At the dinner table last night, I was telling my family about a colleague of mine who had cancelled a meeting as he was booked off sick with foot and mouth disease.
Dylan immediately said, "Oh, so he has Touretts...."
Dylan and I exchanged looks of confusion - me trying to find the link between Touretts and foot and mouth disease, and Dylan trying to figure out why my colleague was booked off sick.
I further explained that my colleagues son was exposed at his nursery school. As it is highly contagious, it wasn't long before my colleague also presented with symptoms.
"I thought foot and mouth was when you said something you shouldn't say...."
Aaaaah, confusion ended - when you put your foot in your mouth (although I don't think it really has a link to Touretts,) I can now understand where Dylan was coming from.
