# No, I Am \*NOT\* Getting Sick! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114 "2006-04-03T18:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/1 "2006-04-03T18:35:21Z")
No way, no how. No happening. That sneeze was just a one-off thing. Happens every day. That one too. That achiness is probably just…hunger. Yes, hunger, that’ll fit the bill. That soreness in my throat is…errr…well, I don’t know what it is, but it’s _not_ a sore throat. The slight dizziness is…ummm…lack of sleep. No, wait, I got a good night’s sleep last night. It must be from working too hard then. _ **\** _ Ahhh, crap. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/2 "2006-04-03T18:42:11Z")
Here, have a tissue. No, have several. I feel your pain. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/3 "2006-04-03T18:52:16Z")
**Hal** , I just got a club pack of tissues. I can give you a box, if you need it. I’ll have to keep the others, though - I’m going through tissues like they’re potato chips. Not that I’m sick, or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/4 "2006-04-03T19:51:18Z")
So… …are you getting sick? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/5 "2006-04-03T19:51:43Z")
I’ve read about you and the sheep. You are one sick puppy. You’re not getting sick – you already are sick. Sick and twisted. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/6 "2006-04-03T19:52:07Z")
It’s probably scrapie. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/7 "2006-04-03T19:55:53Z")
Oh dear - sounds like you’ve got what I’m just getting over. I pretty much lost 3 days of my life, but I’m older and decrepiter than you are, so maybe you’ll get off easier. I had to sleep in a recliner for 3 nights because lying flat brought on coughing fits, and stacking a mountain of pillows just didn’t do it. I’m hoping to return to my bed tonight. And when you’re done with my germs, you don’t have to give them back. No, really… feel better! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/8 "2006-04-03T20:14:28Z")
I’m headed for the Doctor’s tomorrow. Pretty sure it is just my allergies though, Sore Throat, Post Nasal Drip and stomach discomfort from popping Advil Cold and Sinus Pills. Do you have allergies? The pollen count was ridiculous this weekend in the Garden State. If your symptoms are like mine, that may be what you got. Hope you feel better soon. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/9 "2006-04-03T20:18:16Z")
Oh please, you big baby. What happens when you’re sick? You call in to your home office and say you’ll spend the day on the couch? Pshaw. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/10 "2006-04-03T21:50:14Z")
_audible sigh_ Ah, I am so glad I don’t get sick… _sniffs a few times_ Ah yes…clear nasal passages. Love em! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/11 "2006-04-03T22:59:52Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > It’s probably scrapie. Or he’s allergic to wool. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/12 "2006-04-03T23:26:57Z")
Now hang on a minute. **Hal** is sick, and he doesn’t get a moment’s peace. It’s been months and that tired old gag just keeps coming up, so that poor **Hal** can’t even recuperate for five minutes without hearing another barb. Ewe should be ashamed of yourself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-getting-sick/351114/13 "2006-04-04T02:48:30Z")
So, **Hal** , achy muscles? burny eyes? coughing? sneezing? an itchy pain in the nasopharnx? itchy/sore throat? skin feels icky? Then I’m not sick either… :dubious: