What is "man-flu"?
11 September 2007, 07:20 AM
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What is "man-flu"?
I hear this term more and more over the last couple of months. Every time a women is sick they then say something like "at least it isnt man flu".
To me its where blokes supposedly make a trivial cold etc into something that is worse. I personally find this bizarre coming from women as the vast majority I know complain about the smallest of ailments. On the flip side I cant remember the last time I spent the day in bed even when I felt rough as sh*t. It also takes severe blood loss or a limb hanging off for me to want to go and see a doc or the hospital (stubborn and lazy maybe but doesnt constitute man-flu).
So I personally believe its a conspiracy from women in an attempt to cover up the fact that they are the real man-flu sufferers
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To me its where blokes supposedly make a trivial cold etc into something that is worse. I personally find this bizarre coming from women as the vast majority I know complain about the smallest of ailments. On the flip side I cant remember the last time I spent the day in bed even when I felt rough as sh*t. It also takes severe blood loss or a limb hanging off for me to want to go and see a doc or the hospital (stubborn and lazy maybe but doesnt constitute man-flu).
So I personally believe its a conspiracy from women in an attempt to cover up the fact that they are the real man-flu sufferers
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11 September 2007, 09:05 AM
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11 September 2007, 09:36 AM
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But according to Prof Ron Eccles of the Common Cold Centre, Cardiff University, it is women who get ill more
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11 September 2007, 10:00 AM
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I think it's also clear from the article that men aren't pulling their weight around the house either:
Thus giving women the burden of looking after the real children, plus the additional one with man flu.
He said: "This is because women have more contact with children - normally the main source of infection."
11 September 2007, 10:05 AM
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11 September 2007, 12:47 PM
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11 September 2007, 01:08 PM
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My missus is guilty of this, I was ill earlier this year, being as I am contracting I dragged my **** into work feeling dire, she was less than sympathetic citing Man-flu until she got it and gave me some retrospective sympathy from her sick bed 'nest', surrounded by the phone, some books, magazines, cups, tissues etc.
Coming soon to a woman near you, new illnesses only to be mentioned when a man says he doesnt feel well.
Stabbing pain in the head, its a Manbollism !
Big lump on your lung, that will be Mancer !
P1ssing all the time, dry mouth, bits falling off, perhaps you have Dia-he-tes
Man-ic Depression
They make out like we are lazy, malingering gets yet get away with being horrific once a month for a few days just cos they are ovulating, we get denied feeling sorry for ourselves when we are actually ill. The minute they get a sniffle they make such a big deal about it, and they are at the doctors having their bits examined on a weekly basis !
Coming soon to a woman near you, new illnesses only to be mentioned when a man says he doesnt feel well.
Stabbing pain in the head, its a Manbollism !
Big lump on your lung, that will be Mancer !
P1ssing all the time, dry mouth, bits falling off, perhaps you have Dia-he-tes
Man-ic Depression
They make out like we are lazy, malingering gets yet get away with being horrific once a month for a few days just cos they are ovulating, we get denied feeling sorry for ourselves when we are actually ill. The minute they get a sniffle they make such a big deal about it, and they are at the doctors having their bits examined on a weekly basis !
11 September 2007, 01:11 PM
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Women think that they are cursed with the worst pains ever... which are: "Period" pains and giving birth.
Ok dear; how about we surgically attach a pair of tesitcles and kick you square in the baby nuts!
Ok dear; how about we surgically attach a pair of tesitcles and kick you square in the baby nuts!
11 September 2007, 01:16 PM
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My other half had severe (mild ) stomach cramps and was doubled up in pain due to some dodgy food he'd eaten. I pointed out that the pain he was experiencing was no worse than the period pains that a lot of women suffer from every month of the year for most of their lives but that we just get on with it.
Men - they're rubbish
) stomach cramps and was doubled up in pain due to some dodgy food he'd eaten. I pointed out that the pain he was experiencing was no worse than the period pains that a lot of women suffer from every month of the year for most of their lives but that we just get on with it.Men - they're rubbish
11 September 2007, 01:19 PM
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pfffffft you women always play the 'period pain' card.. FFS after all those years you should be used to it! Hell I get used to a headache after a couple of hours!
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Light weights!
11 September 2007, 01:19 PM
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11 September 2007, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
Period pains... paah! you should try the inconvenience of shaving everyday.... now THAT'S a pain
Yeah it must hell scraping that straggly bit of bumfluff off your chin every third day
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11 September 2007, 01:39 PM
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Period pains -v- a kick in the nuts. No problem as long as for 4 days each and every month I can kick you in the ***** every half hour or so - day and night. Sounds fair to me!
11 September 2007, 01:44 PM
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Moan, moan, moan..... a period pain
.... a 'slight' stomach ache and its the end of the world! and you can EVEN get a feckin DAY OFF for it as well... Wimmins don't realise just how lucky they are!