No. 438: "The Deer and the Antelope …?"
It took a Supreme Court ruling, but what occurred in New York early Sunday morning was worth the effort said participant Keith Finney. "It's like when you watch those shows on the Discovery Channel and you see a herd of antelope. This was like a herd of … people." What were they doing?
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Friday's Question (No. 437)—"Easy Come, Diseasy Go":
At Wednesday's American Medical Association press briefing on infectious diseases, the leading cause of death worldwide, researchers warned that dangerous strains of drug-resistant germs were emerging as a result of several things Americans are doing. For example?
"I, for one, blame Patrick Ewing."—Mark Wade
"Appearing on ABC's hot new show, Who Wants To Help Me, Regis Philbin, Develop Some Sort of New Drug-Resistant Germ?"—Tim Carvell
"Living in the same state as a Monsanto plant."—Jon Zerolnick
"Licking their computer monitors during fevered sessions of Net sex."—Charlie Glassenberg
"Over-prescribing antibiotics to Angelina Jolie."—Beth Sherman
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