H1N1 flu

[Jonathan Lighter]

Oh, God, the first sign of true senescence!

JL

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I hate to break nasty on you, Jon, but who isn't?
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> -Wilson, refusing to act his age and clowning, again
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> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
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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".
> >>
> >> 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!
> >>
> >> WOTY watch?
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> >> LH
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