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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:22 PM
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It's a good thing that sneeze droplets stop at three feet.
Edited on Wed May-03-06 12:40 PM by Fridays Child
Re: Chimpy McFuckface's "flu plan" advice that people should stay three feet apart. :eyes:

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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:24 PM
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1. Now You Tell Me! I just invested $10k in 6 foot diameter sombreros
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:26 PM
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5. Oh, well...
You can always rent out the perimeter. ;)
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:28 PM
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6. You should submit that idea.. He'd probably think it is genius
and not just lol funny. :)
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:31 PM
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9. Thanks for the laugh.
Thankfully the spray out of my nose only went as far as my monitor screen. :rofl:
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pagam Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:25 PM
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2. While using
duct-tape ! ! !

These people are the most stupidest folks ever! ! ! !
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:25 PM
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3. did I miss something? PLEASE, PLEASE tell me you are joking!!!
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:37 PM
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10. This is part of the administrations official advice. Seriously.
From page 177 of "National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza:"

Some social distancing measures, such as the recommendation to maintain 3 feet of spatial separation
between individuals or to otherwise limit face-to-face contact, may be adaptable to certain work environments and in appropriate settings should be sustainable indefinitely at comparatively minimal cost.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:39 PM
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11. this must be the same bunch who told us duct tape and plastic would
protect us from nuclear, biological and chemical attacks.

and these people get PAID for putting out this kind of BS??
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:46 PM
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13. Given the widening pattern of dispersal, as the droplets travel...
...away from the sneezer, under certain conditions, three feet might actually be more dangerous than one foot.
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 05:25 PM
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18. just wait 'til next month's advisory
I hear "duck and cover" will be coming back into fashion soon. :sarcasm:
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Jigarotta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:26 PM
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4. what if you're taller? nt
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:48 PM
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14. There's a person I hit from over six feet away with actual snot.
I'm a tall guy and I hit their upper back with it.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:28 PM
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7. Is that Limbaugh after snorting his crushed Oxys?
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jean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:29 PM
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8. Yardsticks? Yeah, He wants us to run out and buy em, maybe buy
two, one for each hand.
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:46 PM
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12. and, no doubt, use them
Edited on Wed May-03-06 12:48 PM by notsodumbhillbilly
to jab anyone who dares get closer than 3 feet while standing in line at a checkout, theater, etc. Road rage will be surpassed by checkout rage.
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 12:50 PM
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15. How big are the elevators in YOUR workplace? nt
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 01:37 PM
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16. And who pushed the elevator buttons right before you pushed them?
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 04:57 PM
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17. Well, I think about THAT a lot right now! nt
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