Bird flu reaches Scotland????
 

To be confirmed whether its the H5N1 strain but have confirmed its the H5 strain on preliminary tests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4881526.stm

Well guess it was a matter of time really.

ooh, scary :shock: Yes, a matter of time. Wait now for mass hysteria every time a pigeon craps on the pavement.

Could it be the end of The Famous Grouse? Damn I'l have to change my tipple! :P


*sorry* bad taste(oops! dun it again!)

We always get the bad things first, just to test em out for the rest of Britain Poll Tax, no smoking in Public places and now we get Bird flu first... Well thank you very much...

Don't get too carries away, they don't yet know it's the dangerous kind. Bird flu of some flavours has always been around.

was going to feed the swans today, think ill give it a miss :lol:

Poor swans. What you feeding them Hazel?. A knuckle butty!

All the media is leading with "Bird Flu Strikes UK - but DONT PANICK"

Does anyone know or has heard of anyone panicking or otherwise stressed about brid flu?

Brid flu? :lol:

Think it's when the wife has a cold, panic set in hell yeah got to cook my own dinner

Bird flew?
I fail to see what the problem is. :lol:

Well they have been taking the p out of man flu for so long now that it only fair that the birds get their own :lol:

Apparently the only way to catch the virus is and I quote " Somebody has an intermit relationship with a bird"

My mates worried now as he always like to go chase the birds on a Saturday night! :D :D

An thank yal! :D

This bird flu thing is sensationalism at its best.... I'll start worrying when/if we start seeing more frequent human infections than the few we've seen so far.

I mean, a few hundred people out of the billions is nothing and more to do with probability than how infectious the flu is. I reckon there's currently a better chance of me winning the lottery jackpot.

:winner:

Love it!

Talking of sensationalism I was reading the metro on the way back from a visit today. Theyre now worrying about the cats which eat birds with the infection being a carrier of the virus and transmitting it to humans. :?

Id make a comment but it wouldnt be u rated :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Right, my cat's grounded.

He's been naughty, so he can have the same punishment as my daughter gets. :lol:

Nutty x

](*,) It's just crazy isn't it?! :lol:

Does this mean I can no longer sleep with or eat cats?
I will have to take it a bit more seriously then. :lol:

ok i'm off to ASDA to stock up on chicken's i hear there going cheap! :lol:

canaries go cheep...chickens go cluck. :oops: ..i'll get me coat n turn the lights off on the way out :D

PMSL!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Just cracked up... thank god im in my own office or it could have been embarrasing!

Lemsip :lol:

lol maybe :lol:

Good point there Lynw, It'll be the dogs next,

First, the birds, then the cats that chase them, then the dogs that chase them

Then some back street restaurant who as procured said dogs :lol: :lol: :lol:

The Metro has surpassed itself today. A picture of the virus under an electron microscope with the headlines Dont Panic.

Thats then followed by "Britains worst fears... were confirmed yesterday" and "Experts fear the virus could mutate and cause a flu pandemic" :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

its just coz your coming to scotland at easter Lyn

The Metro is a truely awfull paper I wouldn't even let my rabbits do their business on it

I love the Metro. It's not as good as it used to be, when they did all their news coverage by reading all the other papers then summarising it ;)