Spreading the virus ....

[TheOstrich]

OK!

So I am a complete locktivist. Forget all this easing of restrictions, I still do the "pavement dance" , wear a mask down the High Street, glare at anyone in the same aisle as me in the supermarket , and have put a complete ban on meeting up - anyone, anywhere ....

And yet. Despite all these precautions - I've got the virus!

No, not the coronavirus. The flippin' rhinovirus. Yes, completely out of nowhere, Ossie has got a wretched headcold. All the usual symptoms, huge sneezing fits, sore throat and palate (I'm gobbling Strepsils ), rheumy eyes (I look like some old-timer out of the Wild West ), and the clincher - a HUGE appetite. "Oh Gawd ... " said Mrs O. Two rounds of toast and orange & whiskey marmalade for elevenses; now I've just demolished a large lamb steak, roast potatoes, cabbage, capers, onions, mint sauce and gravy followed by a bread and butter puddin' and I'm still ravenous ....

How have I caught this wretched bug? I have absolutely no idea. I haven't seen anyone in weeks. It must be an internet virus. Any of you lot out there sufferin' the same thing? Eh? Eh? Cum'on confess!

Ossie - off to find another toilet roll for the snorkelling fits, and then raid the fridge ...

[JanB]

Were you out in your garden and some-one sneezed two streets away?

I've got a mild dose of hay fever

And I've always got the munchies

Hope you feel better soon Ossie xx

[TheOstrich]

Thanks, Jan

I did think it might be hay fever at first, because there's a huge amount of blossom on the trees at the moment, added to which Mrs O bought a scented jasmine for the living room a week ago, but no, this is the real thing, the full shilling, I'm afraid ....

[Kaz]

*Steps a few feet back* Oh poor you (((((((x))))))

[saundra]

Of been sneezing and snuffy think it's hayfever
Better isolate to the shed ossie with munchies of course

[Workingman]

I'm fine.... but then I keep well away from Rhinos, and Hippos as well.

Coat! >>>

Seriously though. It could be that by this time in a normal year we might have already had a few mild, almost unnoticeable, bouts of cold whereas all the protections we have used against coronavirus could have lessened them and left some of us open to a really good cold!

Stick with the whisky.

[cruiser2]

If you have got a long straw you can have some of the bottle of whisky I opened last night.
It is a 12year old single malt.
It will save washing the glasses.
Hope you soon recover