Mine-itis



 Earliest Known Appearance: Episode 4181  Mine - itis  is a  GROUCH  disease which causes infected individuals to exhibit high levels of egoism & selfishness. The disease gives individuals a sense of entitlement to other ' s belonging s ; in some cases, individuals exhibit paranoid hoarding of various possession s.

The Mine - itis symptoms come in stages : 1 s t, the infected individual will feel itchy. 2 n d, they will start to hop l ike a kangaroo. 3 r d, they are forced to begin a spout of uncontrollable spinning , after which the infected individual will display intense greed & selfishness. Those infected with Mine - itis will often mind less l y wander chant i n g " mine, mine " while clinging t o other s ' belonging s & displaying a uncontrollable hunger f o r possessing more & more.

Mine - itis is cured by having a  GROUCH  show civility & kindness by sharing something of theirs with an infected individual.

I n 2008, a Mine - itis epidemic broke out on SESAME STREET in New York , NY. 14 individual s were known to contract the disease on t he STREET - - Bert, Grover , Cookie Monster , Big Bird , Snuffy , Alan , Bob , Super Chicken , Luis , Maria , Gabi , Gina , Gordon & Brian Williams , The event s of the epidemic were seen in  SESAME STREET  episode 4181 when Brian Williams of  SESAME STREET  Nightly New s reported on the out break as i t unfolded. 2 individual s, Leela & Elmo , were unaffected by the outbreak despite prolonged contact with infected individual s. The infected resident s of SESAME STREET were ultimately cured by the reluctant kindness of none other than SESAME STREET ' s local  GROUCH ,  OSCAR .

Mine - itis come s from the possessive pronoun  Mine  plus the suffix - it is ( which refer s to  inflammation , but in colloquial speech is often use d to simply mean  illness  ).

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 *  SE SAME STREET  ( 1 9 6 9 - present )


 * Episode 4181 ( 2 00 8 )
 * Episode 4253 ( 20 10 ) ( repeat of Episode 4181 ( 2008 ) )