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jhetley ([personal profile] jhetley) wrote2006-09-21 02:42 pm

Idle curiosity

Why haven't I heard any claims that the Great E. Coli Spinach Epidemic is actually an Al Qaida attack?
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[personal profile] wolfette 2006-09-21 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Because, of course, the new security measures instigated by GWB, and the war in Iraq, have made it quite impossible for a terrorist attack in the USA < /irony >

[identity profile] kightp.livejournal.com 2006-09-21 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Shhhh. They'll hear you.

[identity profile] starcat-jewel.livejournal.com 2006-09-21 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Silly! It's all the fault of the Mexican Invasion, of course!

[identity profile] edschweppe.livejournal.com 2006-09-21 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, al-Kaleda wanted to claim responsibility, but their spokesplant was in a persistent vegetative state ...

[identity profile] pernishus.livejournal.com 2006-09-21 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I note that Google registers 369 000 hits when queried on the subject of Al Qaida and Spinach. Anybody with a background in statistics will tell you that where there is that much smoke the connection is more or less proven...

http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z58E331DD

Your statistically not entirely reliable friend,

Pernicious the Musquodoboit Harbour Farm Cat's faithful amanuensis and general factotum

[identity profile] suzilem.livejournal.com 2006-09-21 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Because it's REALLY a neo-con plot to wipe out all those spinach-eating liberals.

[identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com 2006-09-22 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you haven't Jim. I wish I were so lucky.

[identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com 2006-09-22 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I bet some readers thought I was joking.

[identity profile] leowulf.livejournal.com 2006-09-23 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Attacking America by poisoning ... spinach?? Might woulda worked better if they poisoned McDonalds' hamburgers.

[identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com 2006-09-23 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't that be redundant?