Apparently the word Influenza means ‘influence’ from the gods/stars. Ancients believed that if you got sick, the stars (or gods) were mad at you. I wonder how long it’d take for someone to reverse-engineer that to make a joke out of it? i.e: ‘Gee whiz, that guy’s got so much influence, he must have the flu!’ Not a good joke, but inevitably all the same.
Damn. I just made the joke.
April 22, 2009 at 2:12 am |
I noticed that this is not the first time you write about the topic. Why have you chosen it again?