"as conntagious as chicken pox"

[redbird]

siderea explains what "as contagious as chicken pox" means, having noticed that a lot of people were born after the vaccine became available.

Comments

[otter]

Thank you for sharing that excellent post.

[cmcmck]

I had it as a kid but didn't catch it from a poxy chicken as far as I know! :o)

I also had mumps, or rather, I was left feeling done down because I only had a mump.