Kip, I understood your sarcasm and laughed!
But, as we do have a growing international population on the boards you may want to put in something like a smiley or "hey soren, I'm being sarcastic" just in case!
As for the Bird Flu....if only 60 people have died in overcrowded crazy asia because of it, I'm not too worried right now. My parents called a couple of weeks back to 'advise' me about my upcoming Asia trip and I just laughed! I then went to the CDC and US Gov websites and they have NO warnings or restrictions in place.