Sunday, May 3, 2009

On Swine Flu: Part 2

A strange woman came up to me in Safeway today. I was standing in front of the cold meat section, trying to choose one for my week's sandwiches. She came up from behind, touched my shoulder and said: "Don't buy any of them pork products. It'll give you that pork flu."

I wanted to say that I was much more at risk of getting sick from her touching my shoulder, than by eating pork. But, in the interests of keeping the conversation as short as possible, I replied "Yeah," and walked away.

I bought sliced roast beef.