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15 December 2005

I have a new drug of choice. →[More:]It's Airborne! Over the counter cold preventer. Got it last night and I'm addicted. I'm two seconds from crushing the pills and snorting them.

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 17:40 | 14 comments

Just don't give them to your dog.

posted by terrapin 15 December | 17:41

Haaaaaaaaaaaa.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 15 December | 17:42

wtf is a "Cold Preventer"?

posted by delmoi 15 December | 17:49

You take it before you get sick. It's basically a herbal supplement with loooooads of Vitamin C. And it was on Oprah.

::contines cutting lines::

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 15 December | 17:51

Yeah, the stuff is awesome. Walgreen's has a generic version now, too, after it sold out thanks to that Oprah hit.

posted by me3dia 15 December | 17:59

How is that any different from taking echinacea and lots of Vitamin C during cold season, which is what I've been doing for years? Is it just that it all comes together in one pill?

posted by matildaben 15 December | 18:06

Yup, and you put it in water and it fizzes and pops!

Good to know about the generic version.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 15 December | 18:18

wtf is a "Cold Preventer"?

Oxycontin. Prevents just about everything except itches.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 15 December | 18:53

It even prevents Oprah, AND Dr. Phil.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 15 December | 18:53

a friend gave me airborne but i was already sick so it didn't help...it reminded me of alka seltzer cold tho...

posted by amberglow 15 December | 18:55

Cold-eez is good for once you're already sick.
And airborne is amazing stuff. I take it all winter when everyone in my office is sick, so I don't catch the plague from the recirculated air.

posted by kellydamnit 15 December | 19:16

Dosen't anybody just drink booze or smoke dope anymore?

posted by jonmc 15 December | 19:54

Airborne. Airborne. Airborne. Can't say enough about it. Been taking it for a couple of years- before going to the airport and halfway through my time in the air.

posted by puddinghead 15 December | 20:54

C ain't no good without some Zn.

Serious, man. You want zinc citrate/zinc gluconate plus vitamin c.

posted by Five Fresh Fish 16 December | 06:04

← Alrighty then. || Holy →

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