Seriously though. When I tell you I got some mosquito bites over the weekend, do you really expect to be the first person to say something about the West Nile virus?

I've started telling people that I'm 1/16th Egyptian and so therefore I'm immune to it. No other response will do. What do people want you to say, "Yeah, I'm terrified for my fucking life? I hope I don't DIE from those mosquito bites?" Or maybe, even though it's obviously on everyone's minds, they expect you to say, "Holy crap! I hadn't even thought of that! Thanks for the warning!"

Really, instead of, when I say, "I got some mosquito bites this weekend," don't say, "Ohhhh, West Nile Virus" or "Do you have West Nile Virus" or "Mosquitoes carry West Nile Virus."

Say, "Gosh, those darn things are pesky." or "Hope you don't die."