Awesome SickiesA colleague has been off work for two weeks now - apparently he's got something they can't diagnose, (although they know for sure it's not Legionnaires, Malaria, BSE or AIDS, he's supposedly in isolation). We are all sure he's merely sitting in the sun waiting for the World Cup to come on the telly.
What have you invented to get off work?
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chthonic, Fri 9 Jun 2006, 7:40)
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Nosebleeds!Always werked for me - type of thing that can be a sympton of numerous other life threatening ailments, so people tend not to ask too many questions - can be easily shrugged off as nothing if need be.
Also thought I had measles so got 2 weeks off from a job I had handed in my notice to anyway. Woke up one monday covered in red spots and decided to go to the doctors - turns out my 'usual' guy wasn't there and it was some Indian guy whose English wasn't the best and who seemed to have a chronic fear of red spots. Immediately diagnosed measles and wrote me a 2 week sick note whilst practically cowering in the corner. I was pretty sure I'd had them already but assumed he knew what he was talking about so I headed down to the shops to stock up on provisions in preparation for locking myself away from pregnant women. Met into a mate and the first thing he said was "These fucking hives are killing me!". Turns out that the Mushroom Chocolate we'd imported from Amsterdam had caused the same reaction amongst all my friends that had partaken on Saturday nite. Cleared up by the next day. Woo!
(, Fri 9 Jun 2006, 16:45, Reply)
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