Top Ten Signs You're Suffering From Swine Flu Hysteria

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Judging by the amount of traffic our beloved blog is receiving to its Swine Flu related work, it seems the world is indeed concerned about the first pandemic since 1968. However, we've given you enough to worry about here, so we thought we might lighten the mood and explore the possibility that we may be overdoing things. Google reports some truly confounding search queries around the topic of this nascent virus, and so I wonder how many of us have passed the point of healthy worry into the halls of hysteria.

Top Ten Signs You're Suffering From Swine Flu Hysteria

• 10 - For "Cinco de Mayo" this year, you're planning a trip to Kamchatka


• 9 - You wake up in a cold sweat every evening screaming, "Remember the Alamo!"


• 8 - You asked a liquor store clerk if the worm in your tequila has been properly screened
  


• 7 - You greet your pizza delivery boy with Lysol and a wind turbine


• 6 - Suddenly "Kosher" sounds tasty


• 5 - You insist to your local diner proprietor that BLT stands for biscuit, lettuce and tomato


• 4 - Your new bedtime rendition of "The Three Little Pigs" gives your kids insomnia


• 3 - Your boss calls you in for your inappropriate visits to the CDC website and your cubicle shrine to Matt Drudge


• 2 - You find yourself fantasizing about Janet Napolitano
  


• 1 - You conclude every conversation with the words "Ebde bde bde That's all folks!"

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