I'll vouch for the severity of real flu. I was in bed with it when my young stepdaughter told me that a pikey was stealing a large radiator that I removed for a re-plastering job and left propped against the side wall of our house (not in full view). All I could do was tell her: get his reg number.

I'd normally be well up for some argy-bargy with a scoundrel like that. I just could not rise from bed.

Bill.