There is no cure for ...

... GENEALOGIST'S POX.

Warning :
Very contagious to adults.

Symptoms :
Continual complaint as to need for names, dates, and places.
Patient has a black expression, sometimes deaf to environment.
Has no taste for work of any kind, except feverishly looking through records at libraries and courthouses.
Has compulsion to write letters.
Swears at mailman when he doesn't leave mail.
Frequents places such as cemeteries; ruins; and remote, desolate country areas.
Makes secret night calls, hides phone bills from spouse, and mumbles to self.
Has a strange, faraway look in eyes.

NO KNOWN CURE.

Treatment :
Medication is useless.
Disease is not fatal, but gets progressively worse.
Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given a quiet corner in the house where he or she can be alone.

Remarks :
The unusual nature of this disease is -- the sicker the patient gets, the more he or she enjoys it!

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