Plague

I remember taking one spring holiday and visiting the church catacombs of the European districts hardest hit by the black plague when it sweep Europe.  It was hard to relate to the millions of skeletons still in storage from those years.  About two-thirds of Europe was disseminated.  So, two out of every three you know, did not survive.  Wow!

Hoof-in-mouth was the terror my dairyman great uncle greatly feared.  I guess they had a problem in the 19th century he recalled very vividly!  Of course we know this by the name of Anthrax, a nice weaponized virus.  Sure hope you do not cross its path as it is completely fatal.  I know that in the center of Russia is an area larger than most US States - completely devoid of life and off limits.  Yeah, a little problem with some weapons grade Anthrax.....  And for those of you whom are so insistent that there were no WMD's in Iraq, we have photos of 19 canisters of weapons grade Anthrax taken before the invasion.  And where is it now?????

Why write about this stuff?  Because the grand-kids were playing ring around the "rosie", the children's game from the middle ages, transmitting in a playful way - the signs of plague.

I have a little problem as well, it is called foot-in-mouth disease.  It is the unfortunate result of being me.  Open mouth, insert foot or feet as needed, discover the job of everyone being angry with you!