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    1. Genealogy Pox
    2. For those who haven't seen this yet, enjoy. 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 mailman when he doesn't leave mail. Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins and remote, desolated country areas. Makes secret night calls. Hides phone bill from spouse. 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 they can be alone. Remarks: The unusual nature of this disease is --- the sicker the patient gets, the more he enjoys it. Author Unknown

    11/03/1997 03:56:27