"Greetings Earthling, take me to your honey"

So the aliens are going to land, and the bird flu is going to wipe out the United States. No, this isn't an obscure post, it's true. I went out tonight with family and long standing friends of the family (hell, they are family, just not by blood) and during the course, my mother was in a panic to inform us of the bird flu, and how there will be social isolation, quarantines, yadda yadda yadda (You skipped the best part! No I told you about the bisque). So she wanted to know what plans we had, and if we were preparing, and what supplies we were going to get - I said something about I'd get right on that after we prepared for the aliens landing. The topic of aliens then proceeded to pop up in all coversations quite humorously. Well I found it funny, and so did a few others. I don' t think she appreciated me labeling her paranoia as such.