• February 14, 2012

Blame the French!Do you know what’s worse than a LEVEL FOUR flu pandemic freakout? A LEVEL FIVE flu pandemic freakout — it is like four, but plus another, to equal five. Things can only get one more number worse than what will soon be announced, the Level 5 — and that, as you probably already suspect, is a Level SIX (6) pandemic freakout. Stocks ended sharply higher. [EuroNews]

{ 59 comments }

Dave J. April 29, 2009 at 4:13 pm

You simply cannot get more French than that dude, unless you had pictured him running away from pirates.

Colette April 29, 2009 at 4:14 pm

Who knew the Mayans were so awesome at predicting epidemiological outbreaks.

Also.

slappypaddy April 29, 2009 at 4:15 pm

When it gets to Level 666, it’s all over, my friends.

Prommie April 29, 2009 at 4:16 pm

So do they recomend that we bash each other’s skulls open and feast on the warm goo inside?

Or the old standbye, “When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.”

It may be a good time to revisit Patrick McManus’s “Modified Stationary Panic,” employing this method will save much energy that would be wasted if you engage in a Full Bore Linear Panic (FBLP).

ManchuCandidate April 29, 2009 at 4:18 pm

I remember life as North (not US) America SARS ground zero just 6 years ago. Good times. Good times.

Bruno April 29, 2009 at 4:19 pm

All I hold now is pharmaceutical and agricultural stocks + gold and ammo. You suckas are goin’ to be comin’ to me with your bucketloads of Ameros

51dimes April 29, 2009 at 4:20 pm

Are we close enough to the point where we can just drink gin in public and walk around pantsless, since we’re all about to go anyway? Because thats what I’m holding out for.

magic titty April 29, 2009 at 4:20 pm

As a person who surfs Wonkette while being employed by a French company, that picture is apt. Very APT.

Hooray For Anything April 29, 2009 at 4:20 pm

Is Level 5 worse or better than Threat Level Orange?

kthxbai...also April 29, 2009 at 4:20 pm

heckovajob, porky

Mild Midwesterner April 29, 2009 at 4:20 pm

Rumack : Alright, now we know what we’re up against. Every passenger on this flight who had fish for dinner will become violently ill in the next half hour.

Elaine : Just how serious is it Doctor?

Rumack : Extremely serious. It starts with a slight fever and dryness of the throat. When the virus penetrates the red blood cells, the victim becomes dizzy begins to experience an itchy rash, then the poison goes to work on the central nervous system, severe muscle spasms followed by the inevitable grueling. At this point, the entire digestive system collapses accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence. Until finally, the poor bastard is reduced to a quivering wasted piece of jelly.

Come here a minute April 29, 2009 at 4:24 pm

Panic on the streets of London
Panic
on the streets of Birmingham
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again?

WadISay April 29, 2009 at 4:24 pm

I suggest they recalibrate the scale to max out at 11. 11, for when they need a little extra (*thrusts pelvis*).

mookworthjwilson April 29, 2009 at 4:24 pm

my freakout goes to 11.

gurukalehuru April 29, 2009 at 4:24 pm

What,no Spinal Tap references yet? Slackers.

echoman2000 April 29, 2009 at 4:25 pm

i LIVE @ level 7.

american mutt April 29, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Can I turn muslim now and get my 100 virgins in space?

Nerdalicious April 29, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Prez Press Conference 8pm about ye olde Bubonic Plague Part Deux on the move starring Charlie Sheen (hope against all hope!).

magic titty April 29, 2009 at 4:28 pm

[re=303503]Hooray For Anything[/re]: Yes, but not as bad as Threat Level Trannies in Turquoise.

charlesdegoal April 29, 2009 at 4:30 pm

Ah, a superfluous dictionary 4 the French 1337. Good choice. Total 18, 3 times 6. 666

dementor April 29, 2009 at 4:31 pm

[re=303501]51dimes[/re]: No. Pantless will not do. We must look to our French and Libyan dandies for the appropriate freakout-wear and bemused expressions. Public gin-swilling, however, is always in fashion in endtimes.

A Better American Than YOU April 29, 2009 at 4:32 pm

I just like saying “Who Scale.” Who Scale? Who Scale! Who? Scale? Who Scale?

I also like saying “Dr Keiji Fukuda.”
What happened to you, were you attacked by a Keiji Fukuda?
What’s in that box, a Keiji Fukuda?
Sir, would you like some Keiji Fukuda with your TruckNutz?

NoWireHangers April 29, 2009 at 4:32 pm

Oh yeah? Whatever happened to Bird Flu? I’ll decide when I give a shit. In the meantime I’m makin’ ribs now that we’ve got all this cheap pork lyin’ around.

Wet Work April 29, 2009 at 4:33 pm

[re=303509]WadISay[/re]: [re=303510]mookworthjwilson[/re]: [re=303511]gurukalehuru[/re]: What’s that thing about great minds thinking alike? Must have been talking about someone else. Nonetheless, I am going to play the number (424) tonight.

queeraselvis v 2.0 April 29, 2009 at 4:33 pm

Well, of course stocks ended higher. It’s those pork belly futures, I’m telling you!

WadISay April 29, 2009 at 4:34 pm

I’m waiting for Bachman to point out that “pandemic” = “panic” with “dem” in the middle.

Bruno April 29, 2009 at 4:34 pm

That book looks great. Anyone read it? Is it better English or French?

proudgrampa April 29, 2009 at 4:34 pm

[re=303499]Bruno[/re]: Smart. Like I always say, time to buy gold, silver and oil! And guns and ammo. And Hobo beans.

Also. Also.

Hooray For Anything April 29, 2009 at 4:35 pm

[re=303505]Mild Midwesterner[/re]: Surely, you can’t be serious

Bruno April 29, 2009 at 4:35 pm

I’m only familar with national security alerts – what color does Level 5 related to? Brown, Turquoise?

proudgrampa April 29, 2009 at 4:36 pm

[re=303503]Hooray For Anything[/re]: What ever happened to that nonsense, anyway?

Prommie April 29, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Just to make it perfect, Chrysler is filing BR tomorrow, per reports.

Wet Work April 29, 2009 at 4:37 pm

[re=303537]WadISay[/re]: Ooooooh …

forgracie April 29, 2009 at 4:38 pm

Yeah, but can it go to 11?

Prommie April 29, 2009 at 4:38 pm
shortsshortsshorts April 29, 2009 at 4:40 pm

And Ron Paul stays flat…

Bill_TX April 29, 2009 at 4:43 pm

I’ll be okay. I’m wearing a condom.

Mustang April 29, 2009 at 4:44 pm

I’m afraid I’m going to need some guidance. Are we just supposed to be a little more freaked and stressed out like with the whole terrorist color threat thing, or am I supposed to wear the monkey mask now? Can I quit coming to work? What outfit goes with the monkey mask? Should I stop drinking out of the same water bottle as my pig? What if the water bottle has PVCs? Will that cancel out the swine germs?

Crab1 April 29, 2009 at 4:45 pm

[re=303501]51dimes[/re]: I started a week ago!

unravelled April 29, 2009 at 4:48 pm

I stocked up on tamiflu last week, it works against this swine flu(according to cdc.gov) and also bird flu, got some for my whole family on friday and it arrived monday. you can get it without prescriptions for now and doubt our hospitals have enough for us all. Got mine at tamiflu.tk, only place i could find without a prescription. GOOD LUCK!!!

Prommie April 29, 2009 at 4:52 pm

As a practical matter, Mustang, get ready for schools to be closed, sporting events cancelled, and large public events cancelled/closed. Its gonna be a bitch for parents, daycare issues. Of course many retards will panic, which will result in shortages of some basic necessities, so I would advise beginning a pre-emptive panic of your own, but not over the flu, its now time for those in the know to start panicking over the panic, as opposed to panicking over the flu, and stocking up first before those idiots stock up. The panic is more panic-worthy than the flu.

I am gonna buy a bunch of gin and red wine, take off my pants, and hunker down.

SayItWithWookies April 29, 2009 at 5:06 pm

What has to happen to go to level 5? Actual white people dying?

iwillsavethispatient April 29, 2009 at 5:09 pm

So, does anyone know at what level transatlantic flights will be stopped? – I’m flying to the UK next week, and would dearly be able to come back to Seattle.

Lascauxcaveman April 29, 2009 at 5:13 pm

[re=303529]A Better American Than YOU[/re]: “I’ll have the Bento Box #2, one Sushi Assorted Platter and Keiji Fukada with extra wasabi, please!”

snideinplainsight April 29, 2009 at 5:17 pm

WHO raised the swine flu alert level, WHO? That’s what I’d like to know!

snideinplainsight April 29, 2009 at 5:20 pm

I read all about it in the Guardia UK!!

A Better American Than YOU April 29, 2009 at 5:22 pm

[re=303634]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: I think you mean “tamiflusabi,” henh?

Hooray For Anything April 29, 2009 at 5:23 pm

[re=303543]proudgrampa[/re]: I think the color scheme got scrapped as it was deemed no longer necessary. Not because of there was no longer a terrorist threat but because after Bush got reelected, there was no longer a Kerry threat.

jimh April 29, 2009 at 5:52 pm

Wear a mask and don’t leave the house:
http://imgur.com/27K39.jpg

AnnieGetYourFun April 29, 2009 at 5:52 pm

[re=303624]iwillsavethispatient[/re]: They just let my parents back in from Mexico, so everything’s fine.

Lionel Hutz Esq. April 29, 2009 at 6:28 pm

Ken, get your terminology straight; Level 6 is a “SuperFreakout!!!”

One of the problems is that so many here at this board don’t remember the Seventies, and how SuperFreakouts used to spread over this country, infecting everyone from Indians to Cops to Navy guys. It took many years of research to find out that the only way to contain a SuperFreakout was with massive amounts of cocaine. This lead the CIA to develop non-cocaine treatable diseases like AIDS and Crack.

Aurelio April 29, 2009 at 7:16 pm

[re=303566]unravelled[/re]: .tk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand located in the South Pacific.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tk. It is manufactured on the beaches of Tokelau by poi-pounders from natural ingredients found in putrified gekko excretion.

Blender April 29, 2009 at 7:20 pm

My g/f pulled a string of snot out of her nose this morning that resembled that thing that burst out of the chest of that android in Alien.

Could be swine flu, but I doubt it because she hasn’t left the house in two weeks, so I’m still going to have sex with her tonight. Dance with the Devil and all that.

I also just told her that the Egyptians have been wanting to kill all their pigs for decades, but didn’t have an excuse good enough to keep those PeTa people from picketing nekkid outside their embassy. Now they do, and they’re in pig heaven. Ha ha, I made a funny.

moldilox April 29, 2009 at 7:45 pm

what of those who keep kosher… i worry for them..

19kevin8 April 29, 2009 at 8:18 pm

So when does the price of bacon drop?

Chardmaster April 29, 2009 at 8:41 pm

You might find it amusing that there is a Swine Flu Cake Naming Contest somewhere out there. The winner gets an exotic chocolate, bacon-accented pig: http://apocalypsecakes.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/name-the-swine-flu-cake-win-this-chocolate-pig/

facehead April 29, 2009 at 9:36 pm

Someone call Nate Silver.

smartypants April 30, 2009 at 8:11 am

[re=303757]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]: Dude, I was THERE. You nailed it.

FindsThemAndKillsThem April 30, 2009 at 1:45 pm

@SayItWithWookies: Win.

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