Thread: dangly

The media has been very big on the flu that is going around and we can't help but be aware of the symptoms and the methods of catching it. I thought those people running around with masks on were trying to do nothing but a bad Michael Jackson impersonisation until ...

We went out to dinner with a group of friends.
Yes, there was air kissing.
Yes, there was touching and laughing at close quarters.
NO, there was no sharing of body fluids and no sneezing that I can recall.
Some MAY have shared eating utensils or sipped from others' drinks (checking the merits of others' choices).

There was good food, good wine and a good time was had by all.

However, I have now suffered the following symptoms .....
After an initial emotional high and subsequent pleasant drowsiness; a heavy, stupor-like slumber followed by an interrupted sleep pattern; a seemingly unquenchable thirst; sensitivity to bright light and loud noises; severe headache, mild stomach upset; irritability and chronic lethargy. These symptoms lasted 12 to 18 hours and were, apparently, experienced by nearly all partygoers!

The only one who did not suffer was my sister-in-law who, being the paranoid, spinster wowser that she is, was already on antibiotics and drank only BOTTLED water all night!

I discovered that Tamiflu and Relenza have NO EFFECT on these symptoms at all!

So I suppose it is off to the vampires to donate a blood sample.