It's been quite a while since I've linked to any online tests. (I used to feature them every week.) There don't seem to be as many as there once were, but this one -- "Which Horrible Affliction are you?" -- is pretty good.

Mine is rabies, which fits my, um, style:

Which Horrible Affliction are you?
A Rum and Monkey disease.

Via Dr. Helen, who's rickets.

I don't know what the other diseases are, but I think most people would agree that rabies is a more horrible affliction than rickets. Less curable too.

If the goal is horrible, then my bad is good, and I should find something good (at least educational) to say about rabies.

One of my favorite movies is David Cronenberg's "Rabid", starring the very sexy Marilyn Chambers:

Then there's this movie, which I haven't seen.

Those into reality-based thirsting probably already know that rabies causes an intense fear of water called "hydrophobia." Much as I hate to cross the line separating good from bad taste, in the interest of science, here's a purported photograph of an actual hydrophobe:

I do hope that picture is bogus, but with the Internet you never know.

Sheesh.