Paul & Donna Spears wrote: > > Thought this might give us a lift and laugh from the serious digging. > Donna > ===================== > > Genealogy Pox > > Symptoms: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates and places. > Patient has blank expression, is sometimes deaf to spouse and children. > Has no taste for work of any kind, except feverishly looking through > records at libraties and court houses. Has compulsions to write letters. > Swears a mailmen when they do not leave mail. Frequents strange places > such as cemeteriers, ruins, and remote desolate areas. Makes secret > phone calles at night. Hides phone bills from spouse and mumbles to > self. Has strange faraway look in eyes. > > NO KNOWN CURE..... > > Treatment: Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal but gets > progressively worse. Patient should attend genealogy workshops, > subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given a quiet corner in the > house where he/she can be alone.