Not Funny

Deep thought: 
Do birds call bird flu "bird flu" or do they just call it "the flu"? 

On second thought, I think the correct term for it is "human bird flu," which would mean that if a bird got regular flu from a human it would have to be called "bird human flu."

Also, if a human were ever born with feathered wings and somehow managed to take off, the headlines would invariably be "human bird flew," which could easily lend itself to a typo by an overworked editor who didn’t bother to read the whole story.

Actually, strictly speaking, headlines have to be in present tense, so it would be "human bird flies."  Which is, of course, completely humorless.

Too much briefing, sorry.

On another, completely different note, this is why I love living in New York City generally, and a couple blocks away from Union Square particularly:
http://www.newmindspace.com/pillowfightnyc.php
Too bad I missed it.

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