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From: "James Whitmore" <>
Subject: Genealogy - a disease ??
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 18:28:04 +0100

Hi All,
I picked this up off another list. Hope you enjoy it.

WARNING

Genealogy Pox is VERY CONTAGIOUS

SYMPTOMS: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates and
places. Patient has a blank expression, sometimes deaf to spouse and
children. Has no taste for work of any kind, except feverishly looking
through records at libraries and courthouses. Has a compulsion to
write letters. Swears at mailman when he doesn't leave mail. Frequents
strange places such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote desolate country
areas. Makes secret night calls and hides phone bills from spouse.
Mumbles to self. Has strange, farway look in eyes. NO KNOWN CURE

TREATMENT: Medication is useless. This disease is not fatal,
but gets progressively worse. Patient should attend genealogy
workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines and be given a quiet
corner in the house where he or she can be alone.

REMARKS: The unusual nature of this disease is that the sicker
the patient gets, the more he or she enjoys it.

Author UNKNOWN


Regards,

James
Lincolnshire
UK

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