordvomititis > virus. > > Wordvomititis also differs from Wordflooditis in that the > former is communicable. One can actually attempt to read > the latter without contracting the disease oneself, but > reading -- and certainly replying to -- a large puddle > of Wordvomit will pass the virus along to the hapless > reader, and the disease may become pandemic, spreading > to all who touch it or come into contact with it. > > Your best bet, if you wish to remain free of this virus, > is to remain wary and avoid the puddles of Wordvomit just > as you might avoid piles of dogshit on Paris streets. > Stepping in them will only expose you to the virus, make > you as smelly as the thing you stepped in, and result in > increasing your risk of contracting the disease yourself. >
