With the new media furor over the Swine Flu pandemic beginning its first stirrings, Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services Czar (heh-heh), says that, if we must, we should sneeze or cough into the crooks of our arms.

Eeew; now, I remember, when I was a kid, my mom used to yell at me for doing that; and for wiping snot on my sleeve, too, which isn't really all that much different, now is it?

How about this: how about we all get radical, and start carrying hankerchiefs and/or tissues, again?

Isn't that more civilized, really, than saying "excuse me", and racking a good, wet one into your sleeve? Yep, to me it is....Also, wouldn't buying more hankerchiefs and tissues serve to bolster the economy, if only just a litte?

I'd think it would; the people who make hankies and Kleenex would be in jobs, for sure.

It'd be like that flag company that was on the verge of closing, until 9/11 happened, and business more than boomed.

Yeah; I think I'll start carrying a hanky, like me dear ole dad used to. Of course, I'll avoid spitting into it to wipe off my son's face.