Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
I'm scared about this avian flu thing. It's being forecast by some to be a pandemic. I always thought an epidemic was bad enough. I guess a trip to www.dictionary.com is in the near future to get a clear distinction and to scare me even more. Today my friendly neigborhood AOL front page linked to Top Ten Ways to Avoid Catching the Avian Flu. One way was frequent handwashing. How long should one wash for effective cleansing? In true AOL form, they suggested the length of time that it takes to sing "The Alphabet Song." How lame. Help me out here. Can't we think of a cooler song to sing? Suggest a substitute tune of 16 seconds (the time it took for me to sing "The Alphabet Song") in order to assist the worry-worts of the world like me. I mean, do we really want people all over the world humming "The Alphabet Song" to themselves?
posted by JTF @ 10:19 PM
7 comments
7 Comments:
I really hope you didn't actually time yourself. I thought this diddy would be fitting:
Go on now go, on down the drain
just swirl around now
'cause you're not welcome on my hands
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I'd crumble
you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to scrub
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my soap to give
and I'll survive
I will survive
Hey, Hey
If Fio humming that while hand washing doesn't scare away the bird flu I don't know what will.
concerned reader,
You've solved my problem, especially if singing this song while laughing hysterically is even a stronger defense. Anyhow, your song timed out to a perfect 16 seconds! Remarkable.
I second what baby had to say. I mean i for one think numbers are quite entertaining. You could arrange them in different orders or add them up and then subtract them and make it into a little rap song all while taking 16 seconds. why even use words when numbers are quite satisfactory and a whole lot easier to remember. And does it really matter if you wash for 16 seconds or 17 seconds. I dont really think you will scrub your skin off if you washed for 1 more second. Or better yet, to solve all this why not just take some Purell and instantly kill 99.9% of the germs on your hands at once. Peace out
When will you remember that worthless journalists have nothing to do but look for the detrimental
and paint the most negative picture possible?
I always thought that singing happy birthday to yourself would make you unconsciously more self-centered and ultimatly more likely to think that every day was your birthday, in that you would receive more presents that you'd ever give. The alphabet song seems to just get letters stuck in your head.
But then again, I'm not sure if a song could ever be a correct representation of an action. Shouldn't we be living instead of wondering what kind of nasty diseases get passed from our hands? What about from our elbows? Why don't we wash our elbows as well?
And while we're at it, why not wash our mouths out in order to prevent the spread of harmful words that can be of a greater curse than anything physical. Or even better, we can just cut off our tongues in order to prevent harmful words from ever existing in our mouths. Of course, we'd be sacrificing all words spoken, but its for the greater good of humanity right?
dear new366,
when will you learn that not everything that comes from our mouths (or our hands) is absolutely negative? Are not bloggers just people who like to think? I'd rather be wasting my time in thought than wasting time busying myself cutting the grass on my lawn seven times.
To all,
Hope you're familiar with the musical South Pacific. Actually, I think this tune might have been used in a Lysol commerical a few years ago.
I'm gonna wash those germs right out of my hands,
I'm gonna wash those germs right out of my hands,
I'm gonna wash those germs right out of my hands,
And send them down the drain.
I'm gonna kill that bird flu fast as I can,
I'm gonna kill that bird flu fast as I can,
I'm gonna kill that bird flu fast as I can,
And send it down the drain.
You have a awesome blog! WOW!
I've got on avian cdc.gov facts.htm flu gen info related info.
Come see when you can.
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