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(ignore for a moment the sweeping generalisations within)
99% of the time, a man gets a cold, and women make sarcastic comments about 'manflu'.
Swine Flu media-led hysterical panic hits the country, and it's the women who are running around screaming we're all going to die at the slightest hint of a sniffle; whereas the men say 'it's just a cold'.
I think [url= http://www.channelflip.com/2009/05/28/david-mitchell%E2%80%99s-soapbox-man-flu/ ]David Mitchells deconstruction of the Man Flu myth[/url] pretty much hits the nail on the head. [i](WORK WARNING: Link goes to video with audio that will autoplay).[/i]
uhuh. I've yet to meet any of these men who cower under the covers the instant they get a sniffle. All the men I know will still make it into work even if one of their arms has fallen off. "It's only a scratch."
I'm with Samuri - these manflu suffering men must all hang out somewhere I dont go.
+1
I have swineflu at the moment - I'm still working, although from home so as to not infect everyone at work
Mrs F is wrapped in a duvet shivering on the settee - she also has the dreaded lurgy.
Hear
Me
Roar
The women at out place take 2.3 times the sick leave that the men do - in 2008 anyway
Our HR were horrified that I'd checked the numbers
& they didn't even think it was a good idea to investigate further 😕
At least it hasn't mutated into swanflu yet
At least it hasn't mutated into swanflu yet
Wow, can you imagine...flu sufferers who might break yer arm with their flu-mutant wings if you look at 'em funny 😯