I think because if you get it real bad... your skin will be dimpled with
those little pox and give  you skin resembling chicken skin, kind of like
goose bumps, or perhaps a golf ball now that I think of it. They ought have
called it Hole In One Pox, or Many Holes On One Pox, or something like that.

Brad

At 01/06/2004 on Tuesday, you wrote:
>Here's another dumb question from me that some of you Moms and Dads might
>know.  Why do they call it chicken pox?  I've never seen a spotted chicken!
>
>Pox-free Paul
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>From: "BD" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:11 AM
>Subject: Re: Chicken Pox
>
>
> > Kathy,
> >
> > That is no fun for him. Deserves a pampering mom to fix him something
> > special lhahaha. Pray he heals quick and you have strong tape to tape his
> > arms to his side hehehe. Pray he does heal fast though and no one else
> > ghets it that hasn't gotten it.
> >
> > Brad