# Well, that's that then. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580 "2009-05-06T20:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/1 "2009-05-06T20:02:29Z")
I’ve got rabies. Not gonorrhea, syphilis, or scabies. - bitey smiley \* ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/2 "2009-05-06T20:11:00Z")
WTF? How did that happen? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/3 "2009-05-06T20:20:22Z")
Bit by a rabid møøse. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/4 "2009-05-06T20:34:40Z")
Somebody get my ghun. Why did the moose bite you? Were you carving your initials into an antler? Tickling his ass with a feather? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/5 "2009-05-06T20:34:52Z")
I didn’t know Meese could be rabid. Good luck with the treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/6 "2009-05-06T20:36:59Z")
Guess it’s a good thing you don’t have rabid scabies… ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@Black\_Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/7 "2009-05-06T21:10:08Z")
Seriously? I mean, seriously seriously? My #1 fear, right there. I’m turning off my computer now, just to be safe. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/8 "2009-05-06T21:19:49Z")
- sigh\* no. That would be maddening. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/9 "2009-05-06T22:51:30Z")
Congratulations! Oh, wait. I thought you said babies. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/10 "2009-05-06T23:55:11Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I’ve got rabies. > > Not gonorrhea, syphilis, or scabies. > > - bitey smiley \* No you don’t have rabies. You may be being TREATED for rabies. After being exposed to an animal that tested positive for rabies. Two possibilities: 1. You were exposed to rabies and began treatment before the disease could develope symtoms. And before you personally tested positive for rabies. And you should be fine. 2. You didn’t find out you had a case of rabies until symtoms started. In which case you are way too sick to be on the computer and are almost certainly going to die. There isn’t a lot of in between with rabies. You must begin treatment before symptoms start. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/11 "2009-05-06T23:57:23Z")
Can we have dinner together? I’m serving mashed potatoes. Gimme rabies…on my mashed potatoes! ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/12 "2009-05-07T00:06:30Z")
My sympathies. Look on the bright side; this is like Boot Camp for your immune system. But what were you doing, messing with a rabid moose? > [@ghardester](#): > > No you don’t have rabies. You may be being TREATED for rabies. After being exposed to an animal that tested positive for rabies. > > Two possibilities: > > 1. You were exposed to rabies and began treatment before the disease could develope symtoms. And before you personally tested positive for rabies. And you should be fine. > > 2. You didn’t find out you had a case of rabies until symtoms started. In which case you are way too sick to be on the computer and are almost certainly going to die. > > There isn’t a lot of in between with rabies. You must begin treatment before symptoms start. Isn’t it possible the OP tested positive before symptoms started? What would be the prognosis then? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/13 "2009-05-07T00:15:11Z")
Is there any way you can blame this on Sarah Palin? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/14 "2009-05-07T00:18:10Z")
There’s a lot of whooshing going on here. This is an Inigo Montoya thread - don’t expect it to have any relation to reality. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/15 "2009-05-07T02:29:37Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Isn’t it possible the OP tested positive before symptoms started? What would be the prognosis then? No. By the time you test positive you are going to die. That’s why rabies treatment is prophylactic (or done in advance to prevent disease development). Once symptoms start it is almost 100% fatal. If they can’t find the animal to test it the doctors may recommend starting treatment anyway. Since bats are carriers and you can’t always tell if you have been biten, sometimes they will recommend rabies treatment just because you woke up and had a bat in the room. Things like that. Nasty shit. I realize by now that the OP is just kidding. ---
**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 7, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/16 "2009-05-07T02:31:51Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Bit by a rabid møøse. A møøse once bit my sister… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/17 "2009-05-07T02:41:18Z")
Swine rabies? Bird rabies? Mexican rabies? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/18 "2009-05-07T02:49:46Z")
> [@j666](#): > > My sympathies. > > Look on the bright side; this is like Boot Camp for your immune system. > > But what were you doing, messing with a rabid moose? > Isn’t it possible the OP tested positive before symptoms started? What would be the prognosis then? I know this is a joke thread, but is it possible to test someone for rabies without killing them? I thought it involved cutting their head off. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/19 "2009-05-07T02:57:46Z")
If anyone wants to organize a Rabies Awareness Fun Run, I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580/20 "2009-05-07T03:06:02Z")
> [@Baraqiyal](#): > > If anyone wants to organize a Rabies Awareness Fun Run, I’m in. Perhaps the group should be chased by rabid dogs. We better make it a sprint… to a grove of trees. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-that-then/495580.md?page=2)