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struggle4progress

(118,332 posts)
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 06:12 PM Oct 2014

A treatment for theism has been announced in Volume 44 of

Gaillard's Medical Journal (1887), page 512

You can download it here, but for those who don't want to expose their computers to the Ebola virus, here's a short excerpt:

Attention has recently been drawn to a new nervous disorder ... called "Theism," or Tea-Drinker's Disease ... The best treatment ... is said to be ... exercise, such as walking ...


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Health activists have been tossing tea into Boston Harbor since 1773
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Lewis Carroll warned us about the dangers of tea parties
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As human beings, you and I need fresh pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids
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No true atheist puts tea on his porridge
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A treatment for theism has been announced in Volume 44 of (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2014 OP
Oh, it is horrid!! Together we can find a cure. cbayer Oct 2014 #1
So the cure is aTheism? rug Oct 2014 #2
Yes, they will need to go to TA meetings though. cbayer Oct 2014 #4
If they make me Ill get $2,000,000. rug Oct 2014 #5
Not before you have to go back to prison for all the terrible cbayer Oct 2014 #6
I'll never be forgiven for the Crusades. rug Oct 2014 #7
It's the witch hunts I worry about. cbayer Oct 2014 #8
Never mind the foreigners! okasha Oct 2014 #9
Yes, I started drinking sweet tea at a very young age cbayer Oct 2014 #10
Even as I write, okasha Oct 2014 #11
Ruh-roh raggy. cbayer Oct 2014 #12
I remember that. okasha Oct 2014 #13
I'm still not sure I've got it right, but maybe someday cbayer Oct 2014 #14
Lewis Carroll never saw this video Fumesucker Oct 2014 #3

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
1. Oh, it is horrid!! Together we can find a cure.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 06:25 PM
Oct 2014

Chronic poisoning due to immoderate levels of tea-drinking, marked by palpitation, insomnia, headache, and dyspepsia.

I am particularly concerned about our dear members from the UK.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
6. Not before you have to go back to prison for all the terrible
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 06:43 PM
Oct 2014

things you have done during your bout of theism.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
8. It's the witch hunts I worry about.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:06 PM
Oct 2014

If you have not admitted you are powerless over your theism, they may come looking for you.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
9. Never mind the foreigners!
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:08 PM
Oct 2014

Think of all of us across the south and west of the US who were indoctrinated into the use of the vile beverage in childhood! That's child abuse!

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
10. Yes, I started drinking sweet tea at a very young age
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:15 PM
Oct 2014

and I have never been able to fully stop.

Plus I think I have a lot of the symptoms.

Woe is me!

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
12. Ruh-roh raggy.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:41 PM
Oct 2014

I was recently told that I am pretty much illiterate and have no internet saavy because I was not familiar with this phrase.

It is apparently from a very bad cartoon that I missed.

So, I am trying to catch up and hold my own. It's a struggle, but I have faith.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
13. I remember that.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:09 PM
Oct 2014

I think the poster was in a "10 Silliest Posts on DU Ever" competition or something.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
14. I'm still not sure I've got it right, but maybe someday
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:17 PM
Oct 2014

I will have the internet savvy I need to be considered legitimate.

Until then, I will just struggle along.

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