I believe the disease is called Genealogy. BBgenealogy@cs.com > Good for a laugh... > > In a message dated 07/25/2000 7:29:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > centans@tampabay.rr.com writes: > > << > As found in The Librarian's Genealogy Notebook by Dahrl Elizabeth Moore > ... > > Warning -- Genealogy Pox > Very Contagious to Adults > > Symptoms: Continual complaint as to need 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 compulsion to write letters. Swears at > mail carrier when he or she doesn't leave mail. Frequents strange places > such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote, desolate country areas. Makes > secret night calls. Hides phone bills from spouse. Mumbles to self. Has > strange, faraway look in eyes. > > THERE IS 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 when he or she can be alone. > > Remarks: The unusual nature of this disease is that the sicker the > patient gets, the more he or she enjoys it. > > By An Anonymous Author >>> > >