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Whingey Tue 17-Feb-26 18:13:38

Man in hospital I feel awful it's all the anti bollox pills they keep giving me 🤣

Georgesgran Tue 17-Feb-26 19:20:14

Man? Or I am?

ixion Tue 17-Feb-26 19:23:25

I've no idea what this means.

Astitchintime Tue 17-Feb-26 19:27:34

Maybe Whingey IS a man??

SORES Tue 17-Feb-26 19:30:32

Whingey’s posts have regularly been incomprehensible,
often bizarre, occasionally surreal: why would this one
be any different.

RosiesMawagain Tue 17-Feb-26 19:35:22

I took it to mean Whingey overheard this malapropism in hospital?

Elegran Tue 17-Feb-26 19:45:41

I took it to be "Oh man!" like "Oh God!" It sounds as if Whingey is in hospital being filled up with pills of some sort. I don't know what anti-bollox pills do for you, but I hope they help whatever it is.

PS Googled them - found this seller. www.etsy.com/uk/market/anti_bollocks_pills It seems you can get joke pills for anti just about everything - must remember this page for next Christmas.

Fallingstar Tue 17-Feb-26 19:48:25

I really don’t get it.
But that could just be me.
Is it a joke?

Elegran Tue 17-Feb-26 23:06:00

It may be a joke, but it seems to me that Whingey is upset and a bit confused. Maybe the "anti-bollox pills" were prescribed to calm down her speech because she was talking incoherently when she was admitted?

I once had a TIA and one of the symptoms was that when I spoke I didn't get the words right - do you remember the entertainer Stanley Unwin's monologues? They sounded as if they ought to make sense, but you couldn't understand them. It may be pills for that. Or perhaps she means antibiotics?

BlueBelle Wed 18-Feb-26 05:43:50

I m not sure if it means they are in hospital or their man / husband is in hospital but ….

I read it as ‘I am in hospital’ so if that’s the case I m really sorry whingey I hope you will be ok.
Sores that sounds unkind none of us knows others situations

Whingey I hope if it’s you in hospital you soon feel a lot better and the horrible pills work.
Good luck

mum2three Wed 18-Feb-26 05:51:37

It takes mental effort just to log into a site, so this thread is surely not genuine.

Farmor15 Wed 18-Feb-26 06:04:46

I think it's meant to be a joke as laughter emoji at end. However, it should probably read- Man in hospital: "I feel awful.............."

Cossy Wed 18-Feb-26 08:11:54

??? 🤣🤣🤣

Whingey Wed 18-Feb-26 09:36:24

Yes a man in hospital got the word for antibiotics wrong

Retroladytyping Wed 18-Feb-26 09:42:16

It's half term ...