phinnia: smiling dolphin face (deathwings)
phinnia ([personal profile] phinnia) wrote2006-09-15 06:14 pm

braaaaaaaaaaaaaaains

Cambodian mosquitoes create zombies.

(I don't think commentary is at all necessary here. :-D Except to say that Condi Rice is, once again, a jackass, and has missed the entire point of this. Which is to say, ZOMBIES COOL YES. And scary.)

Edit: Aw, damn - it's an april fool's joke. :P But a very cool one.

[identity profile] wintersweet.livejournal.com 2006-09-16 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
I can't believe Boing Boing posted this after it was such a big deal last year (though I think they deleted it after they got swamped with Snopes links).

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2006-09-16 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, it's an urban legend? :P Damn.

[identity profile] burgundy.livejournal.com 2006-09-16 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Here's the Snopes page. Also, note the date at the top of the supposed BBC article.

[identity profile] phinnia.livejournal.com 2006-09-16 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
... *looks*

Oh. :-D Whoops.

[identity profile] wintersweet.livejournal.com 2006-09-16 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, sorry. *G* It was big last year.

http://snopes.com/humor/iftrue/zombies.asp