Monday, April 27, 2009

I'm not making this up

An Israeli health official says that the term "swine flu" is offensive. Therefore, the name should be changed to "Mexican flu" in order not to offend anyone.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

That doesn't sound kosher

Jesus X. Crutch said...

I've been calling it the Mexican Swine Flu.

Anonymous said...

I think it should be called "Pig flu".

Mad Feminist said...

Shouldn't it be called swine avian human flu?

Anonymous said...

Why not call it something that isn't scary sounding OR offensive, like "Captain Trips?"

MrMike said...

Since it seems to have incubated in manure lagoons in Mexico, why not call it Shitz Flu?

Peter of Lone Tree said...

"Captain Trips," myiq2xu?

In the interest of political correctness, "Project Blue" would be more appropriate.

DancingOpossum said...

It's nice to know that Israeli racism is an equal opportunity offender.

That said, how about calling it "Big Scary Flu That Has World in Crazed, Mind-Bending Panic Even Though All Reported Cases Have Been Extremely Mild"?

Too long?

Sextus Propertius said...

Folks in Iowa seem to agree:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_re_us/us_swine_flu_pork_backlash