H1N1 flu

[Wilson Gray]

I hate to break nasty on you, Jon, but who isn't?

-Wilson, refusing to act his age and clowning, again

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Day before yesterday I heard someone call it the Heinie flu. I mean a real
> person, not on TV.
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> I just thought he was insane, but now I see that you are hipper than I am.
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> JL
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> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> After reading various memos from my administrators, I'm forced to
>> concede that this is the official term for the pandemic, or whatever
>> it is, even if ordinary folks still think of "H1N1" as opposed to
>> "Swine Flu" the way New Yorkers think of "Avenue of the Americas" as
>> opposed to "Sixth Avenue".  But I wonder if I'm the only one who sees
>> it written in subject lines, headlines, etc., and read it as "Heinie
>> Flu".
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>> After googling--the answer is no, I'm not the only one.  It's even in
>> Urban Dictionary.  554 hits today, and it's probably contagious!
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>> WOTY watch?
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>> LH
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