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ROLCAM
Feb 24, 2009, 04:59 AM
Can you get a free vacation if you catch a cold?

posey_84
Feb 24, 2009, 05:01 AM
I take it u mean vaccination?

ROLCAM
Feb 24, 2009, 05:07 AM
NO, I really mean VACATION as in a holiday.

posey_84
Feb 24, 2009, 05:11 AM
Why would u get a free vacation? That makes no sense?

ROLCAM
Feb 24, 2009, 05:19 AM
You certainly can -- In Great Britain there's a famous facility called
The Common Cold Unit, where volunteers get to spend an all-expense
Paid vacation. The food, lodging, entertainment, and recreation are
All provided free. The catch is that volunteers have to catch a cold
While they're there, and submit to various experiments. Over 18,000
People have voluntarily been infected at this place since it opened in
The 1940s, advancing medical knowledge of the common cold.

NeedKarma
Feb 24, 2009, 06:00 AM
Ah so it was a trick question. Can you link us to this facility's website?

posey_84
Feb 24, 2009, 09:12 AM
Oh! I guess u can then! Haha x

posey_84
Feb 24, 2009, 09:15 AM
Common Cold Unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Cold_Unit)

kp2171
Feb 24, 2009, 09:17 AM
Could... its closed

Common Cold Unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Cold_Unit)

kp2171
Feb 24, 2009, 09:18 AM
Oops... beaten... slow on the draw, I am

NeedKarma
Feb 24, 2009, 09:53 AM
could... its closed

"until its closure in 1989"

I'd say it's closed LOL!