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Surviving the Swine Flu
April 27, 2009 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 9:39am | 27 Comments
So this has nothing to do with counter-insurgency per se, but I noticed in the Post this morning that the Swine Flu is especially hammering young adults. One explanation for this is that we youngish folks tend to have really strong immune systems, and those immune systems go into overdrive trying to fight the flu and end up destroying throat and lung tissue in the process. Our only real hope, then, is to weaken the hell out of our immune systems. Some tips:
- If you don't smoke, now is a good time to start.
- Christopher Hitchens says that martinis are like breasts: One is one too few, while three is one too many. Well, to hell with that rule. Have at least four tonight.
- If you got a lot of rest this weekend, bully for you. But you now need to stay up for the next 72 hours living off a diet of black coffee and cigarettes. Oh, and gin.
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