Swine Flu

OK, OK, so I know the swine flu isn't funny. Really. Despite its silly nickname, people have died and it's serious stuff.

That said, I tend to laugh at serious stuff all the time. And this bovine epidemic (er, pandemic, if you listen to CNN) is no exception.

But you know what? I can't help it. And I blame Hunter S. Thompson and, to a lesser extent, Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee, for my inappropriate giggling.

Why, you ask? Because it's because of those jokers/heroes that whenever I hear "swine flu," I see this:

HST wrote "Generation of Swine" and yes, of course I have it in my respectably-sized collection of his work. Sixx and Lee, meanwhile, wrote the song "Generation Swine" that appeared on the Mötley Crüe album of the same name.

So if you see me smirking upon hearing yet another mention of the dreaded swine flu, here's a window to my world: These are the images dancing around my twisted little head whenever "swine flu" is mentioned.