Sick women and really sick men
We (men) have all (well those of us not smart enough to catch the Gay) had the experience when sick and happening to mention it that some sympathy sponge of a woman will say.

"Men think they are so tough but, one sniffle and they collapse in a heap"

Well lets look at that,

Women are constantly sick, got a headache, can't fuck today or on me rag got cramps can't do this or that so run me a bath I can sit and bleed into, or my ankles are swollen or I am retaining water and when they really get sick don't we fucking know about it. The endless sympathy they want, expectations you will do their work for them, the broadcasting of it to all and sundry and the filthy mood they get in.

Where as blokes, they just get on with it. It isn't until they are really really crook that you hear about it. And how do women hear about it.

For example;

She Devil: When are you going to do ~insert task that has no real bearing on anything important just what she has decided she wants done such as fix the ornamental gutter cover~

Great Bloke: I feel like crap, I'll do it tomorrow

She Devil: This is so typical, I soldier on no matter what but, you have the slightest sniffle and the world has to stop, and men call them selves the stronger sex, you are PATHETIC

Great Bloke: I'll do it tomorrow, just leave me alone

She Devil: And now I suppose you expect me do take care of you and run around after you, lucky don't get sick very often or nothing would get done

~ NOTE: Women don't really ever listen either unless you are agreeing with them ~

Great Bloke: mumbles - For Fucks Sake - ignores female until the following day

See, the thing is, the reason blokes don't get sick very often is that we don't actually say anything until it matters.

- Bloke has head ache, gets on with it (even if you do want a bit of slap and tickle)
- Bloke has injury, gets on with it
- Bloke has cold, gets on with it
etc

It is only when a bloke is that crook he can't get on with it, the woman finds out about it.

It is why men hardly ever visit a doctor, they just can't justify it as their mind says it is better to just get on with it and know you will be better in a few days. Bloody women spend so much time in the doctors they had to start inventing reasons for them to attend, pap smears, breast exams, hormone replacement therapy the list goes on.

Reminds me of the guy who rang his boss every Monday and said he was sick. After 3 months the boss called him and asked what was happening so that he was sick every Monday. The bloke explained that his sisters husband drank on weekends to excess and was a violent drunk which would end up in him beating his sister, so he would go around her place to comfort her when he went to work on Monday and they would usually end up having sex.

The boss looked at the bloke and said "My God, you are sick" and the bloke said, thats what I tell you every Monday.
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Mon 4 Jan 2010, 7:49, 9 replies)

So, so true!
However, a post that I would click an 'I Love this' button, was some what ruined by an old joke, stapled, half-heartedly on to the end!

Apart from that, good work. All a guy needs to be comfortable, even when ill is a TV and a comfy chair, thus, as we generally have these at home, we don't complain.
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Mon 4 Jan 2010, 9:54, closed)

I tried to stop the joke getting stapled to the end
but, it was like my subconscious took over and typed it in its self.
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 0:55, closed)

Hmm
You're a bit of a cunt if you think that smears and breast exams are just invented reasons for women to visit the doctor.
(thefuckestuppest cheapened this, on, Mon 4 Jan 2010, 10:46, closed)

Yeah, that's going a bit far.
If I was hospitalised my missus would be by my side 24x7, as she proved one time in Bangkok.

However I think mostly the issues arise over the minor health complaints. Or rather, what is considered to be minor by the protagonists.

Although even moderately serious sports injuries have got me into trouble with the missus. I had cracked ribs from playing football but woe betide me if I happened to groan a bit now and then. Simple logic was that it was 'self inflicted' and therefore not worthy of concern. Cracked ribs! Breathing, moving, coughing, sneezing, sitting, standing, rolling in bed all hurt like fuck! For two weeks! She just thought I was a wimp. But seriously, any women out there had cracked or broken ribs? It's a tad beyond a few paracetamol right?
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Mon 4 Jan 2010, 12:47, closed)

I agree with you there thefuckestuppest
Routine smear tests mean my workmate will be around to see her 3 young kids grow up. And I do think guys shouldn't be reluctant to see a doc if needs be.

But not all of us are lacking in the sympathy dept. I used to live with 2 male housemates and would look after them when they had lurgy (hot honey and lemon, make them food, etc) and they'd do the same back. Doesn't matter whether you're male or female, if you're ill, you're ill.
(ninja chinchilla, Mon 4 Jan 2010, 16:26, closed)

ease tow der ruck airy
you may not be able to understand that as my tongue is firmly planted in my cheek, just like when I wrote the post.
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 1:03, closed)

Yers
Cancer is hilarious, I forgot.
(thefuckestuppest cheapened this, on, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 13:01, closed)

Umm
Once again I am explaining periods in this QOTW. You don't 'bleed' in the bath. It pretty much stops in water.
(Turn that bloody gramaphone down has incorrect spelling in her username *WINS*, Mon 4 Jan 2010, 17:54, closed)

Yes, I know
but it was good imagery for a rant about a stereotype wasn't it?
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 0:56, closed)