Wednesday, May 14, 2003

"How about his common cold?" she asked.
"That?" said the doctor. "Why, it's a mass of scarlet fever germs! -- Burn it at once. What? Nonsense! Get him a new one. He mustn't have that any more!"

From The Velveteen Rhinovirus

If the eyes weren't likely to come off and become a choking hazard, I'd have the perfect gift for my baby cousin.

UPDATE: More smell-based legal news, it's now something you can be arrested for.

Finally this: The story itself is amusing, it may also be frightening, but take a second look. Right up there in the header. HOW EXACTLY DID AARDVARKS BECOME CONTROVERSIAL ANIMALS?

UPDATE: Perhaps a more stable picture of the Velveteen Rhinovirus and Friends.

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