GENEALOGY POX
Very Contagious to Adults.
Symptoms: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates, and places.
Patient has 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 compulsion to write letters. Swears at
mailman when he doesn't leave mail. Frequents strange places such as
cemeteries, ruins and remote, desolated country areas. Makes secret night
calls. Hides phone bill from spouse. Mumbles to self. Has 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
they can be alone.
Remarks: The unusual nature of this disease is --- the sicker the patient
gets, the more he enjoys it.
Author Unknown