I see a Brit has died of Rabies in Morocco.

For some reason, this chills me.

Ever since I was a kid I've had an absolute horror of rabies. I put it down to the fact that in the 70s and 80s we were bombarded with propaganda designed to shÃ*t us up about it. That and sniffing glue were basically the most terrifying things of my childhood.

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Originally Posted by Burney

For some reason, this chills me.

Ever since I was a kid I've had an absolute horror of rabies. I put it down to the fact that in the 70s and 80s we were bombarded with propaganda designed to shÃ*t us up about it. That and sniffing glue were basically the most terrifying things of my childhood.

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I saw soem B movie on TV about rabies when I was a kid. Scared the living bejesus out of me. To this day I'm somewhat circumspect about petting feral cats int he third world.

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Originally Posted by Burney

For some reason, this chills me.

Ever since I was a kid I've had an absolute horror of rabies. I put it down to the fact that in the 70s and 80s we were bombarded with propaganda designed to shÃ*t us up about it. That and sniffing glue were basically the most terrifying things of my childhood.

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Add in the prospect of Nuclear War and it sure was a fun time to grow up. The rabies thing is the same for me. Up I remember the first time I went to France (81 or 82 I think) I was petrified evertime I saw a dog, even if they were on a lead with respectable owners. All foreign dogs had rabies didn't they.

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Add in the prospect of Nuclear War and it sure was a fun time to grow up. The rabies thing is the same for me. Up I remember the first time I went to France (81 or 82 I think) I was petrified evertime I saw a dog, even if they were on a lead with respectable owners. All foreign dogs had rabies didn't they.

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:nod: They still do as far as I'm concerned, la. You can't trust a French dog, that's for certain.

I seem to remember being fairly blasé about nuclear war, but rabies properly put the wind up me.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I saw soem B movie on TV about rabies when I was a kid. Scared the living bejesus out of me. To this day I'm somewhat circumspect about petting feral cats int he third world.

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Did it start with a fox and contain a bit where a bloke gave his girlfriend rabies with a lovebite? And a genuinely terrifying attempt to represent the horrors of hydrophobia?

If so, I saw it, too. With similar effects.

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Add in the prospect of Nuclear War and it sure was a fun time to grow up. The rabies thing is the same for me. Up I remember the first time I went to France (81 or 82 I think) I was petrified evertime I saw a dog, even if they were on a lead with respectable owners. All foreign dogs had rabies didn't they.

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hbla! You should allow ytourself a glass of beer today to celebrate.

You must be pushing 40 by now?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

hbla! You should allow ytourself a glass of beer today to celebrate.

You must be pushing 40 by now?

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This was it, I think. Terrifying. Mind you, fùck knows what my parents were thinking letting me watch it when I was 8. :yikes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_Death

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This was it, I think. Terrifying. Mind you, fùck knows what my parents were thinking letting me watch it when I was 8. :yikes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_Death

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No, the one I'm thinking of was a 1950s Amercian B movie which featured a rabid bloke being tied to a stake outside all night, where he howled like a dog.

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No, the one I'm thinking of was a 1950s Amercian B movie which featured a rabid bloke being tied to a stake outside all night, where he howled like a dog.

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Ooh, that sounds good, too. This one had lots of frothing at the mouth and extended sequences depicting the hallucinations induced by the disease. It also started with a really creepy rendition of 'All Things Bright And Beautiful'. :-(

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hbla! You should allow ytourself a glass of beer today to celebrate.

You must be pushing 40 by now?

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Nudging it thank you- from a great distance it must be said