worst wind up in the world then.

Lets think of a wind up, oh I know, I'll say I've got the flu.... lmao that'll get them!!

that made me LOLOLOL

Crunchy, if you think you've got flu, you know nothing!

Get some solpadeine (SP) if you can and get to bed 

Only  lunatic would say they had flu to get attention ...  

A bit of a laugh though. and seeing the rest of the threads on here, desperation comes to mind.

I don't think I've got flu.

Is whisky one of your faves?

I'm the wrong side of 60 (56) and I have had 'flu once. Had computers existed back in the seventies I doubt that I could have crawled to one. I was zonko! Even my fingers had sweat on 'em. Obviously today's pharmaceuticals are better.

Crunchy

I think you should stick to your caveman antics and asking for shag potential of airbrushed women. That seemed to attract more interest

Blizzie brilliant as always 

I agree..   solphadeine (the fizzy ones) are co-codamol (paracetamol & codeine) & they do actually make you feel almost human for about 3 hours.   they then wear off and you have to clock watch for an hour til you can take more..

Thankfully it's years since I've had (real) flu, when I used to get it I slept deliriously for hours and hours, when I was briefly awake I had awful aches and pains everywhere and couldn't get out of bed. Last time I had it I used homeopathic Gelsemium - which months prior I'd read about and remembered, I recovered so much quicker using that than any other meds so if I ever get it again that's what I'd use.


Blizzie where on earth do you find all the pics that you do that are so funny and appropriate

In this instance, just typed 'man flu' into Google and clicked on images.

Im rapidly deteriorating. Don't think I'm gonna last much longer so I'll say my goodbyes now.

Usual advice....... Keep warm. Drink lots of liquid. Painkillers. Sleep.

Arrgghh swine flu was ruddy horrible.

Google must love you like we do Blizzie cos when I'm using it it's ages before I (might) find what I'm looking for whether pics or text lol

Bless you Crunchy - did you wake up this morning?

disclaimer - if Crunchy did actually have flu and wasted away in the night the laughter smiley above must have been put there by some evil person who hacked into my account

♫ Promise thiiis, if I die before I wake, promise thiiiis, if I die before my wake ♫

I'll give you a round of applause

Always best, imo.

He's such a creative little soul is our Crunchy

Isn't it good? I might write to them and get her to officially change it!

How are you feeling today?

Crap. Just happy to be alive really.

That's the spirit! Have you taken anything more than the 7 quid stuff you got and why ain't you gone round to your mothers house for some proper dinner??

Not hungry, and she's in your neck of the woods visiting my little sister.

Man flu is no myth as scientists prove men suffer more from disease

Man flu is not a myth, claim scientists, who found men suffer more because they invest in their spirit of adventure at the expense of their immune system.

Men's ability to turn a sniffle into flu and a headache into a migraine has long been a source of irritation to wives and girlfriends.

But the new research suggests that they are not faking it and that they suffer diseases more seriously and for longer.

Scientists believe it is the male predilection for a "live fast, die young" lifestyle that means in evolutionary terms they have failed to build up their immune systems like females.

That means that they not only catch more diseases but they tend to suffer more seriously, and for longer, from them.

A team at the University of Cambridge came up with the theory by applying a mathematical model to the various factors that characterise males and females.

It predicts that the adventurous lifestyle of the male means that they are more exposed to disease but paradoxically this reduces their immunity.

The reason is that they invest more energy in maintaining the ability to reproduce while ill and also take the view they will be reinfected quickly so do not need to have such a strong immune system.

Dr Olivier Restif, of the University of Cambridge, said: "In many cases, males tend to be more prone to get infected or less able to clear infection.

"Proposed mechanisms include interference between male hormones and immunity, as well as risk-taking behaviour.

Men compete more with each other than females do, because of the male strategy to "live hard, die young' which means they may invest less in immunity.

Dr Restif and colleague Dr William Amos assessed how the evolution of male and female immune defences is affected by differences between the sexes.

Dr Restif said: "An increase in male susceptibility or exposure to infection favours the spread of the pathogen in the whole population and therefore tends to select for higher resistance or tolerance in both sexes if the cost of immunity is essential.

"But above a certain level of exposure, the benefit of rapid recovery in males decreases owing to constant reinfection.

"This selects for lower resistance in males, ultimately leading to the counterintuitive situation where males with higher susceptibility or exposure to infection than females evolve lower immunocompetence."

The finding published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences suggests that 'man flu' is not a myth.

Across a range of animal species, males tend to be the "weaker sex" in relation to immune defences, usually because of hormonal differences.

Dr Restif said: "Our results show that, under a range of genetic and ecological constraints, males and females can evolve different levels of immune defences, sometimes at odds with intuitive expectations."

He said that maintaining the ability to mate was more important to men than getting better, yet for women it was the other way around.

"Under this scenario, the model predicts that overall, females should try to clear infection rapidly, regardless of the relative risk of catching infection," he said.

"In contrast, males are selected to decrease their immune defences and remain sexually active during infection if their exposure to infection is high."

"On the other hand, even if males have a strong immune system that clears infection, they will become reinfected rapidly, so the effective benefit of immunity is low."

 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/hea...re-from-disease.html

 

Zackerly. Males are selfish!

Hmmmmm.

Hahaha look at the blokes face!