A doctor says grimly to a patient, “You are a very sick man. You’ve been diagnosed with covid, monkey pox, swine flu, Ebola, and bubonic plague all at the same time.”
“Is there anything that can be done to help me?” asks the patient.
“Amazingly, there is,” says the doctor. “First, we’ll put you in a private room where you’ll have everything you need to be as relaxed and comfortable as possible. Next, we’ll put you on a diet of pancakes and flounder.”
“Okay…” says the patient, “But why pancakes and flounder?”
“Because,” the doctor says, “That’s the only food we can slide under your door!”
In French, forty = ‘quarante’; the suffice ‘aine’ ~ ‘span of’. Do ‘quarantaine’, is forty days. Stir in a little mispronunciation and you have quarantine’. We were lucky to have to quarantine for only two weeks (a ‘quatroze-aine’)!
IF I remember correctly, the word “quarantine” came from that 40 day isolation from docking. It originated from the word “quarantino,” the root word of “forty.” The original quarantine was 30 days, but, other European port cities enacted it, but extended it to 40 days.
Calvin for dog catcher ! 21 days ago
When Hell’s gates are full, the dead shall walk the Detroit ?
The Duke 21 days ago
I do not believe the Detroit story. Couldn’t they substitute another type of paper for the certificates?
The Duke 21 days ago
But do you know?
Pickled Pete 21 days ago
Worse than the Black Death
A doctor says grimly to a patient, “You are a very sick man. You’ve been diagnosed with covid, monkey pox, swine flu, Ebola, and bubonic plague all at the same time.”“Is there anything that can be done to help me?” asks the patient.
“Amazingly, there is,” says the doctor. “First, we’ll put you in a private room where you’ll have everything you need to be as relaxed and comfortable as possible. Next, we’ll put you on a diet of pancakes and flounder.”
“Okay…” says the patient, “But why pancakes and flounder?”
“Because,” the doctor says, “That’s the only food we can slide under your door!”
J. R. M. 21 days ago
Couldn’t they go paperless? Like the utility bills?
billbeauw1971 21 days ago
If anyone around in the 80’s know Brundlefly
comixbomix 21 days ago
Isn’t that where the word “quarantine” comes from? Funny they didn’t mention that.
kaycstamper 20 days ago
Good, doesn’t make me feel bad about killing a fly in the kitchen yesterday.
Aimless Melissa 20 days ago
I learned that fly fact from the remake of The Fly (1980s.)
Pickled Pete 20 days ago
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
So Believe It!
On this day in history, Nov 1, 1959
Montreal Canadiens’ goal tender Jacques Plante becomes first NHL net-minder to wear a fibreglass protective face mask.Angry Indeed Premium Member 20 days ago
The venom of many poisonous snakes actually breaks down organic material to help digest it’s prey.
makarnowski Premium Member 20 days ago
Quarante in French = 40, thus “quarantine.”
fuzzbucket Premium Member 20 days ago
Those cities made arriving ships anchor in a quarantine area until it was judged that they weren’t bringing in more disease.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 20 days ago
I could have done without the housefly information.
ragsarooni 20 days ago
Better to be safe than sorry re: refusing entry…remember,these were the “vaccines haven’t been rolled out yet” days…..
zodal 20 days ago
From waiting 40 days before entering we got quarantine
djlactin 20 days ago
In French, forty = ‘quarante’; the suffice ‘aine’ ~ ‘span of’. Do ‘quarantaine’, is forty days. Stir in a little mispronunciation and you have quarantine’. We were lucky to have to quarantine for only two weeks (a ‘quatroze-aine’)!
oakie817 20 days ago
I vomit up digestive enzymes too
diegot 20 days ago
That’s what “quarantine” means: 40 days.
mindjob 20 days ago
Some restaurants I’ve been to must have flies working in the kitchen
Stephen Gilberg 20 days ago
Guessing the duration was biblically inspired.
namelocdet 20 days ago
We saw the way flies eat in the movie, “The Fly”, with Jeff Goldblum. Yuck!
tinstar 20 days ago
IF I remember correctly, the word “quarantine” came from that 40 day isolation from docking. It originated from the word “quarantino,” the root word of “forty.” The original quarantine was 30 days, but, other European port cities enacted it, but extended it to 40 days.