2005-09-19»
why i should never be asked to run meetingsยปcomrade worker: … okay, we can do that on the website. Is there anything else I should be worried about?
me: [adopting my completely terrible authority voice] Yes.
cw: Yes?!
me: Uh… yes. Yes there is.
[PAUSE] cw: And that would be?
me: [THINKING FURIOUSLY] Avian flu?
all: Avian WHAT?
me: Potentially pandemic virus? Mortality rate of 55% in humans?
all: [VISIBLY PANICKED] What? Seriously?
me: [TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL] Yes, yes, but it’s okay, it hasn’t mutated into a human-transmissable airborne disease yet. You can still only get it from … from … [LOOKING AT FRANTICALLY GOOGLING, UTTERLY SHATTERED MEETING] … chickens…