Safe sex vs. Jack-in-the-Box

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, JM wrote:

> Someone questioned whether you could die from ingesting e-coli.  I'm 
> not a "medical type" either but I believe that while e-coli is just fine in 
> the lower GI tract it's "bad shit" in the upper GI tract, and has a hard 
> time (fortunately) swimming upstream.  Thus, you shouldn't eat it.  
> Wasn't it just last year that some people died from eating e-coli 
> contaminated ground beef from a fast food chain in the north-west.  
> The ultimate irony, of course, will be to practise safe sex and avoid all 
> the bad STDs only to die later of "mad cow disease."                               

I stand corrected. Never thought about that swimming upsteam.

I wonder if those mad cows were blessed by St.Blaise. He's the
patron saint of animals as well as sore throats. Pudding could have used
his intercession also.

				P.