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Arabia

Saudi Arabia reports another Mers death

2013-11-25

Saudi Arabia says one more person has died from the Mers virus, bringing to 55 the number of deaths in the kingdom at the center of the outbreak.

The Health Ministry said on Sunday that the 37-year-old man had died in Riyadh. He was among the 130 people who have been infected with the virus in Saudi Arabia since September last year.

The new virus is related to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which killed some 800 people in a global outbreak in 2003. It belongs to a family of viruses that most often causes the common cold.

Posted by:Steve White

#5 Mrs. Zenobia Bellart. Taught English in a public high school in New York State in the 1950's (& before?) & 1960's into the 1970's. Also taught Latin. Not the best on the staff, but it was a good staff and she was pretty good. Unsuccessful in teaching me to write poetry though. Did manage to learn (and forget) the various kinds (sonnets etc.) We did a class reading of Julius Caesar that did teach me an appreciation of Shakey.

Posted by: Glenmore 2013-11-25 20:25

#4 Got it!

Alaska Paul in the OC with an Underwood!

Posted by: Shipman 2013-11-25 17:39

#3 #2 I had a high school English teacher named Zenobia - tried to teach me to write poetry.

Nothing to it. You just roll your eyes back and start swaying...

Zenobia

zen obeah
sweet spiritual ritual
of the Motherland
[bongo]
not the usual
downcast almond eyes
[flute]
silent asians
pondering the skies
[conga]
see the sisters strut like crows
hopping like they stubbed their toes
bottoms broader than their nose
meditate on one of those!
laughing yelling dancing spelling
you can't sit on what your selling
forget that chasing lack of pain --
come on, have some yakkamein!

...then you wake up all sweaty, smelling like rum, with chicken feathers in your pocket. Last one out please lob a nuke into the portal. In all seriousness, I'd like to hear more about that teacher, consistent with opsec and mod/reg temperament. I can't even imagine any of my teachers showing such interest.

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-11-25 16:36

#2 I had a high school English teacher named Zenobia - tried to teach me to write poetry.

Posted by: Glenmore 2013-11-25 08:53

#1 In which a young Saudi digs deep for rhymes for "pest house in Jaffa," but despairs and instead ponders where MERS comes from...

Can you catch MERS by smoking cigars?
Was it brought in by Lollywood stars?
What about hotel bars?
I've heard it's like SARS,
That it's spread by loose women in cars.

Did them fellas that took Jimmy Hoffa
Ask "Mind if we knocka you offa?"
Youse might think it trite,
But why not be polite?
Shuddup or I'll smack ya, ya scoffer!

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-11-25 06:49

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