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Genealogist's Pox
WARNING:
Very contagious to adults.
SYMPTOMS: Continual
complaint as to need for names, dates, and places. Patient has a
black 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 compulsion to write letters. Swears at mailman when he
doesn't leave mail. Frequents
places such as cemeteries; ruins; and remote, desolate country
areas. Makes
secret night calls, hides phone bills from spouse, and mumbles to
self. Has a strange, faraway look in eyes.
NO KNOWN CURE.
TREATMENT: Medication is
useless. Disease is not
fatal, but gets progressively worse.
Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to
genealogical magazines, and be given a quiet corner in the house
where he or she can be alone.
REMARKS: The unusual nature
of this disease is -- the sicker the patient gets, the more he or
she enjoys it!
Author Unknown
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