Some folks do have a sense of humor

[nadinbrzezinski]

Influenza La epidemia ya tiene mascota de peluche
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The Influenza has a plush mascot


REDACCIÓN
EL UNIVERSAL
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO VIERNES 01 DE MAYO DE 2009
00:55 Las muestras de humor en la epidemia cada vez son más, ahora, la influenza A/H1N1 ya tiene mascota: un pequeño virus de peluche azul, llamado Achufy!
"Achufy! es un simpático peluche de 15 centímetros de tamaño, que será un recuerdo para toda la vida" para recordar a al epidemia que "puso de cabeza a México", dice el anuncio

http://www.el-universal.com.mx/notas/594910.html


The samples of good humor duing the epidemic grow. Now the Influence A-H1N1 has a mascot, a small blue plush virus called Achufy!

Achufy is a funny plus of fifteen centimeters (7 inches) in size, that will be a remembrance for all your life to remember the epidemic that turned mexico upside down, said the commercial....

Now me personally... I wish some folks shared the gallows humor our neighbors south of the border have. Mind you, I get it, after all the day of the death is a sense of humor that a lot of folks don't get up here. After all it is all the rage to give your best friends a skull with their name for the day of the death

And this is actually great for the mind

Hell I think I will ask my mom to get me one of them... yep, I do share that sense of humor

Oh and here is a piccie of it

http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/XStatic/vanguardia/images/espanol/achufy!-300409.jpg

(Necessary disclaimer: I am sorry if this scares you, and sorry you need to belittle the information on this post)

[Maru Kitteh]

1. OMG. I want one! Achufy! That's just damn adorable.

Does it come with a certificate of budding/lysis?

Can I get one from my birthday?

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. It is not online... looked for their online store

but here is one I managed to tract down in the US

http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/commoncold.html

Looks almost the same

[Journeyman]

2. Plush microbes have been around for years. . .

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/

But then, that's not the only reality being missed in so many posts these days. . .

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. The gallows humor is also being missed around these parts

[Maru Kitteh]

5. geek toys?

I'm home. :loveya:

[dipsydoodle]

6. New fangled medicine too

Quite apart from one liners : "I think I've got swine flu, I'm coming out in a rasher! I tried to phone the helpline,but all I got was Crackling"

[silverweb]

7. Check out all the other categories, too.

These are great!

_Maladies_

_Exotics_

_Calamaties_

_Venereals_

_Etc, etc._

And my personal favorite, _The Bookworm._



OMG, I love it. Absolutely brilliant! :rofl: