# My old boss gave me syphillis! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438 "2007-04-10T03:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/1 "2007-04-10T03:45:18Z")
I had to pay her for it, though. [You can get the clap too!](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/) Check it out!! I have also decided to carry the Black Death, too! Tris ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/2 "2007-04-10T03:49:26Z")
Who knew Streptococcus Pyogenes could be so [cute~](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/flesheating.html)? ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/3 "2007-04-10T05:32:23Z")
I got ebola virus, salmonella, and E. coli for Christmas last year. Perfect gift for a laboratorian. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/4 "2007-04-10T05:39:38Z")
That was _not_ a fair thread title, **Tris** … ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/5 "2007-04-10T14:04:04Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] That was _not_ a fair thread title, **Tris** … [/QUOTE] Fair? It was truthful! And even that got me a puny three replies! I should have given syphilis to to my new kitty. (grumble . . . grumble . . . ) Tris ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/6 "2007-04-10T14:08:13Z")
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus] Fair? It was truthful! And even that got me a puny three replies! I should have given syphilis to to my new kitty. (grumble . . . grumble . . . ) Tris [/QUOTE] Maybe you should give the cheerleaders with cupcakes the clap and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/7 "2007-04-10T14:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Maybe you should give the cheerleaders with cupcakes the clap and see what happens. [/QUOTE] Ooooo, oooo! That is such a great idea! I can’t wait 'til next year’s jail bait season! **I’m givin`out the clap, like a**. . . well, you get the idea! Tris ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/8 "2007-04-10T14:57:59Z")
MilliCal picked up a whole stack of assorted plushy microbes at the Con back in January. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/9 "2007-04-10T16:25:49Z")
Thanks for the link. I just ordered a couple of diseases for my nursing student wife. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/10 "2007-04-10T16:27:50Z")
Twisted but funny. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/11 "2007-04-10T16:34:09Z")
Awesome! My sister’s birthday is coming up real soon – she’s a doctor – and I was trying to figure out what to get her. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/12 "2007-04-10T17:28:16Z")
Nothing gives you that warm fuzzy feeling like watching your godson play with the giant beer and bread yeast you gave him. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/13 "2007-04-11T19:31:32Z")
I have a Cold, and if I throw it to you, you can catch a cold too! I used to keep it at my bench in lab, back when I worked in one, as my mascot. It’s absurdly cute for a virus. ---
**Author:** ![Ex\_Scientia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@Ex\_Scientia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Scientia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/14 "2007-04-11T19:52:30Z")
I want them all! Must get! ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/15 "2007-04-11T20:22:28Z")
Those are totally cute. I’ll have to get the bf one sometime. Maybe flesh eating? Or the common cold…I did give him an actual one awhile ago. The syphillis one is cute as hell though. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/16 "2007-04-11T21:03:25Z")
man I think my sister has a big plush sperm, I should get her some of these to add to the collection. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/17 "2007-04-11T21:05:10Z")
mmmm… plushie sperm… mmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/18 "2007-04-11T21:23:33Z")
I just bought a [Flea](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/flea.html) for Pepper. Now _she_ can bite _them_! ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/19 "2007-04-11T23:29:05Z")
I saw this link and am now campaigning for everyone in the office to pitch in to give our Editor the Clap. So far, no one seems very enthusiastic. And yes, I’ve shown them the link. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438/20 "2007-04-11T23:59:56Z")
We have those in the gift shop over at the science center. But they’re usually the small ones-Beanie size. How big are these? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-boss-gave-me-syphillis/399438.md?page=2)