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I Have Man Flu

Posted on August 27, 2010 7 Comments


I have Man Flu…

Every bone in my body aches. Even the roots of my teeth ache.
There is snot pouring out of me and I am hearing like my head is under water.
I am sure I must have swallowed razor blades…. except that I can’t swallow at all.
My finger nails are sore and the hair on my head is giving me grief.
I have a cough and a head ace and my right pinky toe is probably broken.
I have a pimple on my bum that I am sure must be cancer.
I might, possibly, be going blind too… maybe.

It’s all because of those pesky children who deliberately coughed of me so they could share their feral germs. They did it on purpose, I know it.

I probably have swine flu, or bird flu, or SAARS, or pneumonia.
Or possibly some lethal combination of all four.

I am sure I am dying.

Yep, it’s definitely Man Flu…..

Except that I’m not sleeping for 20 hours a day.
Nor am I laying pathetically on the couch for the other four hours, feebly croaking my demands for lemonade not water, and could someone possibly get me a vegemite sandwich with the crusts cut off?
I’m also not making unrealistic requests to kindly get rid of the kids, because their noise is making my ears bleed….

Nope.
I am still getting up to take the girls to school.
I am still cooking dinner and feeding everyone.
I am still washing clothes and sweeping the floor.

There is no doctors certificate that will get me a day off work so I am still doing all the stuff I need to do.

Hmm… so it can’t possibly be Man Flu then?
So I don’t have SAARS?
I’m not really dyeing?

It must just be a bit of a cold….
Well then, I feel better already!

….

Above photo by Jeremy Burgin via flickr… and in case you missed the sarcasm, I am not really dying so don’t panic Mum! Oh, and Father Figure… I love you, even when you are dying.

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  1. Pixie says

    yup us mums dont get sick days.we just keep on keeping on.

    feel better soon.

    hugs

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  2. Marita says

    ROFL. I’ve had a head cold and two sick kids home with the same for last 3 days. Wednesday hit me hard and I spent much of the day sleeping on the loungeroom floor – not intentionally I just kept falling asleep. But when Heidi hit the 39C fever I did manage to care for her.

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  3. SquiggleMum says

    Forget about the floors! And feel well soon. xx

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  4. Tenille says

    I hope your little ones and the Father Figure are being kind to you. Get well soon :-)

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  5. Les says

    You missed one vital ingredient for man flu – the remote control and constant complaints that the football/cricket/tennis/golf is not on 24/7.

    I have five girls under eight – when one brings a cold home from school, it continues to bounce around the home for weeks.

    You have “mums clayton flu” – the flu you have when you’re not allowed to have the flu!

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  6. Kez says

    ROFLMAO – I hear you!

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  7. andrea says

    Probably just a cold, but you know how some people exagerate. LOL

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