Wednesday, June 14, 2006

4,903 Australians die of "World Cup Fever"

THE AGE - Concern has broken out across Australia as close to five thousand people have succumbed to the most dangerous strand of "World Cup Fever".

The outbreak occurred in Germany two days ago after a surprising 3-1 win against Japan. Since then, millions have caught the disease and thousands have died.
"It's going around like wildfire," said one Australian partying in inner-city Berlin. "A few people were showing symptons after Australia fought it's way into the World Cup play offs but now it's gone crazy."

There is further concern that "World Cup Fever" may somehow combine in Queensland with "Queensland Somehow winning the Origin Fever" tonight. If so, it is expected that many people will be forced to take Thursday off work and start a course of the high dosage
penicillin - Berocca.

With the Australian Prime Minister calling a state of emergency, leading experts are unsure of the next step. According to Minister for Health and Aging, Tony Abbott, there is one hope.
"I think we're going to see a lot more contagion and many more deaths. All we can hope is that Brasil can beat Australia in the next few days. Then I think we will see a drastic reduction in infections, particularly at home where there are many antedotes to the fever more freely available - like the sixth series of Big Brother."

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