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08 November 2007

I'm a-dickie. →[More:] (that's jonmc&pipsspeak for 'sick.') I've got the mother of all head colds. My nose, she is the brick of the snot. I can't imagine why. I only spend my days digging used books covered in mysterious dust out of trashbags proffered by homeless guys and other street flotsam. How could that be dangerous?

Who am I kidding, it's probably one of those drug resistant SuperColds that I'll have till I'm 90. I downed some Alka-Seltzer Cold a few minutes ago. The 'Orange Zest' flavor is actually quite piquant. They had a 'Mucus & Congestion Formula' but bringing that to the counter would make me feel irredeemably wretched, not to mention prompt the cashier to put on a HazMat suit.

*snuffles*

post by: jonmc at: 09:39 | 19 comments

feel better soon!

posted by MonkeyButter 08 November | 09:45

JONMC: "How much for this?" offers Mucus & Congestion Formula to COUNTERPERSON.

COUNTERPERSON: (makes hex sign) "The prophecy! IT LI-IVES!"

COUNTERPERSON runs away screaming.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 08 November | 09:49

Last night a friend of mine told me that I was getting sick. That he could "smell it". I was both horrified and incredibly dubious. "No, no, I can usually just tell when someone is getting sick." I asked him to describe the smell, and he couldn't. But then he refused to admit he was pulling my leg.

This morning I woke up with the scratchy throat cold-omen.

Poor jon. Hope you can get some rest. Then again, if you already took cold medicine, you're probably faceplanted on your keyboard, whuffling in your own drool right now.

posted by Hermitosis 08 November | 09:49

Remember who you're talking to here, Hermitosis. It takes more than some candy-ass fizzy tablet to faceplant me, yo.

posted by jonmc 08 November | 09:53

Hope you feel better pronto, bud.

As I do whenever a friend gets sick, I'll recommend you megadose on this stuff for awhile- every three hours until you feel better. Then when you're well, keep taking it twice a day till spring. I do this when the cold/sick/sinus-y season starts, because A) I ride public transit, B) I work in a poorly-ventilated building with hundreds of people all using the same equipment, and C) I'm prone to sore throats and sinus crap. Since I started taking that stuff about three winters ago, I have not gotten anything more than a slight sniffle, which I chased away by upping the dosage for awhile.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 November | 09:58

Seriously, get some saline nose spray, bro. It'll clear out the honker and kill the germs while it's at it.

And lower your sugar consumption till you feel better. Just increase the pickled pigs feet and you won't miss the Pocky.

posted by bunnyfire 08 November | 10:07

Bunnyfire - everyone misses the Pocky. Pocky, come home! Dad won't holler no more, promise!

posted by Lipstick Thespian 08 November | 10:42

Sending along get well whuffles and snot clearing vibes. Sounds like an under-the-blankie day and Gilligan's Island.

posted by chewatadistance 08 November | 11:00

I have often managed to knock a serious cold back to a tiny sniffle using echinacea.

Just sayin'; might be worth a try.

posted by chuckdarwin 08 November | 11:26

I took an echinacea capsule once. It made me gag so violently that I almost vomited, don't ask me why.

posted by jonmc 08 November | 11:38

I think you can get drops and spray, as well

posted by chuckdarwin 08 November | 11:48

I've got the mother of all head colds.

You've been drinking out of wet glasses again, haven't you.

*sighs, shakes head*

posted by essexjan 08 November | 12:09

since when do I use a glass, jan?

posted by jonmc 08 November | 12:14

since when do I use a glass, jan?

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by essexjan 08 November | 12:38

I was eating out.

posted by jonmc 08 November | 12:55

You've been drinking out of wet glasses again, haven't you.

Funny EJ :)

posted by doctor_negative 08 November | 13:48

maybe jrossi will share her NyQuil?
Feel better soon!

posted by getoffmylawn 08 November | 14:52

Oh yes...I will most certainly share my NyQuil!! You have my sympathy, jon. If it's what I just got over, it's a doozy. The NyQuil/DayQuil combo got me through. But just barely.

I really need to get my flu shot.

posted by jrossi4r 08 November | 15:26

I prescribe whiskey. It always makes me feel better when I have a cold.

posted by youngergirl44 08 November | 19:15

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