Swine Flu Paranoia
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At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
Re: Swine Flu Paranoia
Aw, Stripes, ya beat me to it! :D: Yeah, nothing would unbounce Tigger worse than getting sick!
Funny how flu epidemics usually have inaccurate names re: Spanish flu, swine flu, etc.. For example, the Spanish flu that swept the world in 1917-1918 didn't come from Spain, but was traced to a college campus in Kansas.
Another interesting note: in Israel, it's not called swine flu, it's called Mexican flu. Most flu viruses have their origin in China, but this one had its origin in Mexico--somebody can check and correct me if necessary.
The last time I heard about swine flu was back in the 70s, and it did affect swine, not people. I haven't heard of this flu being zoonotic in nature.
Funny how flu epidemics usually have inaccurate names re: Spanish flu, swine flu, etc.. For example, the Spanish flu that swept the world in 1917-1918 didn't come from Spain, but was traced to a college campus in Kansas.
Another interesting note: in Israel, it's not called swine flu, it's called Mexican flu. Most flu viruses have their origin in China, but this one had its origin in Mexico--somebody can check and correct me if necessary.
The last time I heard about swine flu was back in the 70s, and it did affect swine, not people. I haven't heard of this flu being zoonotic in nature.
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That is so cute!
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Even the baker got a kick out of this. 
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Step by step we are recruiting her.darph nader wrote:Even the baker got a kick out of this.
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