Man Flu

According to Urban Dictionary.com:

Man Flu:

The condition shared by all males wherein a common illness (usually a mild cold) is presented by the patient as life-threatening.

This is also known as 'Fishing for Sympathy' or 'Chronic Exaggeration'.

When the patient is your boyfriend, he will exhibit the standard symptoms (such as an overwhelming desire for compassion) while simultaneously rejecting any and all efforts you make to placate him.

You: Awww, you poor fella.
Him: I'm DYING!
You: (Soothingly) Oh, you're not dying Cy.
Him: (Indignant) I AM! I have Man Flu!
You: Do you need some sympathy?
Him: Yes! But no one understands my pain…
You: I understa-
Him: NO YOU DO NOT!!!

I would just like to add that when us girls get the flu we will get none of this. Possibly we'll be begging for a piece of toast.

:eyes:

Ok, off back up the hill now.

Have a great day everybody.

Capers

71 Replies to “Man Flu”

  1. :psmurf: isnt even in the same cartoon era as the road runner :doh: or the simpsons for that matter :left::right::devil:

  2. um.. :left:road runner is from the fifties. smurfs were kind of a ‘one hit wonder’ from the eighties and simpson’s stared in the nineties….:right:I may be wrong on this so you’re free to correct of if I am. But what exactly is your point since they’re all just cartoon characters? :confused:

  3. Maybe that’s true in america but in south africa they just didn’t quite make it.Of course Noddy was a legend here yet america doesn’t seem to have heard of him :whistle:

  4. Yes and we want pictures of capey in the thigh boots and cape :whistle: no need for the rest of the costume. The smurfs were not a one hit wonder, just not nearly the fame of the other two.

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