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2017-10-29 Africa Horn

Plague alert over Madagascar's dance with the dead

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-10-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The hip bone's connected to the ... thigh bone!
The thigh bone's connected to the ... leg bone!

And so on.

Except for those that fall off here and there along the way, of course.

Posted by gorb 2017-10-29 03:43|| 2017-10-29 03:43|| Front Page Top

#2 "Gimme a hand here?"

Posted by Frank G 2017-10-29 09:36|| 2017-10-29 09:36|| Front Page Top

#3 What dance steps? Waltz? Tango? Foxtrot? If things get out of hand and they wind up in the hoosgaw does it cost them an arm and a leg to make bail? This is on good reason for cremation.

Posted by Cheaderhead 2017-10-29 11:03|| 2017-10-29 11:03|| Front Page Top

#4 "so they invent things to get cash from lenders," said Ralisiarisoa
Yeah, nothing starts the loan officer to cutting checks like talk about a plague outbreak. (Whatever it takes to get you out of my office...)

Posted by ed in texas 2017-10-29 14:31|| 2017-10-29 14:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Plague is endemic in Madagascar. Although nobody knows why the outbreak is larger this year.

Posted by phil_b 2017-10-29 19:40|| 2017-10-29 19:40|| Front Page Top

#6 It's been suggested that rats in prisons are the cause.

Posted by phil_b 2017-10-29 19:42|| 2017-10-29 19:42|| Front Page Top

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