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Old May 12th, 2009, 08:06 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
John Kane
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On May 12, 3:05*am, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname here.me.uk
wrote:
"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in ...

Spotted in the centre of Edinburgh yesterday evening: an Oriental
tourist walking up the street wearing a green fabric mask over his
nose and mouth.


Anybody seen tourists doing that elsewhere?


I'm surprised this is the first time you've seen it happen. Those face masks
have been worn for a few years now. Sometimes you see an entire coach load
of tourists with them on.

Speaking personally, I've always found it more effective to travel
with a fever-juju staff holding a pair of human skulls and a string
of leopard teeth, rattling it at the sky every few steps.


It may be as effective at stopping you catching anything, but is it as good
at stopping you spreading disease?

Colin Bignell


IIRC it was found to be a very useful custom by bank robbers in
Toronto during the SARS outbreak there. Usually bankers are suspcious
of people entering the building wearing a mask.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada
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Old May 13th, 2009, 08:04 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
Frank Hucklenbroich
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Am Tue, 12 May 2009 20:53:56 +0200 schrieb Erick T. Barkhuis:

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque):


Frank Hucklenbroich wrote:


In Asia, especially in Japan, ist is quite common to wear a mask when you
have a cold or a flu yourself, so that you don't infect other people. An
act of courtesy, so to say.


Wouldn't it be MORE "courteous" to just stay home, when you're ill?


In Japan, you don't stay away from work (leaving your colleagues doing
your job as well) when you're not at least 80% dead.


ACK.
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Old May 13th, 2009, 08:05 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
Frank Hucklenbroich
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Am Tue, 12 May 2009 12:06:53 -0700 (PDT) schrieb John Kane:

IIRC it was found to be a very useful custom by bank robbers in
Toronto during the SARS outbreak there.


"Get me the money or I'll sneeze!" :-)
 




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