Feeling a little under the weather?

Around here if you're feeling a little under the weather it's perfectly acceptable to say, "I'm a little coughy." Now, if you're not used to hearing that, you think you heard, "I'm a little coffee," in which case one might reply "What in the world are you talking about?" and your mind quickly runs through the possibilities of how you could possibly have misunderstood the sentence. You want some coffee? You need a little pick-me-up? You're a little what? Or you might be one of those smarty-pants who comes up with a quick response to everything so you say in reply, "I'm a little teapot!"  Trust me on this - as strange of a look as you may have given someone when they make the perfectly reasonable statement "I'm a little coughy," it's nothing compared to how they're going to look at you when you say "I'm a little teapot" in a culture that doesn't have that particular nursery rhyme. Anyway, don't worry about us - we're in good health and hopefully neither of us will be too coughy anytime soon.  -Shauen