View Full Version : Swine Flu Anyone?
Jimbuna
06-03-09, 01:20 PM
A colleague came into work on Fri 29th May to enquire about some ongoing cases.
On Sunday I started experiencing flu like symptoms (sore throat, tight chest, runny nose, blocked nasal passages etc).
I soldier on at work Monday and Tuesday taking Paracetamol and Sudafed to ease my condition.
On Tuesday evening I advised my colleagues that I'd be taking Wednesday off as a lieu day to see if I could shake off my condition.
Approximately an hour ago I receive a call on my Blackberry from a work colleague advising me that the colleague who visited on Friday had recently returned from a cruise to America and Mexico and was showing symptoms of a flu like illness. They were currently in quarantine like conditions at hospital undergoing tests for possible swine flu.
Furthermore, some kind, considerate git had advised the authorities of the Friday visit and the fact I was off work trying to shake of suspiciously similar symptoms. :(
My caller had been instructed to advise/order me that on the instructions of the Environmental Health Department I was to refrain from a planned return to work tomorow and await a home visit from a Doctor and District Nurse to take God only knows what samples from me. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/Spider-Hulk/GWXforum/Smileys/meh.gif
In the meantime I am watching the World Twenty 20 Cricket Championships on Sky Sports and my wife and daughter are keeping a constant vigil on me for signs of the early growth of a curly tail. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/Spider-Hulk/GWXforum/Smileys/bigsmile.gif
Sailor Steve
06-03-09, 01:22 PM
Take advantage of it while you can. Hope you're okay.
Kapitan_Phillips
06-03-09, 01:28 PM
Since when do zombies watch cricket?!
Task Force
06-03-09, 01:31 PM
Dont go near any pig farms/slaughter houses jim...:rotfl: You might be called bacon next. lol
SteamWake
06-03-09, 01:33 PM
Wait a minute... a house call?! WTF !
Hope you feel better soon. :salute:
GoldenRivet
06-03-09, 01:45 PM
get well soon.
I'm sure you will be fine.
I havnt met anyone or heard of anyone that i have known who has come down with the condition personally.
FIREWALL
06-03-09, 01:47 PM
Hope you feel better Jim. :yep: :up:
AVGWarhawk
06-03-09, 02:07 PM
Well, what the hell Jim? My daughter and myself are dealing with flu like symptons. My only git is we swam in a pool over the weekend that was just opened for the season....it was very cold....you know...shrival factor cold. :doh: Ummmmm, a coworker of yours who was just in New Mexico with symptoms is not good. Whatever the case, get those test done. Getting medical treatment early is probably best.
My wife just had my daughter to the doctors today. She did a strep test....negative results. We have no contact with anyone who has been to New Mexico, etc. Seems we just have the common cold. Works for me but still sucks. Get your tests!
Schroeder
06-03-09, 02:33 PM
Ah the swine flu. It had become pretty quite about it in the past weeks. However let the doc examine you. Even if it should be the swine flu there is no reason to panic. Swine Flu doesn't seem to kill more people than a normal flu and it can be treated with normal anti flu medicine.:cool:
Jimbuna
06-03-09, 02:35 PM
I'm sure it's just a false alarm and I'll be fine.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9499/71199331.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/my.php?image=71199331.jpg)
Not getting a goodnight kiss from the daughter at bedtime is what I'll miss the most.
You should be ok in about a WHEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!:O:
Task Force
06-03-09, 02:39 PM
THEY COUGHT JIM!!!! He is being taken care of... but I think its too late... lol
http://blog.syracuse.com/news/2008/09/large_061908Norm1MG.JPG
It's all this talk about sheep Jim! :haha:
Seriously though, keep yourself well mate :yeah: And make sure there's plenty of dirt around to roll in :ping:
Task Force
06-03-09, 02:49 PM
And wash your han... err hoofs often.:rotfl:
AVGWarhawk
06-03-09, 03:10 PM
Just make sure your up tomorrow when they slop the pigs. :D
http://www.libertylive.org/Uploads/pig_trough.jpg
Jimbuna
06-03-09, 03:11 PM
@Oberon, Kratos, AVG and TaskForce.....ROFLMAO (the wife is as well having read this thread) :rotfl:
Task Force
06-03-09, 03:22 PM
So you realy got the flu... lol:rotfl: Next thing we know your post will starting lkoiiojkiobnfgtgh like that... from the use of hoofs on yer keyboard.:rotfl:
I heard that fat woman accrost from you at work has it also...
http://flagranny2.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/2_21_052507_monsterpig.jpg
she wasnt as lucky.:rotfl:
Sorry to hear that you're sick.:cry: Get well soon.:) Holy sh*t!!:eek: that is a big hog!
AVGWarhawk
06-03-09, 03:37 PM
If ya wore your rubbers out in the rain like this little pig you would not have caught this nasty bug....
http://3.cdn.nascar.fiveacross.net/c/1k/31/m81jlq_large.jpg
bert8for3
06-03-09, 03:42 PM
The prodding and poking by the doc and nurse will probably be worse than anything you've got.
Seriously, get well soon.
Task Force
06-03-09, 03:45 PM
Sorry to hear that you're sick.:cry: Get well soon.:) Holy sh*t!!:eek: that is a big hog!
Only in america.:rotfl:
Jimbuna
06-03-09, 03:52 PM
So you realy got the flu... lol:rotfl: Next thing we know your post will starting lkoiiojkiobnfgtgh like that... from the use of hoofs on yer keyboard.:rotfl:
I heard that fat woman accrost from you at work has it also...
http://flagranny2.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/2_21_052507_monsterpig.jpg
she wasnt as lucky.:rotfl:
I swear, that could well be her!! http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img231/1076/shockedvi8.gif
The wife says that if I grow a tail then that'll be two little curly things I'll have :oops:
Tarrasque
06-03-09, 04:28 PM
Well it must be fatal - the doctor AND the district nurse are making a house call :haha:
Seriously though swine flu is overrated - it's not really any worse than normal flu.
Task Force
06-03-09, 04:35 PM
so ya turning into a regular squealer or a hog jim... :rotfl:
Gah! Flu!
Possibly the only thing worse than my current case of severe man-flu.
Task Force
06-03-09, 04:40 PM
Man-Flu.:o
Sounds bad.:rotfl:
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!!! Thats the only cure.
Man-Flu.:o
Sounds bad.:rotfl:
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!!! Thats the only cure.
Spam it is....
I'm on my second roll of kitchen paper already.
Task Force
06-03-09, 04:51 PM
Kitchen paper... Is that like toilet paper for the kitchen.:doh:
http://simplesem.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/link-spam-report.jpg
all hail the might spam can.;)
AVGWarhawk
06-03-09, 05:09 PM
Well, Spam is from ham and ham is from............:hmmm: Run Jim Run!
FIREWALL
06-03-09, 05:11 PM
This little piggy went to work,
This little piggy now has to stay home.
This little piggy now gets a hot toddy,
And this little piggy can,t keep it down.
But at last the little piggy went wee, wee, wee ,
And got to stay home, and play SH-3 GWX Gold. :DL
Get well soon Jim :up:
Bend Over
http://www.dbtechno.com/images/swine_flu_trouble.jpg
Task Force
06-03-09, 05:24 PM
Bend Over
http://www.dbtechno.com/images/swine_flu_trouble.jpg
Ya know a kid I know at school signed the attendance sheet when we had a sub... Ben Dover.:rotfl:
SPAM!!! Rainbow spam.:rotfl:
On Sunday I started experiencing flu like symptoms (sore throat, tight chest, runny nose, blocked nasal passages etc).
Aren't those just symptoms of the common cold?
Which I have atm.
Buddahaid
06-03-09, 08:24 PM
Aren't those just symptoms of the common cold?
Which I have atm.
A little light on the subject, you must also have a fever for flu. Anyway, the reason swine flu has people so worried, is that it is behaving very much like the epidemic in 1918. In 1918, it first appeared in the spring and was fairly unremarkable. After traveling around the world, it came back in the fall mutated and killed millions. The demographic of those who died, were people in their 20-40's, not the young and old. Swine flu has the same demographic which is the opposite of the other flues we experience seasonally. It takes at least six months to develop the vaccines we take to limit our flu problems. Therefore, any vaccine that is made for swine flu now, may not be effective in the fall, which is why stockpiles of theraflu are being created. In our favor if swine flu does hit us hard, is the much greater knowledge we have regarding droplet precautions and sanitation procedures. Let's just hope this flu does wimper back in the fall.
Buddahaid
Hanomag
06-03-09, 08:35 PM
Kitchen paper... Is that like toilet paper for the kitchen.:doh:
http://simplesem.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/link-spam-report.jpg
all hail the might spam can.;)
"But I Don't like spam." :haha:
Task Force
06-03-09, 08:49 PM
"But I Don't like spam." :haha:
Then you can have the can...:yeah:
SUBMAN1
06-03-09, 08:49 PM
Get better man. That stuff hasn't morphed yet into its deadlier cousin so you are OK after a bit with it.
Look at the bright side. Since you are infected early, if it ever did get out of hand, you would be immune since you would already carry the antibodies to fight it! :yeah:
-S
I told you kissing that pig was a bad idea.
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6389166,00.jpg
Should be nothing that a few tots of rum can't fix. Take care and get well soon mate.:ping:
Jimbuna
06-04-09, 04:25 AM
10:15 GMT....Phone call from the District Nurse informing me she will be accompanied by a Doctor when they visit my place of abode at 15:00 GMT
I asked "what will this entail?" (thinking as I said it "If she says....Oh, just a small curly one") I'd go ballistic LOL
Her response "Quite simple really, just a few swabs"
Now I'm wondering just how many places other than your nose and mouth they can put a swab http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/c_jane24/Smileys/4_6_100.gif
10:15 GMT....Phone call from the District Nurse informing me she will be accompanied by a Doctor when they visit my place of abode at 15:00 GMT
I asked "what will this entail?" (thinking as I said it "If she says....Oh, just a small curly one") I'd go ballistic LOL
Her response "Quite simple really, just a few swabs"
Now I'm wondering just how many places other than your nose and mouth they can put a swab http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/c_jane24/Smileys/4_6_100.gif
Afterward tell her she owes you dinner for that and get a date out of it. :rotfl:
Afterward tell her she owes you dinner for that and get a date out of it. :rotfl:
Just not in front of Mrs Buna!:D
bert8for3
06-04-09, 06:40 AM
Afterward tell her she owes you dinner for that and get a date out of it. :rotfl:
On the other hand ...
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p109/bert8for3/matron.jpg
Jimbuna
06-04-09, 01:57 PM
Phew!! All clear....twenty minutes before blast off received a phone call....the colleagues test results are negative :sunny:
Looks like I've got a classic case of man flu :smug:
RickC Sniper
06-04-09, 01:58 PM
It takes a nurse AND a doctor to come to your residence just to take a few swabs???
:-?
Jimbuna
06-04-09, 02:15 PM
It takes a nurse AND a doctor to come to your residence just to take a few swabs???
:-?
Of course....us Brits look after our Royals :03:
RickC Sniper
06-04-09, 02:50 PM
LOL, I'm glad this story has a happy ending. Get well. The flu is bad enough without catching some dastardly version of it.
:salute:
Task Force
06-04-09, 02:51 PM
So your not gonna turn into a pig... are you...:shifty:
Oah well... as you can see that woman that sits accrost from you has it. (pic I posted earlyer.):rotfl:
Raptor1
06-04-09, 02:55 PM
So your not gonna turn into a pig... are you...:shifty:
Oah well... as you can see that woman that sits accrost from you has it. (pic I posted earlyer.):rotfl:
No, it's even worse, he's going to turn into a...human...
AVGWarhawk
06-04-09, 02:56 PM
It takes a nurse AND a doctor to come to your residence just to take a few swabs???
:-?
Sounds like one of them kinky threesome deals. :har: So, when does the body cavity search commence:06:
Task Force
06-04-09, 02:58 PM
No, it's even worse, he's going to turn into a...human...
wow... sucks to be jim... but... wait... arnt we all human...:o
Raptor1
06-04-09, 02:59 PM
wow... sucks to be jim... but... wait... arnt we all human...:o
Speak for yourself
Task Force
06-04-09, 03:07 PM
snort... REEEEEEKKKK... Im no pig...
Good news Jim. Hope you "forgot" to tell the missus and are still milking your man flu for all you are worth.:D
nikimcbee
06-04-09, 04:52 PM
Good news Jim. Hope you "forgot" to tell the missus and are still milking your man flu for all you are worth.:D
does someone need a man-hug?
http://costumezone.com/images/products/f/fw1129.gif
Love the man-bag Nicki! :D
Kpt. Lehmann
06-04-09, 10:36 PM
LOL!!!
I just got over the flu.
OINK!!! :D
d@rk51d3
06-05-09, 02:40 AM
It's really quite easy.
All you neeed to do, is sleep for 1 night in a smoke filled room.
.
.
.
.
In the morning, you'll be cured! :D
After hearing about Jim's experience I called out local swine flu hotline but all I got was crackling.:D
He was covered in RASHers but he got oinkment for it :O:
Jimbuna
06-05-09, 06:41 AM
It's not bloody funny!! :stare:
I'm back at work today, suffering....and missing the England v Netherlands match :damn:
Now how do you feign a relapse? :hmmm:
Raptor1
06-05-09, 06:57 AM
It's not bloody funny!! :stare:
I'm back at work today, suffering....and missing the England v Netherlands match :damn:
Now how do you feign a relapse? :hmmm:
One look at the bitch across from you and feigning probably won't be necessary, the way you describe it...
Jimbuna
06-05-09, 09:13 AM
One look at the bitch across from you and feigning probably won't be necessary, the way you describe it...
LMAO :rotfl:
:yeah:
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/masks/rubber-animal/pig.jpg
Give her a kiss and you'll be back in bed in no time!:DL
Jimbuna
06-05-09, 04:34 PM
....and England got beat off the kaas hoofden :oops::nope:
Looks like I've got a classic case of man flu :smug:
Better not let your lass catch it then, she might turn into a man. :rotfl:
nikimcbee
06-10-09, 01:43 PM
I believe this post belongs here:
http://roflrazzi.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/celebrity-pictures-pigs-in-space-swine-flu.jpg
nikimcbee
06-11-09, 12:28 PM
Ha, they just raised the health alert to it's highest status.:haha: okay, now it's a pandemic.:yeah:
Task Force
06-11-09, 12:34 PM
Ha, they just raised the health alert to it's highest status.:haha: okay, now it's a pandemic.:yeah:
oooo... Im scared now... now the sales of facemasks and stuff to prevent it will go throught the roof.:rotfl:
Jimbuna
06-12-09, 01:25 PM
Ha, they just raised the health alert to it's highest status.:haha: okay, now it's a pandemic.:yeah:
Time to invest in the pork market then :DL
FIREWALL
06-12-09, 01:59 PM
Time to invest in the pork market then :DL
Just think about this Jim. :hmmm: After all your suffering. NOOOW they call it a Pandemic !!!
Ya just can't win. :haha:
Glad ya feel better. :DL :woot:
Jimbuna
06-12-09, 02:04 PM
Just think about this Jim. :hmmm: After all your suffering. NOOOW they call it a Pandemic !!!
Ya just can't win. :haha:
Glad ya feel better. :DL :woot:
Yer right....the swines :stare:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1925/swineflud.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/swineflud.jpg/)
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