Jens Lekman Picks Up Swine Flu

Tagged with:
Jens Lekman 

Written By:

Gavin Riley

01st July 2009
At 11:18 GMT

0 comment(s)

Support new music: choose from our favourite new albums this month.

Jens Lekman has been placed in quarantine for ten days after picking up swine flu on tour in South America.

Writing on his blog he said he experienced hallucinogenic fevers, fainting in the bathroom and the ignomony of everybody else keeping a circle of distance on the aeroplane.

He explained:

I picked home one last souvenir from South America, it's called the H1N1 virus. Wrongfully known as the Swineflue.

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.

Get well soon Jens!

Bookmark this page:

delicious icon Stumble Upon icon Digg icon

Have your say

Want to save time entering your info and save your comments?