I've never had one either.
And I've never had 'flu. And although I know that they both exist and are debilitating for a while, I am normally slow to believe people who say they have either. I am convinced 95% of the time they just have a headache or a heavy cold.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:06, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I don't think people realize what proper flu is like till you've had it.
Bloody horrible.
( girlinthehole, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Exactly.
I tell people I've never had 'flu and if they say "oh, of course you have" and I just think "No, of course YOU haven't"
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:11, Reply)

I had it once years ago
Since that, I have my flu jab if I think I might get it again. I'm in a risk group, so it's offered to me.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 14:02, Reply)

People who come to work saying they have flu are liars
If you have proper flu (had it once) you cannot get out of bed to get to work, sweat half your own body weight while shivering, snot and cough everywhere (if my case knacking my lungs so bad I coughed up blood) and basically feel like you have been run over.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:10, Reply)

This
is true
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:11, Reply)

i've never had it
but both my parents had, they reckoned at least 6 weeks and both got seriously annoyed when people said "it's a touch of flu". no such thing. it's a fucking COLD!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I had real flu once.
best hallucinations I've ever had apart from DMT. My mother was really scared.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)