Keith,

You said "60 strikes compared to a few hundred UK acquired hetero infections."

But you seem to have misread the data.

"In 2008, there were 7,298 new diagnoses of HIV"

That isn't a few hundred.



MtheGM,

Hers a little story you might ennjoy.


A merchant was in a restaurant having a meal, when he overheard 3 men having a conversation.

He though it seemed boring and didn't understand what they were talking about, so he went over and told them.

He then asked loudly if anyone else was as FUCKING BORED with their conversation as he was.

Thankfully they didn't ask the waiter to have him ejected.

Instead they each made one point as follows:

1. that going out of your way to point out that someone elses conversation is Boring, shows only that you have nothing more interesting to do or say than criticize things that you find boring and must therefore be pretty boring yourself.

2. that not being able to understand somebody is not something to boast about.

3. that the approach "I don't understand therefore you're boring/an idiot" is not generally a very successful argument.

They then suggested that if he didn't like their conversation, he should go and get a life of his own.