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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 02:57 PM
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i have a nasty f'n head coLd
what hot drink wouLd be better for it?

cocoa?
coffee?
tea?
cafe mocha?
urine?
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 02:59 PM
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1. Probably tea
I think clear liquids are supposed to be best when you have a cold
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:02 PM
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7. but that's yucky
and not chocoLatey

mmmm chocoLate
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:00 PM
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2. Blackberry brandy
have some every hour, or whenever you feel like some.

Better yet, play Bob Newhart* with a bottle of NiteQil.

*Watch the Bob Newhart show and every time someone says "Bob", you drink.
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:00 PM
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3. hot toddy--hot lemonade w/a shot always makes me feel better :)
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Jessica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:01 PM
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4. Try some hot peppermint tea.
Always clears my head -- and it tastes better than urine. :)
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:04 PM
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9. I swear I won't even ask . . .
:evilgrin:
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:01 PM
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5. How appropriate for..
Someone named Sniffa. Take some whiskey and fall asleep to something on the Telly.......
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:01 PM
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6. so why are you here spreading your germs????
:freak:
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:04 PM
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8. sucks - sorry
had one that started last week in the chest; was almost done when my SO brought some ebola home from his office, then the niece strain from out of state; I had the triple whammy. My immune system should be cranked for about the next ten years now, but still hurkin up the occasional bright green furry lung booger - hope yours just stays in the head.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:06 PM
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11. me too
my chest has been kinda crappy aLL weekend but today i'm just miserabLe. :(
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:06 PM
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10. tea.. would be good especially if you could find that honey flu stuff
to put in it. Works for me all the time.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:09 PM
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12. SO is tha tlike the Sniffa Sniffles?
I suggest herbal tea with lemon and honey.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:12 PM
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13. actuaLLy
i'm compLeteLy dried out (which i think wouLd normaLLy mean the end of the coLd) yet i feeL worse today. :shrug:
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:13 PM
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14. snort
Edited on Tue Jan-18-05 03:14 PM by jonnyblitz
urine. :P

sorry to hear u feel like crap though.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 03:14 PM
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15. Would you stop sniffaling please,
its keeping me awake.

Have a couple of beers and then you'll feel better.

:beer:
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 04:05 PM
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16. Poor little dear
Water in large quantities, and brandy.

From your list, coffee. If I need to work with a heavy cold, I have incredibly strong black-sweet coffee, my whole mind is just a fog but I can work at a spectacular rate (on mindless stuff at least) on the caffeine high and sugar rush.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 04:18 PM
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17. Water--you said you're all dried out but feeling worse, and that might be
why. Partial dehydration?

Plain water in stupid quantities. As much as you can tolerate.

(My mom got me a book titled "You're not sick, you're thirsty" LOL. I'm all about water lately.)

Then have some tea.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 04:19 PM
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18. whiskey you putz, as long as you don't steal it from a homeless person
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 04:22 PM
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19. Wnat me to suck the snot out of your head?
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 05:07 PM
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20. I swear by this stuff
Hope you get better fast
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 05:14 PM
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21. A couple shots of brown liquor (preferably Rye if it's available),
put on wool socks, and then bury yourself under as many blankets as you can stand to be under and go to sleep.

That usually does the trick for me. I'm not sure that medical science believes in "sweating out a cold", but I always feel immensely better the day after.
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