Life is strange. / myLot

Ireland

January 23, 2025 10:26am CST

I bought a hand-held vacuum with which to clean my car. But aren’t all vacuum cleaners hand held? I hold the vacuum cleaner in the house in my hand - always have, always will. And it seems that a large section of English people are vomiting this week - the winter vomiting bug - and hospitals are feeling the strain. Of course by referring to this affliction as the Winter Vomiting Bug is just a doctor’s way of saying to a patient, “Yes I recognise that your dinner is coming out of your mouth, but I don’t know why”.

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Fleur

@Fleura (30776)

• United Kingdom

Well we do know why, it's because they've caught Norovirus. And our vacuum cleaner (Henry) rolls along the floor while we just push the brush at the end of the hose around.

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (43876)

• United States

Could this vomiting disease be NoroVirus? If it is the virus or a new disease, please don't share it. We don't need it here.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (95276)

• United States

27m

Anytime anyone vomits I just say they must have the flu. That seems to encompass everything.

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (42050)

• United States

Well, whatever it's called, I hope you and your family don't get it. My grandson is a bit better with the flu, but now our daughter is awfully sick with it.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13201)

• Ireland

@1creekgirl Being sick is a miserable affair.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (221858)

• Walnut Creek, California

I love the fancy names doctors give to things they can basically say, "Heck if I know."

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Aparna Sen

@Dreamerby (6289)

• Calcutta, India

I don't know much about this winter-vomiting bug. 2 weeks before I had a viral fever that almost lasted for like 10 days and I did throw up 2 times during that phase. I guess digestion abilities go down at that time.

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LooeyVille

@LooeyVille (63)

• United States

28m

Sounds like a bad time to be a nurse