Edited at 15:39 Sat 3/02/07 (GMT)

Someone put me out of my misery if i start clucking!!

Clucking? <spinner runs back to check the title of the post he thought was about "quitting">


Dont worry - turkeys dont cluck, they gobble..

(Actually JSG, probably a good job you didnt know that..)

Edit - hmmm i really dont know whether i should have posted that last bit!!!

Edited at 21:18 Sat 3/02/07 (GMT)

hmm, he's right..

Edited at 21:18 Sat 3/02/07 (GMT)

Had to edit my post after your edit!

Yeah, seriosuly, its been all over the news.

Thank heaven its Turkeys which cant fly (though that dont prevent other birds flying in and out of course), but then Sky was reporting earlier that previous versions of that strain were transferable to humans..

Edited at 21:21 Sat 3/02/07 (GMT)

I thought like H5N was a joke, the way it looks like hen and all..

Ahhhh well.... ne mind! England won!

is bird flu back in fasion now? i thought we were waiting for a more interesting disease before we get another media furore, a proper disease something like ebola, that id care about

*Builds the bridge for them to walk over*

Yep, there's so little actual news that its back on.

Good point that! Time for someone to give Jade a ring to come and get her next script.

(Actually JSG, probably a good job you didnt know that..)


A-Haaa! I dont eat Turkey though
So No probs there.
No worries about adding that bit ,i have a fab sense of humour



*Does a hen impression*

Eh, I'm moving to America.

No really, I will!

In the meantime, haha hate not to live on the paradisial Island of Ireland

Edited at 19:19 Sun 4/02/07 (GMT)

Your Moving???? I'm coming with ya then!

Why should anyone care about H5N1? You can't get it from eating infected birds, as cooking destroys the virus, and it isn't transmitted from human to human (unless it mutates into a strain that is contagious, but that might never happen). Just stay away from poultry farms and you're safe. Simple.

Yeah, i wondered this...

Anyway, i think the media overrate the problem to a certain extent. Obviously if the virus was to mutate into a form that is passed on from human to human then that would pose a widespread problem. However, shouldn't we cross that bridge when we come to it?

It may not ever happen and you can't keep restrictions in place forever can you?

In my opinion, i think any form of the virus can be found in certain poultry farms across the world, only the factories and large farms actually get checked for it.

Over in ireland, i have some poultry (between 30-40) and i get letters in every month suggesting this and that. Even had to register them to the county councel when the first alerts came out. Whatever the restrictions, it will come along sometime or other.