Sunday, March 09, 2008

'Spit' - Fire

An sms from Puneet at his ‘phlegmatic’ best . I just had to put it down.

Had we Indians discovered some economically productive use for human saliva , we would have been the richest country in the world. I am at the railway station and amusing myself with the amazing potential Indians have to ‘spit’ - all colours and amazing maneuvers. Unfortunately, the only thing most can produce in sputum is AFB

AFB – acid fast bacillus….syn – Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the tubercle bacillus).