Demeter plays a demo at Euterpe

Plague / Epidemic

Demeter Jones created the Ear Worm Virus in the months following his bet with Humphrey Boswell and infected himself with it. Under the influence of the virus he composed a catchy tune, which would therefore contain the virus. He cured himself, which meant he was then immune to it, and then went to the Euterpe Recording Company and played the tune there. Humphrey didn’t think that the song measured up and declared that Demeter lost the bet. Smiling Demeter gave Humphrey a check and left. While the check bounced, Humphrey found himself unable to get a song out of his head at the bank, and everyone at the Euterpe office kept humming a different tune. The people at the bank, who heard Humphrey, soon began humming their own songs, and so on. Demeter didn’t mind letting Humphrey think he’d won the bet, for the time being, as the visit was all about infecting the first group of people with the virus.