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Man flu

Man flu

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Sep 18, 2026

Penny SmithHOST
2:31
In the meantime, it goes on, by the way, on my Times, which I read the Times online.
Penny SmithHOST
2:36
It says, is man flu real? How to tame a cold.
Penny SmithHOST
2:39
Yes.
Penny SmithHOST
2:41
Of course man flu is not real.
Charles NoveHOST
2:43
Yes, it
Penny SmithHOST
2:44
is.
Iain LeeHOST
19:19
Do you have a question?
speaker_5AUDIENCE
19:22
Uh, most of the time I probably do, but I'm, I'm full of Manflu right now, so...
Iain LeeHOST
19:28
Okay.
Iain LeeHOST
19:28
Do you have an answer?
DanHOST
1:23
Plenty of sympathy for me, please.
DanHOST
1:25
So yeah, the reason I bring this up is because I was talking to a student this week about the concept of man flu, which I find quite entertaining.
DanHOST
1:34
So do you want to try your best to explain what man flu is to the people listening at home?
StuHOST
1:39
Well, I mean, it's one of the worst conditions you can have.
StuHOST
1:44
I think, like, I find it...
DanHOST
1:46
funny, these kinds of terms, to be honest with you.
StuHOST
1:49
But yeah, man flu is a sickness, basically.
StuHOST
1:57
It's not a real sickness, but it's a sickness where when a man says they're feeling a little under the weather they're not feeling so good they're feeling a little sick um then people say it's an over-exaggerated thing but what i would counteract it i'm you've got me already you can see my my shoulders are up the thing that gets me with that is for years we've been telling men they should tell people what they think and now we've got this thing that's called man flu it's been there for a long time where it's like oh you're just over-exaggerating your sickness it's like It's like two sides.
RydelHOST
49:45
Yeah, it's interesting.
RydelHOST
49:47
It's the same thing as like the man flu.
RydelHOST
49:49
And like, you know, like guys all the time, they're like, I'm dying.
RydelHOST
49:53
Like, Oh, I have a cold.
RydelHOST
50:20
But then when Super's sick, you know about it.
RydelHOST
50:23
You're like, oh my gosh, do we need to go to the ER right now? Are you dying? Are you okay? Because he's so loud about it.
RydelHOST
50:31
And I'm just like, oh my gosh, he has like the man flu already.
RydelHOST
50:34
So I'm trying to like, I don't want that to be a thing.
Lucy ZelichGUEST
0:51
Oh, no.
Lucy ZelichGUEST
0:52
So I had to deal with two small kids, my children, then my sister who came to surprise us for a visit, then she copped it, and now my husband, God love him, he's got the man flu.
Lucy ZelichGUEST
1:01
He said to me yesterday, if I have to go another day like this, I might die.
Lucy ZelichGUEST
1:05
So I very politely said to
Lucy ZelichGUEST
1:11
It is
Danica De GiorgioHOST
1:11
a threat.
Danica De GiorgioHOST
1:12
Man flu, man flu is absolutely a thing.
Danica De GiorgioHOST
1:16
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