WARNING!
GENEALOGY POX IS VERY CONTAGIOUS!
SYMPTOMS & WARNINGS SIGNS:
Continual complaint as to need for
names, dates, and places. Patient has a blank expression,
sometimes deaf to spouse and children. Has no taste for work
of any kind, except feverishly looking through records at
libraries and courthouses. Has a compulsion to write
letters. Swears at mailman when he doesn't leave mail.
Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote
desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls and hides
phone bills from spouse. Mumbles to self. Has strange, faraway
look in eyes.
Has a compulsion to be alone and needs to sit before a
computer for hours on end.
NO KNOW CURE!
TREATMENT: Medication is
useless. This disease is not fatal, but gets progressively
worse. Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe
to mailing lists, genealogical magazines and be given a
computer in a quiet corner of the house where she or he can
be left alone.
REMARKS: The unusual nature of this disease
is that the sicker the patient gets,
the more he or she enjoys it! Author Unknown |
