In the week of Obama, or is it the nation of Obama or something like that…
I have heard jokes about a mysterious illness. It also involves tingling. A little higher than the leg. It is a case of inaugural balls. It sounds very uncomfortable.
Thanks to Jim Cowan for forwarding the following…
January 20 – (Washington D.C.) An alarming outbreak of a mysterious disease has health officials puzzled. Emergency rooms around the Capitol and across the country are being visited by thousands of people who are reporting alarming “leg tingles” which started around 12:15 p.m. today.
The CDC is investigating an unnerving strand of “leg tingle-itis” which is sweeping across the country. Some CDC officials are investigating reports that the original victim of this epidemic could be a news anchor who reported the symptoms months ago.”
A CDC official said, “If anyone has heard of this Chris Matthews on a network nobody’s ever heard of called MS-something or other please contact the Center for Disease Control.”
They say Matthews may be the Typhoid Mary of leg-tingle-itis and are concerned that the disease may have already spread to 52 percent of the population. But some health officials seem to believe it’s hitting journalists particularly hard. David Gregory of Meet the Press needed to be rolled into the emergency room while Keith Olbermann has reported that the tingles have spread over his entire body and he’s soiled himself thrice.
Health officials say they’re unsure how long the symptoms could last. “These leg tingles could persist anywhere from a few weeks to four or even eight years. Nobody knows,” said a health official…
Leg Tingle Epidemic Stresses E.R.’s
Creative Minority Report ^ | 1-20-09 | Matt Archbold