# Give someone Chlamydia this Christmas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802 "2004-10-06T04:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/1 "2004-10-06T04:07:51Z")
Well, not [really](http://www.5clickstore.com/iawareables/product.cfm?ProductID=21) . But I’m giving my father the plague for his birthday! ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/2 "2004-10-06T06:46:30Z")
You could also give him the flu, mono, or just bad breath [here](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/) . I have a [cold](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/health/commoncold.html) , and it’s really much cuter than it ought to be. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/3 "2004-10-06T11:26:12Z")
Why, WHY, did I click on that website? I want everything! **GilaB** , I gave GiantMicrobes to my other officers when I was president of my university’s Microbiology Club. They were _delighted_, as they’d never seen anything like it before! I kept one for myself and now my cat plays with Shigella all the time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/4 "2004-10-06T11:34:13Z")
Thank you SO much for this website! I first saw these about six or seven years ago, and I so much wanted to get some for my dad (a pharmacist working in a hospital setting), but I haven’t been able to find them anywhere. Yipee! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/5 "2004-10-06T11:49:13Z")
Koala Bears get some sort of clamydia- I assume its the same thing. I’ve never seen one wearing a tie so it’s a little difficult to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/6 "2004-10-06T12:29:39Z")
At the Science Museum in London, they’ve got cuddly germs - scaled up fluffy soft toy germs. The mono one was quite sweet in its own way. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/7 "2004-10-06T12:50:10Z")
We almost got my boss one of these ties a few years ago, just so he could say he got herpes from the girls in his office. OOOh and look! Chlamydia is on sale!! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/8 "2004-10-06T15:37:01Z")
Must… resist… must… save… up… for… university… loans…! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/9 "2004-10-06T17:36:19Z")
I hate wearing ties, and almost never have to, but I want those ties! ---
**Author:** ![The\_27th\_Evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@The\_27th\_Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_27th_Evil)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/10 "2004-10-06T17:44:00Z")
My best friend just informed me I’m getting a [plush cold virus](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/health/commoncold.html) for christmas. He’s adorable! ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/11 "2004-10-06T20:25:14Z")
I thought you were refering to [this](http://www.playingsafely.co.uk/12stisofchristmas/12-STIs.html) What? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-someone-chlamydia-this-christmas/267802/12 "2004-10-06T21:29:28Z")
> [@Chimpy](#): > > I thought you were refering to [this](http://www.playingsafely.co.uk/12stisofchristmas/12-STIs.html) > What? 😛 If I get fired for playing this at work, it will be worth it!!! That’s hysterical! Thank Og for headphones though… Now my co-workers just think I’m sitting in my corner…by myself…giggling insanely.