NationStates Jolt Archive


Hendrik Rhodes ill?

23-05-2004, 05:46
International News REPORTS:


"Reports from Rhodes City are that President Hendrik Rhodes is being treated for Tuberculosis in an undisclosed hospital. The president who reportedly contracted the infection while in his bunker. We had the opportunity to interview General Walter Kruger I about what the trouble is."

Reporter: "General Kruger, is it true, does Emperor Rhodes have Tuberculosis?"

Kruger: "Yes it is true, however he is being treated by our best doctors."

Reporter: "Is he doing well? How did he get the infection?"

Kruger: "He is fine, he will make a full recovery, and he is on anti-biotics. I imagine the conditions in the bunker... Well let us just say the cleaning crews weren't working as hard as they should have been. It was dirty in there."

Reporter: "This isn't wasn't some deliberate infection by foreign assassins."

Kruger: "Of course not, that is the problem with you non-FWS reporters, you want to see some action and some bizarre conspiracy behind anything... All you care about is your ratings... This interview is over."

Reporter: "But General..."

(General Kruger gets into his BMW and tells his chauffeur to drive).


Meanwhile on his estate in Central Province Hendrik Rhodes is being treated by his private doctor...

Doctor: "Hendrik, how long have you had these symptoms."

Rhodes: "Several days", cough, cough, cough, hack, hack (Spits up blood and phlegm)

Doctor: "Yes, this is a clear case of Tuberculosis. I am going to give you some anti-biotics, take the entire amount, even if symptoms go away... You must take the entire amount so the infection doesn't just weaken and then return resistant. Also, have you been smoking the famous FWS Pipe tobacco lately?

Rhodes: "Yes, as many as 4 or 5 times a day."

Doctor: "Well smoke more often... I'd say double the amount you smoke. We've known for quite sometime that smoking soothes the lungs, settles the stomach, decreases the time it takes the body to get over infections and illnesses, and it should also cut back on the amount of phlegm you cough up. Well I must go now Hendrik. If there is anything at all, don't hesitate to call me immediately."