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The Black Plague Batted .500 Its Rookie Year

Posted by michael on from the collect-them-all dept.

ElDuderino44137 writes "Hey, kids, got the summer blues? The CIA isn't the only one with a kids' page to keep you busy. The Centers for Disease Control have the full set of collectible infectious disease trading cards. Mix 'em, match 'em, trade 'em, recoil in abject horror from 'em."

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  1. Finally... by brilinux · · Score: 4, Funny


    Something to go with my stuffed microbes!

  2. I can hear it now... by hookedup · · Score: 4, Funny

    MOM! Tommy got Ebola again! Tell him to share!

  3. A new meaning of... by Leffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... gotta catch 'em all ;)

  4. Well... by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know about you, but I am *so* not eating the bubblegum that comes with these!

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  5. Doesn't this already go on? by RegalBegal · · Score: 2, Funny

    except it's with STDs.

    girl, you WISH i'd trade The Ninja for your Warts, get that thing away from me!!

    we could even incorporate it into a card game.

    I'll trade my level 34 Master Ninja for your 55 +strength Herpulox.

    get me some buttah baby i'm onna ROLL!!!

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  6. Trades here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm willing to offer Ebola for some Herpes if you've got it.. ?

    Let me know. Thanks.

  7. Anyone remember asking for the Plague? by Ieshan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps off topic, but does anyone else remember going to the bookstore during the Camus section of senior-year english class and asking for The Plague?

    1. Re:Anyone remember asking for the Plague? by Txiasaeia · · Score: 2, Funny

      Heh, I got you one better. One sociology class of mine had a required text on call at the library called "Sex in the Snow" (actual book, check it out on Amazon). We were forbidden by the prof to ask the librarians, "Do you have Sex in the Snow" or "Can I have Sex in the Snow" or "Can I check out Sex in the Snow" or any such variation. Turned out there was no bloody way of asking for the book without just writing down the call number.

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  8. Re:My own Pet Peeve by jmitchel!jmitchel.co · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's not at all certain that the black death was caused by the bubonic plague.

    There you go again, debasing our heros. Our children need diseases to aspire to.

  9. Some major-leaguer's are missing by Bowling+Moses · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't get their criteria for giving out the cards. Some major-league diseases are missing like tuberculosis and cholera, but they give some small-time (yeah yeah it's not small if you've got it) diseases their own card. Damnit, I want a 1918 influenza card! It killed millions worldwide--a very pricey card I'm sure.

  10. Don't Stop There! by Madcapjack · · Score: 2, Funny
    Wait until they come out with the action figures.

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