[ale] Way OT: X-ray glasses=>Flu shots

[Aditya Srinivasan]

> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 15:45 -0500, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > 
> > > A flu shot is $30.  Get one!  
> > 
> > Flu shots are like antibiotics, if you don't start taking them, you
> > don't generally need them over and over.  TOO many people needlessly
> > take pills based on bad advice from well-intentioned NON-medical folks.
> > 
> > Give your bod a break: eat right, get plenty of exercise, live healthy
> > and your body will do fine on it's own.
> > 
> > -Jim P.

On a lighter note, this reminds me of the 1st chapter of "Three men in a                                                            
boat" by Jerome K. Jerome.                                                                                                          

http://www.litrix.com/3menboat/3menb001.htm                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                    
The interesting thing is that it was written in 1889 but feels                                                                   
contemporary.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                    
The book is hilarious and I highly recommend it. The first quarter of                                                               
the first chapter is pertinent to this discussion.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
Thanks,                                                                                                                             
sriad