Man Flu???????

[shinney]

Maybe i am being a bit think here, but can any one tell me what is this Man flu that is going around is. The amount of people i have heard that say they are coming down with Man Flu. (both men and women). or have had it.

So what is it??????????????

[redballoons]

I have no idea but i always assumed man flu was a cold that men like to say is proper flu (not just a cold) - maybe it means this!or not lol i dont know I hope it doesnt come to my house for xmas!

sophie

[bottleblond]

LMAO They call it 'man flu' because men moan and groan more when they have the flu and think their illness is way worse than anyone elses. It's just a figure of speach hun and just means normal flu.


Love Lisa
xxx

[honeybee3939]

Hi there

Not sure if its man flu or not but my hubby and daughter just had a flu like bug.
Cold, sore throat, awful coughing and generaly feeling rough:ohmy: . Its the first time in years i have known my husband have a day off work for feeling so ill so he must have felt rotten !

Hope i dont get it:ohmy: !

Andrea
xxx

[lennons_mammy]

Lol yeah bottleblond is right. My bf is like that all the time he catches a cold and all of a sudden hes dying.

[marie1974]

hehehe my hubby gets this quite a bit, this usually is a little cold for most of us ladies but for lots of men (not all) including my hubby they seem to think its the worst flu ever, so i always say he got man flu. lol

[ade]

OI YOU !
a vey sexist term,if us men generalised about women in the same way we would have our bottoms spanked by germaine greer,equality goes both ways !:lac:

[Sax]

:roflmao: :roflmao: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a207/orwall/Marge-011.gif :yahoo: :yahoo: yeah Lisa summed it up perfectly, its just cos men go over the top being overdramatic when ill so instead of a normal cold they have flu! (of course this is very judgemental and i'm sure the men on this site don't do that :winks: :winks: well not all of them!)

:doh:

[LACEYA1961]

This whole thread gave me my first laugh of the day...thanks everyone lol

Perhaps the technical name for the flu has "man" in it so it's been shortened? I dunno! Think I'll look it up though because now I want to know lol

Lacey

still giggling :D

[honeybee3939]

LOL

Ohh my husband had the "Very very grumpy man flu!".

I did laugh though he told me to buy some stepsils when i went shopping they where £4.95 a packet !! so i got him some lockets at 50p.lol. I told him the shop had sold out:blush: .

I said to the shop keeper i wasnt paying that price for him,now if they had been for me i would have bought them !! im awful aint i.

Andrea
xxx

[marie1974]

haha this made me laugh too and so many of my friends tell me there men get this too lol

[LACEYA1961]

Perhaps the technical name for the flu has "man" in it so it's been shortened? I dunno! Think I'll look it up though because now I want to know lol

Lacey

still giggling :D [/quote]


Update: everything I found in search engines has to do with men being babies about this particular strain of flu (sorry fellas!)
This is the funniest thing I've heard in over a week aside from an article I read the other day about a HERD OF GOATS that was wrongly convicted for selling themselves in some country LOL I'm still laughing over THAT one :roflmao:

[freakedout]

Hi,

I was reading these posts with the biggest smirk on my face (sorry Ade) but then when I saw Marge Simpson laughing it set me off too. I think it is a bit of cold sin't it? he he he he.

Freaky

[decca]

Yea yea okay I'll put my hands up - I'm the first to say I've got flu as soon as I sneeze.
Mind you I always seem to get flu when there's a lot of sport on the telly,bit of a joke between me and 'er indoors,lol - she's a good'n and just plays along with it.

Decca.