GENEALOGY POX WARNING!! Very contagious to mature adults. NO KNOWN CURE SYMPTOMS: * Mumbles to self. * Makes secret calls at night. * Hides phone bill from spouse. * Has strange far away look in eyes. * Has strong compulsions to write letters. * Always includes a check in these letters. * Swears at mailman when he leaves no mail. * Continual complaints for names, dates, and places. * Patient has blank expression, sometimes deaf to spouse and children. * Has no taste for work of any kind, except feverishly looking through records at libraries and courthouses. * Has compulsions to frequently visit strange places, such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote desolate country areas. TREATMENT: * Medication is useless. * Disease is not fatal, but gets progressively worse. * Patient should be given a quiet corner of the house where he or she can be left alone. * Patient should subscribe to as many societies, newsgroups, surname lists, and genealogical magazines as possible. REMARKS: * The unusual nature of this disease is... The sicker one gets, the more he or she enjoys it. Author unknown Gail Meÿer Kilgore Casa Grande, AZ