May 6, 2003
SARS jokes in the Philippines
SARS jokes masquerading as news bulletins are flying high in the Philippines by way of the population's most favorite means of communicating, text messaging. Some examples from Channel News Asia:
-- SARS stands for : Salvation that Awaits a Repentant Soul, or Severe Absence of Romance and Sex.
-- Travel promotion package for $99 for vacation spots in the Southeast Asian Resorts and Spa Tour, or SARS tour, for short, (Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam via Hong Kong or Guangdong).
-- The virus can spread through handling of currency from SARS-infected countries.
And surprisingly, a legitimate story:
-- Approval of the urgent Anti-Terror Bill in the Assembly was stalled because its author could not decide whether sneezing while SARS-infected constituted an act of terrorism.
For more on SARS related stories, check out textually's new category SMS and SARS.
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