# Swine Flu is looming...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 30, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853 "2009-04-30T16:00:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853/1 "2009-04-30T16:00:02Z")

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… but it’s so kah-yewt ! [Seriously](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/). Who wouldn’t want a Black Plague plushie ?

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m in love.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853/2 "2009-04-30T16:02:01Z")

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I wish I’d put Miss Piggy on my Death Pool list this year.

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**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853/3 "2009-04-30T16:25:21Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> … but it’s so kah-yewt ! [Seriously](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/). Who wouldn’t want a Black Plague plushie ?
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> I don’t know about you guys, but I’m in love.

A few years back, I bought my wife Ebola and Persinia Yestis (Black Plague), as well as a few others. She loves 'em.

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**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853/4 "2009-04-30T16:34:21Z")

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I have Mono, Common Cold, and Flesh-Eating Bacteria in my classroom. They’re adorable.😃

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853/5 "2009-04-30T18:25:02Z")

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I have [HIV](http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/hiv.html) sitting on my desk. Surprisingly cute for such awful things, aren’t they?

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853/6 "2009-04-30T18:32:48Z")

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My kids collect those things- I think we have flu, bedbug, flesh-eating virus, white blood cell, and a few others. The 7 year old goes to the website on his own and puts thing in the shopping cart! 🆒

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-is-looming/494853/7 "2009-04-30T18:39:36Z")

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Is there a pocket in the ovum for the sperm? That would be cool…