I know that most likely you have all read this before but I continue to get a giggle out of it each time it comes around with a little more added to it. Hope you can all see yourself in this disease because I sure can see me. Irene DOCTORS FIND NEW DISEASE! Doctors have discovered a new disease that is very contagious to adults. They have names it Genealogy Pox. Symptoms and Treatment are described. SYMPTOMS: Patient continually complains of a need for names, dates, and places. Patient has a blank expression on his face, and often seems deaf to mate and children. Has no taste for work of any kind, except for feverishly looking through records, libraries, and courthouse. Has compulsion to write letters and spends hours sitting at a computer. Swears at mailman when he doesn't leave mail or threatens to kick computer if there is no mail. Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins and remote desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls and hides phone bills from mate. Patient mumbles to self and has a strange faraway look in his eyes. Has a strange compulsion to gather and scatter old papers all over the house, leaving piles of paper everywhere with strange numbers and names all over them. TREATMENT: No known cure. Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal, but gets progressively worse. Disease is spreading throughout the country very fast, quickly becoming an epidemic. Patient should attend genealogy meetings, workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given lots more forms and a computer situated in a quiet corner of the house where he or she can be alone. If family supports patient through this, patient will occasionally come out of strange trance and will act normal again unless you drive by a cemetery or courthouse. REMARKS: the unusual nature of this disease is such that the more sick the patient becomes, the more he or she seems to enjoy it sometimes dancing with glee and yelling, "I found it!".

Irene - Yes, I get a kick out of that funnie everytime I read it. Thank you for sharing it with us again. Donna King List Owner Tolpuddle/Cannell Mailing Lists deking@rogers.com LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors...but they all have to learn to live in the same box. ----- Original Message ----- From: "eye" <eye22@bigpond.com> To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 7:40 PM Subject: [TOL] Do you have the symptoms???? > I know that most likely you have all read this before but I continue to get > a giggle out of it each time it comes around with a little more added to it. > Hope you can all see yourself in this disease because I sure can see me. > Irene > > DOCTORS FIND NEW DISEASE! > > Doctors have discovered a new disease that is very contagious to adults. > > They have names it Genealogy Pox. Symptoms and Treatment are described. > > SYMPTOMS: Patient continually complains of a need for names, dates, and > places. Patient has a blank expression on his face, and often seems deaf to > mate and children. Has no taste for work of any kind, except for feverishly > looking through records, libraries, and courthouse. Has compulsion to write > letters and spends hours sitting at a computer. Swears at mailman when he > doesn't leave mail or threatens to kick computer if there is no mail. > > Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins and remote desolate > country areas. Makes secret night calls and hides phone bills from mate. > Patient mumbles to self and has a strange faraway look in his eyes. > > Has a strange compulsion to gather and scatter old papers all over the > house, leaving piles of paper everywhere with strange numbers and names all > over them. > > TREATMENT: No known cure. Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal, but > gets progressively worse. Disease is spreading throughout the country very > fast, quickly becoming an epidemic. Patient should attend genealogy > meetings, workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given lots > more forms and a computer situated in a quiet corner of the house where he > or she can be alone. If family supports patient through this, patient will > occasionally come out of strange trance and will act normal again unless you > drive by a cemetery or courthouse. > > REMARKS: the unusual nature of this disease is such that the more sick the > patient becomes, the more he or she seems to enjoy it sometimes dancing with > glee and yelling, "I found it!". > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs >

Hi All This all sounds very familiar, think I suffer from this too. For last 4 years, out have gone all the women's/fashion magazines, to be replaced monthly by family history magazines. Last two days here (Perivale, England) been loverly, I have had my head stuck in the PRO at Kew, come home with headache each day, minimum lunch break taken, no time to waste. Hubby said, spent a lovely day in the garden at home. Still it is all worth it when that vital link is found or you hear from a new connection. Bye for now. Sally ---- Original Message ----- From: "eye" <eye22@bigpond.com> To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 1:40 AM Subject: [TOL] Do you have the symptoms???? > I know that most likely you have all read this before but I continue to get > a giggle out of it each time it comes around with a little more added to it. > Hope you can all see yourself in this disease because I sure can see me. > Irene > > DOCTORS FIND NEW DISEASE! > > Doctors have discovered a new disease that is very contagious to adults. > > They have names it Genealogy Pox. Symptoms and Treatment are described. > > SYMPTOMS: Patient continually complains of a need for names, dates, and > places. Patient has a blank expression on his face, and often seems deaf to > mate and children. Has no taste for work of any kind, except for feverishly > looking through records, libraries, and courthouse. Has compulsion to write > letters and spends hours sitting at a computer. Swears at mailman when he > doesn't leave mail or threatens to kick computer if there is no mail. > > Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins and remote desolate > country areas. Makes secret night calls and hides phone bills from mate. > Patient mumbles to self and has a strange faraway look in his eyes. > > Has a strange compulsion to gather and scatter old papers all over the > house, leaving piles of paper everywhere with strange numbers and names all > over them. > > TREATMENT: No known cure. Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal, but > gets progressively worse. Disease is spreading throughout the country very > fast, quickly becoming an epidemic. Patient should attend genealogy > meetings, workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given lots > more forms and a computer situated in a quiet corner of the house where he > or she can be alone. If family supports patient through this, patient will > occasionally come out of strange trance and will act normal again unless you > drive by a cemetery or courthouse. > > REMARKS: the unusual nature of this disease is such that the more sick the > patient becomes, the more he or she seems to enjoy it sometimes dancing with > glee and yelling, "I found it!". > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs > >