Ready? OK! Hundreds of Cheerleaders Barf in Washington

Earlier this month, the plot of Drop Dead Gorgeous played out for real (or very nearly so) in Everett, Wash.

According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "norovirus caused more than 200 illnesses among people who attended a state cheerleading tournament. ... Symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea had been reported by 229 people."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have a helpful article about "Norovirus -- the stomach bug." (Aww, "the stomach bug." Like all viruses, norovirus just needs a good tagline to make it more loveable.)

Now, there's nothing funny about hundreds of cheerleaders spewing from both ends at a state tournament -- unless it's this 1999 dark-comedy Kirsten Dunst vehicle. Well, of course, the movie was about beauty contestants, not cheerleaders. There's a huge difference. Huge, do you hear me? Huge!

But that difference is hilarious (cue up to 3:28 or thereabouts):