Man flu No not allowed

Rubytuesday
Rubytuesday Forum Participant Posts: 952
edited December 2015 in General Chat #1

just read an article that Jeremy Vine has been reported to the BBC for saying he had Man Flu on air Surprised( so I'm not sure if this is allowed to be mention on here ) but really what on earth are things coming to Frown

breaking the equality and diversity code 

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  • ivorwetwun
    ivorwetwun Forum Participant Posts: 59
    edited December 2015 #2

    Nothing wrong with that. Man flu is the more severe type that women never get.

  • Rubytuesday
    Rubytuesday Forum Participant Posts: 952
    edited December 2015 #3

    Yes , but if it's against the law to call it man flu , does it really exists ? Or what would you now call it ?Undecided

  • Metheven
    Metheven Club Member Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭
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    edited December 2015 #4

    I have the bits and pieces that determines me as a man, so if I catch the flu it surely must be called 'man flu' Undecided

  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101
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    edited December 2015 #5

    'Takethepeeoutofwomen' Flu would be my name for itLaughing

  • Rubytuesday
    Rubytuesday Forum Participant Posts: 952
    edited December 2015 #6

    Should have known you would come up with something like that Rocky Tongue Out

  • bestboy
    bestboy Forum Participant Posts: 302
    edited December 2015 #7

    I don't know how people can joke about this, My 107 year old grandpa died from it!

  • redface
    redface Forum Participant Posts: 1,701
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    edited December 2015 #8

    Sorry to hear that Best Boy.

    If you have got to go, then 107 is not a bad score to go out on.

    As regards 'man flu' it is constantly diagnosed by Dr MOH for me, although regrettably she has not got a medical degree.

    Then, when she then gets the sniffles, they are ten times worse than those I experienced.

    I guess most blokes are also in a similar situation.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101
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    edited December 2015 #9

    Should have known you would come up with something like that Rocky Tongue Out

    Roobz, I am a slave to my natural honestyKiss

  • scoutman
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    edited December 2015 #10

    Superior  Homosappian Influenza  Tendency ,I am not permitted to post the abreviation on here.

  • Oldgirl and Staffy
    Oldgirl and Staffy Forum Participant Posts: 414
    edited December 2015 #11

    I believe totally in equality between the genders but this is a joke.....   I get so angry at the general ignorance that prompts people  to complain about the words 'Chairman', or 'spokesman' (for example).   In these examples the 'man' element has nothing to do with gender but the root of the word is 'manual' relating to work.  

    People making a fuss about such things simply show their ignorance.
    'Man flu' has long been a joke ie:  its just the flu but called 'man flu' because of the belief by some women that their men whinge more about it......

  • redface
    redface Forum Participant Posts: 1,701
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    edited December 2015 #12

    "I get so angry at the general ignorance that prompts people  to complain about the words 'Chairman', or 'spokesman' (for example).   In these examples the 'man' element has nothing to do with gender but the root of the word is 'manual' relating to work." 

    So 'Chair manual' merely means the chair works or 'Spokes manual' tells you how to build a wheel for your bicycle?

  • mickysf
    mickysf Forum Participant Posts: 6,474 ✭✭✭
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    edited December 2015 #13

    I'm told repeatedly that femflu is every bit as bad as manflu but those that suffer from it just keep quiet and carry on. Not in my experience!Wink

  • macwomble
    macwomble Forum Participant Posts: 54
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    edited December 2015 #14

    I'm a man...I (occasionally) get the flu....so I'll have MANFLU....end of!

    Are we not getting far too "PC" in this country anyway?

  • mickysf
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    edited December 2015 #15

    I'm a man...I (occasionally) get the flu....so I'll have MANFLU....end of!

    Are we not getting far too "PC" in this country anyway?

    Write your comments here...I hear there is a particularly virulent strain called Alban Man Flu. Apparently it's to do with not having under garments!  Is that PC?Wink

  • macwomble
    macwomble Forum Participant Posts: 54
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    edited December 2015 #16

    I'm a man...I (occasionally) get the flu....so I'll have MANFLU....end of!

    Are we not getting far too "PC" in this country anyway?

    Write your comments here...I hear there is a particularly virulent strain called Alban Man Flu. Apparently it's to do with not having under garments!  Is that PC?Wink

    Can't comment on that one as I very seldom, if ever, wear a kilt....and even when I do I've never, ever, gone "commando".

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