A Wing and a Prayer
Where: Cote D'Ivoire
Why do the Monkey or the Swim when you can do the Bird Flu Dance? After news of a Bird Flu outbreak was reported in the Ivory Coast yesterday, a local DJ invented a dance craze in response. DJ Lewis hopes that the dance will lighten the mood of the country, of course, but it's also meant to "chase away fear--the fear of eating chicken".
We'll bite, so to speak, and accept as truth that the bird flu dance epidemic (Sorry--too soon?) will chase away those poultry blues. So far, the dance is popular in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan. When it replaces the Macarena at soccer games, we'll believe in its power. Until then, we're sticking with the robot.
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