Oh really?

In a chat with a colleague today, I learned the following:

1. My colleague thinks the media coverage of swine flu is very overblown.

2. My colleague has already stocked up on face-masks.

Hmmmmm.

More like this

See, Whitman got it wrong on the nature of human contradictions. It shouldn't have been "I am large. I contain multitudes." It should have been "I am large. I contain platitudes."

~Peter

By Peter O'Sullivan (not verified) on 01 May 2009 #permalink

3. The media reports that face masks don't help.

Is it then safe to deduce that said colleague is not a scientist?

It's ingenious. Buy low, before the hysteria has *really* hit it's stride, then sell high to panicked people who think it'll help while laughing all the way to the bank.
Evil, but ingenious.

your colleague is in Mexico...:)?

By opony szczecin (not verified) on 02 May 2009 #permalink