From Wikipedia: “The virus is named after the Ebola River where the first recognized outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever occurred.”

EBOLA.jpgWow, I didn’t know that.

Bummer for the Ebola River.

Maybe it’s time to change that name there, Ebola River.

Or, wait. Maybe don’t.

Actually, maybe continue to alert people that there is possible Ebola in this river.

A lot of signs and such.

More signs than you might think necessary.

“Bleeding Out of Your Butthole River”

“Swim here if you are interested in rapid internal hemorrhage and death.”

“Anal Bleeding: The River”

“THIS IS LITERALLY A RIVER OF EBOLA.”

“Don’t fish here.”

“If you eat the Ebola fish, you may poop out your liver.”

“Something to think about.”

“I mean, how much do you like fish?

“IT’S THE FUCKING EBOLA RIVER, PEOPLE.”

Lindy West was born an unremarkable female baby in Seattle, Washington. The former Stranger writer covered movies, movie stars, exclamation points, lady stuff, large frightening fish, and much, much more....

21 replies on “Some Thoughts Concerning the Ebola Virus.”

  1. I’d still feel bad for anyone that caught the virus in the region. There you are, bleeding out your anus, while your friends are all snarking “DUDE, it’s called the EBOLA RIVER! What the fuck did you think would happen?” and you’re all “I KNOW! SHUT UP!”

    Good things it’s an easily communicable disease. They’ll see to laugh at guy that got sick at the Ebola River!

  2. @4 omg omg omg! My anus is bleeding! My annuuuss is bleeeeding! For the love of God and all that is holy, MY ANUS IS BLEEDING!

    ps: I’m a banana! My spoon is too big!

  3. Wow, so with the PI closing does that mean the Slog can cherrypick some real writers and we don’t have to ever ever read Lindy West again. Fucking Yeah!

  4. We’re all completely smitten with Lindy West, right? It’s not just me? Because Lindy is quickly replacing Paul Constant as my Slogger On Whom I Have the Biggest Crush.

  5. I support Lindy wholeheartedly, but to me it’s the bleeding from the eyeballs that I most enjoy about an Ebola infection.

  6. While this is all well and good, the highest correlation is with people going into bat caves and coming into contact with bats, actually.

    And we already have a vaccine against it, but it only lasts a few days and has major side effects, so the UN gives it to people just before the disease spreads to their village.

    Which is why you hear less about Ebola than you used to.

    (source: multiple discussions, seminars, and lectures at the UW)

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