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   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article , Stephen Glynn   
    writes   
      
   >banana wrote:   
   >> What to make of the German 'cat and dog danger' story?   
   >>   
   >> Conditions are currently so crazy in Europe and the US that I wouldn't   
   >> be surprised if this leads to a 'surprise'-themed pervasive call for   
   >> lifestyle change, security, and vigilance against resistors...   
   >>   
   >> How keeping a dog on a lead prevents it from getting flu, I don't know!   
      
   >Presumably it's so you can keep your dog well away from sick birds on   
   >the ground, from which it might contract the disease if it goes and   
   >gives the poor things a good sniff.   
      
   But sick birds cannot be expected to avoid paths, or for that matter   
   people's gardens.   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)