U.S. officials want 'swine' out of flu name

Remember when the poultry industry was devastated by the so-called "chicken pox?"

Yeah, I don't, either.

I doubt the pigs care one way or the other, it's just the 'sensitive' fools that get uppity over a name. Morons.

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Originally Posted by tacitus

I doubt the pigs care one way or the other, it's just the 'sensitive' fools that get uppity over a name. Morons.

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I would think that the pigs would be pretty happy about anything that keeps them off the grill.

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Originally Posted by jinxmchue

Remember when the poultry industry was devastated by the so-called "chicken pox?"

Yeah, I don't, either.

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That's because chicken pox was named long before the death of common sense.