An acceptable sickness to some people is being too sick to go to school or to work, but well enough to play video games at home. “Homemade turkey and vegetable broth with rotini for me and the youngest, who’s too sick for school. But well enough to play video games” was posted on Twitter on October 5, 2012. “It’s funny to me that a child can be sick enough to not go to school but well enough to play video games all day long” was posted on Twitter on January 24, 2013.
“You want to be sick enough to stay home but well enough to enjoy video games” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on December 23, 2017.
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Heather Joan Tam
@HeatherJoanTam
Homemade turkey and vegetable broth with rotini for me and the youngest, who’s too sick for school. But well enough to play video games.
1:54 PM - 5 Oct 2012
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Honey_Dip 🇵🇦
@PanamaChica
It’s funny to me that a child can be sick enough to not go to school but well enough to play video games all day long.
3:28 PM - 24 Jan 2013
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Nathan Culberson
@natethegreat695
I’m at that awesome stage of too-sick-to-go-to-work-but-well-enough-to-play-video-games-and-guitar. #Mono #Recovering
2:14 PM - 29 Jan 2013
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2nd-Place Sean
@karatechop16
Sick enough to not be able to go to family functions, but well enough to play video games is pretty much the sweet spot of living life.
1:30 PM - 20 Dec 2015
Twitter
Kawika 🎧
@kawika498
Those time where your sick enough not to do anything but well enough to play video games.
2:42 AM - 2 Jul 2016
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
You want to be sick enough to stay home but well enough to enjoy video games.
submitted December 23, 2017 by God-Pop
Twitter
Shower Thoughts
@Thoughts4Shower
You want to be sick enough to stay home but well enough to enjoy video games.
#showerthoughts
10:44 PM - 22 Dec 2017 (Posted after the above.—ed.)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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