Has a family member or a friend, who likes to fish, been acting strange lately. Perhaps, they suffer from a not so rare disease called Buy-A-Lure-Itosis. To help you better understand this disorder the following is known about his pyschosomatic condition. Perhaps you to suffer from this ailment. If you are showing any of the following symptoms, you may have this dreaded affliction. The disease is described as an insatiable desire to own every fishing lure that is manufactured. The disease is presently incurable and is seasonal in nature. This ever spreading disease striked mostly men, of all ages. The affliction really manifest itself with the coming of Spring. Heart rate increases and blood pressure rises significantly with the arrival of the new fishing catalogs. The memory is affected, once the new fishing shows start on television, family chores and obligations are forgotten. Friends can help with this illness by allowing the afflicited person to have the lures sent to their home. By doing so, the wife of a friend with the disease, won't know how much money is being spent on lures. The arrival of the first UPS Package of lures may send the stricken person into seclusion. A state of what might appear to be a loss of speech may occur when a really large shipment arrives. Hours and hours can be spend opening each new lure box and fondling the lures. There is a fixation with lures or different colors and sizes. The family of a person with this disease must relize new lures are introduced each year. With no cure on the horizon, if space to store the lures is becoming a problem, they may wish to rent a storage unit. |
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