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September 26, 2005

Change of Weather, Change of Gears

All right, folks. The weather is slowly changing and we are now entering the season that I hate the most: cold and flu season. It would not be an issue if I did not have to take public transportation. But I do--and man is it gross. To make matters worse you have those kids--you know, the ones who are so sick you wonder why the parents have them out in public in the first place-- and they are coughing and hacking and you can just hear the wetness of the cough and all the mucus that they are moving around. But that’s not the worst of it. What's worse is THEY ARE NOT COVERING THEIR MOUTHS. Today on the train a woman had a child sitting on her lap facing outward and hacking like he had a five-pack-a-day habit. The mother had no regard for the kid's coughing. Instead, she puts on her iPod earplugs and turns up the volume.

Shenanigans if your kid's cough is so annoying that you have to cover your ears. I call shenanigans that you did not cover the kid's mouth with something. I am not talking about one of those Michael Jackson surgical masks or even the thin veils he makes his kids wear. Let's get simple: How about using the kid's hand? How about using your hand? Lazy clod.

You know how some people say that that when you cry back at a baby he will stop? Well, I am thinking about just coughing back at the
people--mouth open, face red, and heaving from my toes. I want a new car on the subway, not the noisy-people car, not the crazy-person car, but one for sick people where they give you water and juice and smack you on the head with a rolled up newspaper if you cough with your mouth open.

Posted by Kwaku at September 26, 2005 10:00 AM

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If someone sneezes without covering his snout, any passenger should be allowed to cover that person's mouth with his or her hand--and hold it there until the point of suffocation.

Posted by: Princess at September 28, 2005 02:19 PM

Did you also realize that the force of a sneeze causes the "mist" to travel about 6 feet? Imagine that.

I was on the bus one evening last winter traveling home to NJ. (It's dark on those buses.) There was a guy seated in front of my who was sneezing his head off. I was sitting behind him with my face covered because I could just imagine the germs bouncing off the seat in front of him and falling on me. You could tell from the sound that he was not covering his mouth. As he kept sneezing, there came a voice from a few rows toward the front of the bus yelling, "COVER YOUR MOUTH!"

Posted by: Embrownny at September 28, 2005 04:29 PM

This is the best time of the year. I love it! It's beginning to become colder and you can then wear your nice fur coats and snuggle with your honey while watching the snow fall (when it begins to snow).

Speaking of snuggling, r u single?

Posted by: Lilcooki at September 29, 2005 01:11 AM

Is he SINGLE?

Look at him--he's fine! The possibility of him being single is close to nil.

Princess

Posted by: Princess at September 29, 2005 11:41 AM

Dear Diary,

Today on my blog, "Errant Pixel," I received my first dating-status
inquiry, followed by a response by someone else who said I was fine.
Wow, I feel special. I am going to file this in my momento box tied with that "ooh so pretty" ribbon.

Well, to answer your question, am I single--as in not married--yes. But I do have someone auditioning for the job. Trust me, if I were dating, I would regale this blog with stories of my exploits since dating is a three-ring circus.

Posted by: Kwaku at September 29, 2005 12:26 PM

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