# Swine Flu Zombification? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912 "2009-05-01T00:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mordwynd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mordwynd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mordwynd)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/1 "2009-05-01T00:27:18Z")
[http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm](http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm) The link leads to BBC, but… Zombies? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/2 "2009-05-01T00:32:37Z")
I’ve been expecting this. Hang on. (crash, thump, scrape) Okay, got the anti-zombie kukri. I’m ready. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/3 "2009-05-01T00:36:59Z")
> [@Mordwynd](#): > > [http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm](http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm) > The link leads to BBC, but… > Zombies? The link does _not_ lead to BBC. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/4 "2009-05-01T00:38:58Z")
That’s actually really cute. I like the effort they put into it. If it were a more serious article (and not an external link), I probably wouldn’t have thought to look closer. Edited to add my favourite bit: > [@WannaBBC](#): > > If you feel yourself passing away, then notice your strength and vigor returning at an alarming rate, please attempt to restrain yourself to prevent infection and harm to others. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/5 "2009-05-01T16:34:53Z")
My mate felt awful after flying back from Spain so he phoned the swine flu helpline. All he got was crackling. What? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/6 "2009-05-01T17:16:05Z")
If you email yourself the article using the link on the page (as opposed to cut’n’pasting the url) you get the original version from which they derived the parody. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/7 "2009-05-01T17:20:40Z")
If swine flu and avian flu combined we’d have flying pig flu ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/8 "2009-05-01T17:21:45Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > My mate felt awful after flying back from Spain so he phoned the swine flu helpline. > > All he got was crackling. > > What? He just phoned me, he’s now cured ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/9 "2009-05-01T17:35:37Z")
I think I heard about this site before. Ya know, I think I might just send this to some of my more gullible friends. [nit-picking] That should be “_its_ heart”, not “_it’s_ heart”. [/nit-picking] ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/10 "2009-05-01T17:54:27Z")
I was sick all last weekend, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t swine flu because I was still craving bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swine-flu-zombification/494912/11 "2009-05-01T19:33:10Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > If swine flu and avian flu combined we’d have flying pig flu If swine flu combined with a virus carried by arachnids, it’d be spider-pig flu.