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   Daryl,   
       
   DS>WD> As the Chines would say: "A fart by any other name, still smells   
   DS>WD> like shit".   
       
   DS> That's how they test for Covid-19 -- rectal swabs.   
       
   DS> And I thought the prostate check was rough. :P   
       
   Let me tell you a real story, and you know all my stories are real ... 8-)   
       
   In 2020 I stayed extensively in a hospital with a severe case of Covid19. I   
   still have difficulty describing how bad it was being that sick ... It all   
   started maybe 1 week before heading into the hospital. Someone made a pot of   
   coffee and it tasted horrible. So I dumped it, made a new pot ... and it still   
   tasted horrible ... a kind of no-taste taste. So I threw away the can of   
   ground cofee and opened a newone. It smelled like rotten where-upon my   
   daughter said "Not at all, this smells perfectly fresh" and I dropped the   
   subject. Having lost all sense of smell and taste ... but I did not connect   
   the dots ...   
       
   2-3 weeks down the line I was in the hospital sick as hell, caughing a lot and   
   everyday in the morning they asked me "Do you poop alright?" ... having 2   
   nurses in the family I know that it is a valid question ... being able to poop   
   well is a health indicator.   
       
   So in my secluded room, everything went well and 2 weeks into the   
   hospitalisation one morning I cracked one out and suddenly I smelled the   
   odours associated with fresh... shit.   
       
   I called my youngest daughter (the nurse) and said "I'm doing well, I can   
   smell shit. I'm coming home baby".   
       
   The nurses were elated, my doctors were elated and I think they released me   
   3-4 days later....   
       
    \%/@rd   
       
   Msg to moderator: I didn't break any rules. did I?   
      
   --- DB4 - 20220222   
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