Citations:Kung Flu

English citations of Kung Flu, Kung flu, kung flu, Kung-Flu, Kung-flu, and kung-flu

jocular fictional disease of martial artists, or of China (associated with kung fu)

• 1988, Joseph Rosenbloom, The world's best sports riddles and jokes, Sterling Publishing (NY) (→ISBN):

  What is small, round and green and knows karate? Bruce Pea.

  What sickness did Bruce Lee get every winter? Kung Flu.

  Why did the karate expert wear a black belt? To keep his pants up.

• 1998, Sandy Ransford, Big bad classroom jokes (→ISBN)

  What's the most common disease in China? Kung flu. When does a flu virus think it's successful? When it brings someone to their sneeze.

• 2010, Cyl Lee, More Really Silly Jokes, ABDO (→ISBN), page 9:

  What illness do martial artists get? The kung flu!

• 2012, Jonathan Swan, Funny Shaped Balls: The Biggest Book of Sporting Jokes Ever, Random House (→ISBN), page 236:

  What food do Ninjas eat? Kung food.

  What did Bruce Lee catch? Kung flu.

• 2020, Jessica Rusick, World's Best (and Worst) Gross Jokes, Millbrook Press (→ISBN), page 18:

  Q: Why did the ninja stay home?

  A: He was sick with the kung flu!

real or fictional sickness that knocks one down, like kung fu

• 2010, Reginald Hill, Death's Jest-Book, Seal Books (→ISBN), page 148:

  Young Mr Linford is too ill to attend. Possibly the advance guard of this new flu virus which is rife in London. Kung Flu, they call it, a play I assume on Kung Fu, because it knocks you down and leaves you helpless.

real sickness that originates from or is associated with Asia

• 1973, Views Letter:

  The Asiatic virus is with us once again. This season, however, some witty physician calls it, "Kung flu."