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From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject: Re: Origin of Niven/Pournelle quips (was: DEC archaeology)
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:34:06 GMT
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In article <20200728213250.e853639b4755d7e44f257f55@eircom.net>,
Ahem A Rivet's Shot  <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>On 28 Jul 2020 19:57:52 GMT
>Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> wrote:
>
>> Aziz reassures him: "Don't worry, old chap. Leprosy can only be caught by 
>> the most intimate of contact".
>
>	Reminds me of the (probably apocryphal) tale of the poor sod who
>after a night of delight with a stranger wakes alone to find, scrawled in
>lipstick on the bathroom mirror, "Welcome to AIDS".

Beats waking up in the bathtub with both kidneys missing.  There
are treatments for AIDS nowadays.  Not to cure it, but to
regulate its effects.

Reminds me of an old (probably very old) joke that I read in
1950s-era novel about a medical student.

Professor asks the student, "Which would you rather have,
tuberculosis or syphilis?"

"Syphilis," says the student.

"That's right," says the professor.  "It's easier to cure, and
you have more fun getting it."



-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/
-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/