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From: "Mike" <>
Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Fw: [PABRADFO] Genealogy Pox..
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:43:58 -0400


thought y'all would enjoy this

Mike
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Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 3:22 PM
Subject: [PABRADFO] Genealogy Pox..


> Good for a laugh...
>
> In a message dated 07/25/2000 7:29:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> <<
> As found in The Librarian's Genealogy Notebook by Dahrl Elizabeth Moore
> ...
>
> Warning -- Genealogy Pox
> Very Contagious to Adults
>
> Symptoms: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates, and places.
> Patient has 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 compulsion to write letters. Swears at
> mail carrier when he or she doesn't leave mail. Frequents strange places
> such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote, desolate country areas. Makes
> secret night calls. Hides phone bills from spouse. Mumbles to self. Has
> strange, faraway look in eyes.
>
> THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE!
>
> Treatment: Medication is useless. 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 when 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.
>
> By An Anonymous Author
> >>
>
>

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