strand = 'strain'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Earlier exx. were from my own life and the Bad Girls Club.  Another example,
from CNN, that has nothing to do with the flu:

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1010/12/cnr.02.html

"SANTUS: This is where we have our medical marijuana.

"SPELLMAN (on camera): Wow, there's really a lot of varieties, aren't they
[sic]?

"SANTUS: There is. Currently, I think we have over 28 different strands."
It happened in Denver.

JL


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