FARK.com: (4357456) Health officials don't think 'swine flu' is a good name for the current pandemic are are looking for a different name. How about the name 'General Motors'? It should be available soon

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(Some Guy)		Health officials don't think 'swine flu' is a good name for the current pandemic are are looking for a different name. How about the name 'General Motors'? It should be available soon (wbbm780.com)		213
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necropoultryac		2009-04-29 08:00:17 AM

If the most powerful lesbian says change the name....CHANGE IT.
/change

Barbigazi		2009-04-29 08:15:41 AM

Horrible Pig Disease.

somebody should enable voting.

and SHUT UP necropoutryac you cock.

All_Farked_Up		2009-04-29 08:22:18 AM

Mexican flu

geekluv		2009-04-29 08:22:37 AM

Porky Pig flu?

nmemkha		2009-04-29 08:23:03 AM

GIS for "Captain Tripps":

www.comicsbulletin.com

dcigary		2009-04-29 08:23:20 AM

FUD Flu

b0rscht		2009-04-29 08:23:27 AM

I say we name it Bob.

heinekenftw		2009-04-29 08:23:31 AM

Overinflated Media Hype Disease?

abigsmurf		2009-04-29 08:23:40 AM

Captain Trips it is!

(where actually did they get that name from in the novel, never remember it explaining the origins)

sonofslacker		2009-04-29 08:24:37 AM

coughing pig death
//thanks to cory doctorow

tassimau		2009-04-29 08:25:44 AM

pork sniffles

mreuther		2009-04-29 08:25:55 AM

Kosher Swine Flu?

/Throatwarbler Mangrove

Clemond N. Flinch		2009-04-29 08:26:12 AM

Lehman Brothers with bacon flu has a sweet ring.

sonofslacker		2009-04-29 08:26:22 AM

abigsmurf: Captain Trips it is!

(where actually did they get that name from in the novel, never remember it explaining the origins)

From Jerry Garcia

Girion47		2009-04-29 08:26:24 AM

Abrahamic Religion Flu?

SJKebab		2009-04-29 08:26:36 AM

RDRR subby?

KentuckyBob		2009-04-29 08:26:45 AM

b0rscht: I say we name it Bob.

(suspicious stare)I say we don't "Mr. early name was termed hogweed soup"

geekluv		2009-04-29 08:27:01 AM

b0rscht: I say we name it Bob.

Why Bob? Maybe it should have a name that both a male & female that can have as a name... How about "Pat"?

i106.photobucket.com

berylman		2009-04-29 08:28:15 AM

"Porcine You Are Gonna Die Sucka In Like 90 Minutes Disease"

logophile		2009-04-29 08:28:23 AM

abigsmurf: Captain Trips it is!

(where actually did they get that name from in the novel, never remember it explaining the origins)

iirc, it's not explained further than that's what "people" started calling it on the west coast.. damn surfer hippies.

..it'd take a really impressive sickness to earn that name from me.. this aint it.

sonofslacker		2009-04-29 08:28:46 AM

FTFA: it's confusing people into thinking they could catch it from pork
Sounds like these people are in over their head in the gene pool.

cwolf20		2009-04-29 08:28:51 AM

*eats some bacon while watching this unfold*

SpeshilEdjukashin		2009-04-29 08:29:25 AM

I agree, they need to change what they are calling it. I had to stop a family member from throwing out everything on the pork shelf in the freezer yesterday. They should just call it the damn flu. Some years the little bug hits us harder than others, and this is one of those years. It doesn't need a fancy name to panic everyone.

opiumpoopy		2009-04-29 08:30:06 AM

They do say muslims find "pig flu" offensive - I heard it on Fox, so it must be true.

So I suggest "Spic Sniffles" instead.

therhinodep		2009-04-29 08:30:07 AM

Maybe Janet should declare it a "porcine-caused disaster."

ttintagel		2009-04-29 08:30:25 AM

How about "Swan Flu?" Swans are PRETTY!

tassimau		2009-04-29 08:30:37 AM

KentuckyBob: b0rscht: I say we name it Bob.

(suspicious stare)I say we don't "Mr. early name was termed hogweed soup"

I couldn't get any sleep cuz of that bob, I was coughin up white stuff all night.

nah, not gonna work

gimpel		2009-04-29 08:32:10 AM

geekluv: b0rscht: I say we name it Bob.

Why Bob? Maybe it should have a name that both a male & female that can have as a name... How about "Pat"?

Man, Pat and Bob are both great. With "Bob" you get the ambiguity of a palindrome, and "Pat" you get the gender ambiguity. Tough call.

And by the way, why is the word "palindrome" not one?

kabloink		2009-04-29 08:32:39 AM

I guess wetback disease wouldn't very pc.

tassimau		2009-04-29 08:32:44 AM

Hey, did you guys hear about that new swine flu epidemic?

Ixly		2009-04-29 08:34:23 AM

abigsmurf: Captain Trips it is!

(where actually did they get that name from in the novel, never remember it explaining the origins)

It's from the short story "Night Surf" from the SK collection "Night Shift"

OhioKnight		2009-04-29 08:34:25 AM

Its confusing because...

THEY HAVEN'T FOUND IT IN ANY PIGS

ONLY HUMANS

opiumpoopy		2009-04-29 08:35:01 AM

MrSeabass: I thought the headlines dealing with Twitter were bad, but it's only 8:30 AM (locally) and there's how many headlines dealing with flu already?

Okay, then. Have a Guy with a pet grizzly instead.

I'll put a dollar on a "dead guy who had a pet grizzly" story on Fark in the next year or two.

12.fl.oz.		2009-04-29 08:35:37 AM

Pig fever, pork trots, the pig's revenge, I don't know.

fenrael23		2009-04-29 08:35:38 AM

PIGGY POX

SpeshilEdjukashin		2009-04-29 08:36:21 AM

kabloink: I guess wetback disease wouldn't very pc.

No, it wouldn't. But it would just make for funnier Fark headlines.

/EVERYBODY HISPANIC!

geekluv		2009-04-29 08:39:19 AM

gimpel: geekluv: b0rscht: I say we name it Bob.

Why Bob? Maybe it should have a name that both a male & female that can have as a name... How about "Pat"?

Man, Pat and Bob are both great. With "Bob" you get the ambiguity of a palindrome, and "Pat" you get the gender ambiguity. Tough call.

And by the way, why is the word "palindrome" not one?

"Palindrome" .... I like that!

EZ Writer		2009-04-29 08:39:31 AM

MrSeabass: FFS.

I thought the headlines dealing with Twitter were bad, but it's only 8:30 AM (locally) and there's how many headlines dealing with flu already?

I came to say THIS... FFS - THIS!!!

Can't we get a boobie thread already?! Sheesh!

ArtosRC		2009-04-29 08:40:15 AM

Mexican Bacon Sickness.

geekluv		2009-04-29 08:40:47 AM

OhioKnight: Its confusing because...

THEY HAVEN'T FOUND IT IN ANY PIGS

ONLY HUMANS

I think the pigs who have it are just in hiding.... They only come out at night to infect people....

SpeshilEdjukashin		2009-04-29 08:40:48 AM

fenrael23: PIGGY POX

No. That's what you call it when you catch the herp from a TF'ette.

*ducks*

geekluv		2009-04-29 08:41:54 AM

EZ Writer: MrSeabass: FFS.

I thought the headlines dealing with Twitter were bad, but it's only 8:30 AM (locally) and there's how many headlines dealing with flu already?

I came to say THIS... FFS - THIS!!!

Can't we get a boobie thread already?! Sheesh!

What do boobies have to do with Swine Flu? I guess you're still mad that you are stuck on the boat...

Lt. Cheese Weasel		2009-04-29 08:42:04 AM

Hows about 'Dirty Mexican Sanchez'?

Nakito		2009-04-29 08:43:28 AM

H1N1!1!!!!1!

jeffio		2009-04-29 08:43:38 AM

Wanted for questioning

loonatic112358		2009-04-29 08:43:54 AM

chichirrones influenza?

/probably misspelled
//supposed to be the spanish word for pork rinds.
///café por favor.

Rev. Skarekroe		2009-04-29 08:44:57 AM

Madagascar Surprise.

hisphrenic		2009-04-29 08:45:09 AM

I'm torn between Alpaca Flu and Llama Flu.

geekluv		2009-04-29 08:45:52 AM

jeffio: Wanted for questioning

+100 for the Doctor Who reference... though the aliens in that episode just took over the bodies of pigs & humans.... I watch way too much Doctor Who....