How Do You Catch Malaria?

[lynn jones]

>HOW DO YOU CATCH MALARIA?

>

>At school one day, the lady teacher was having a question time, asking the

>children:

>

>"Do any of you children know how do people catch malaria?"

>

>Silence, then up jumped little Johnny who had just returned from PNG, and

>waved his hand saying "miss, miss, I know miss"

>

>As nobody else replied, she asked for Johnny's answer, and he said:

>

>"Skeeters, miss - skeeters"

>

>She said "That's correct Johnny, good boy - but it is pronounced Mosquitoes,

>not Skeeters"

>

>Her second question was "Does anybody know how people catch Dengue fever?"

>

>Again silence, then up jumped Johnny saying "miss, miss - I know miss"

>

>As nobody replied she asked for Johnny's answer, and he said "Skeeters,

>miss - skeeters"

>

>She said "That's correct again Johnny, good boy - but it is pronounced

>Mosquitoes, not Skeeters"

>

>Her third question was "Do any of you know how people catch AIDS?"

>

>Again a pause, then up jumped Johnny saying "miss, miss - I know miss"

>

>Allowing more time, but still no answers, she reluctantly agreed for Johnny

>to answer, and he said>>> "Arsehoppers miss - Arsehoppers".

>

[tightloop]

Little Johnny strikes again...