As Realtors, we need to be on the bleeding edge to understand new technologies and changes in our environment. One supposidly new change is the re-emergence of Swine Flu.
I knew I had heard of this years ago, so I went to 
and found the history for you.
It appears that this was only one of many works which were actually a collaboration created by several cult style members of a group co founded by Roger Waters and Syd Barrett in England in 1965. According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Waters, "Barrett's deteriorating mental health led to increasingly erratic behaviour, rendering him unable to continue in his capacity" and "Waters attempted to coerce his friend into psychiatric treatment". Waters himself had disturbing thoughts brought on due to his fathers death in Anzio in 1944 during a World War II battle.
In one video documentary I watched, Roger Waters admitted to the camera man that their works were "rather drug orientated". This interview itself was a bit odd, in that it was held at a rather erie setting at the remnants of an old amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy that was obliterated by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Some of their writings that were performed in this "cult ritual" at this setting included:
- Careful with that Axe, Eugene;
- A Saucerful of Secrets;
- One of these days;
- Set the Controls for the heart of the sun;
Admittingly, these creators of "Swine Flu", were some intriguing minds indeed!
Maybe it was at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Architecture were Waters met fellow members Nick Mason and Richard Wright that they came up with their original plans for Swine Flu.
This photo claims to be the orginal "Swine Flu" before it was released in public:
Chimney & Pig photographed in December 1976 for Pink Floyd 'Animals' album
Album cover for Pink Floyd's "Animals" featuring the infamous "Swine that Flew". Cough cough.
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