Jens Lekman contracts swine flu

text: matt carr

Beloved Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman has contracted the H1N1 virus, otherwise known as Swine Flu. Lekman reports from his blog that he got the virus while on tour in South America:

“I was crossing the Atlantic when things started getting really bad, the fever was hallucinogenic and shaking me like a leaf and I grabbed the sleeve of the Air France steward. ‘I’m not feeling well, I should see a doctor’ I said and the reply came as a brilliant mix of death anxiety and french rudeness: ‘Uh, yes… Terminal D… go there maybe… when we land’. After that the stewards and stewardesses took long detours. A ring of empty seats formed around me. Peoples eyes were kind but determined, they read ‘Poor you, I really wish you all the best but if you come near me or my kid I will have to stab you with this plastic fork’. I got up and went to the bathroom where I fainted.

“Now I’m in quarantine for ten days. I can see the summer through my window and it’s just perfect. Summer is always best through a window.”

Our wishes go out to Lekman for a speedy recovery.

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  1. 1Lens Thu Aug 27, 2009 | 01:53 am

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  1. 2Bridges To Recovery Thu Jan 28, 2010 | 10:17 pm

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