yvr girl
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:03 PM
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GOPisEvil assures me that copious amounts of liquor will help my cold |
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Is this true, or is it some kind of Texas trick?
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:06 PM
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(who spent his life in the east Texas oil patch) had the following RX
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a fifth of whiskey a four-poster bed a hat.
Put your hat on one of the foot-posts, lie down in bed, and drink until you see three hats.
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:22 PM
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7. Who has a hat and a 4 poster bed? Why not just lie down on a |
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regular bed and drink until you see a four-poster bed?
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:06 PM
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2. If you don't kill the germs, you will definately show them a good time. |
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Actually, you have to get really drunk. While you are drunk you forget the cold, and then when you are hungover you feel too bad to feel the cold. When the hangover starts to wear off and you feel the cold, you repeat the process.
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:10 PM
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It just makes the dehydration, and resultant hangover, much worse.
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:15 PM
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I remember the days when a hot toddy was the Rx for a cold - even for children. But hydration is key for getting over a cold and alcohol dries you out.
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:18 PM
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5. Depends if you need sleep or not |
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Alcohol does thin mucous and it's a mild sedative, and a key ingredient in hot toddies and nyquil, and other snake oils from the past.
A shot of brandy in a hot toddy won't dehydrate you that much. My favorite cold cure is plenty of hot Thera-Flu and bed rest.
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:19 PM
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6. It also makes you funnier and better looking. |
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:23 PM
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9. Not to mention making the person you are with better looking and sexier. |
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:23 PM
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8. Nyquil or vodka...choose your poison |
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vodka tastes better (w/a little orange juice)
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:26 PM
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But be sure it's the original green death fucking flavor, not that pussy-ass cherry shit.
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:52 PM
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13. Drink, Drink, Drink, Drink |
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:25 PM
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10. First-with all due respect to the Gentleman from Texas- |
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:beer: consider your source!:toast:
JUST Kidding, of course:pals: I think he has a Doctrate in Alcohology:wtf:
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:33 PM
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12. I didn't say copious...just a shot in your tea with lemon. |
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How big of a shot is up to you. :-)
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:54 PM
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14. I knew what you meant |
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Wed Mar-02-05 03:01 PM
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15. I don't know if it will help, but you'll forget about your cold for a bit. |
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