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...Bubonic plague, Leprosy, swine flu, bird flu, SARS, and Ebola.
Or a "cold" as she refers to it.
Why is it, when she has it she:
1) Insists on sharing it with me.
2) Curls up on the sofa for three days under a mountain of paper tissues and blankets, with hots drinks and a TV to swear at.
But when she successfully passes the baton I have to do the washing, shopping, cooking, cat litter try emptying, ... because it's "just a cold"? 
Berhabs I should learn to dype wid a dold so I ged some symbaddy?
No, didn't think that would happen. Hey-ho, back to work I go.... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Why is it, when she...
It's called love! 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I'm not loving it!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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It's meaningless, as long as she loves it... (and who don't love a few days off duty?)
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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It's probably your fault she had it in the first place, am I right?
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OriginalGriff wrote: Hey-ho, back to work I go....
Guess you look like THIS[^] then! 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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No, my hair is longer (and his nose doesn't resemble a Hagfish in full flow) 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Glad I'm not the only one who has a Mrs like this!
OMG, when she is ill the whole world must look after her - she doesn't stop moaning about it.
When I'm ill, I go to work and get on with it.
Tsk - women.
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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That's why I don't understand where this Man Flu thing comes from.
In my experience when men have a cold they just carry on as normal, my missus doesn't even know I have a cold half the time, when she has one everyone knows about it and she is over emotional to go with the coughing, sneezing, and general whining about being ill.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Agreed!
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Yeah - and the annoying thing is that I know it is the same bug - because she passed it to me (in an act breaching the Geneva Convention on use of Biological Weapons)
So at a guess, I'm feeling much as she did, just I'm not curled up on the sofa boosting Kleenex profits.
And I have to say, little comments like "do your teeth hurt yet?" do help much either. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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This is why at the first sign of a sniffle I kick her out to sleep in the shed.
As if, she's been down unwell pretty constantly the whole of February. I have a good constitution and have remained Strong Like Ox / Drunk Like Lord.
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I think alcohol helps: it kills the bugs, and if you consume enough it keeps people (who might have nasty diseases) at a good distance as well.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hope the cat is okay. Our cats have had a bug with stuffy nose and sneezing. Lost one, almost lost another.
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djj55 wrote: Lost one, almost lost another.
You should look under the mountain of paper tissues.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I was wondering what comments I would get for using the work "Lost". 
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I am heartless, I know. Sorry for the cat(s), though.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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To the ladies' behalf, the exact opposite is happening at my place 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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So you act like a big baby and expect her to soldier on?
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That pretty much nailed it.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Now the Ukrainian Navy has switched allegiances to the Russians.
Honestly, I have not seen so many defective Ukrainians since Chernobyl.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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i guess not for the Vodka
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Defect or be sunk, that is the question. 
I read Yulia Tymoshenko "made" her millions from Ukraine's energy markets and she probably condemns Viktor Yanukovych for his excess of wealth. Ukraine is a mess. Me, I'm going to buy shares in its nuclear industry as that at least is stable, well run, clean, and gives you a warm glow at night.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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