Legal high
The first time I went to Africa with work, they said it was a hotbed of malaria, and I had to take Larium.

The side-effects list for Larium, as you may well know, fills two sides of A4 paper and ranges from "mild sweating" to "Actual DEATH, your soul stalking the Earth, screaming for all eternity".

For me, it was "Creating a bit of a Hullaballoo".

I saw the work doctor, and took the first pill during my lunch break.

Then, I returned to work (then - the control room of a major broadcaster), where I was told that I "started to make noises like a cow" whilst racing around the room on my chair.

After none of my colleagues joined me in a rousing rendition of The Blacksmith's Song", I sat in the middle of the floor, rocking back and forth like one of those bears you see in animal welfare adverts during Countdown.

I'd like to say it took three grown men to hold me down, but I'm a weakling, and they got a nice nurse to lead me away.

Larium: Best taken just before you go to bed. That way you only have the Hullaballoo in your sleep.
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 13:43, 2 replies)

Malarone did something similar to me. Horrific stuff. After a week I decided I was better off chancing it with the malaria.
(Reesy, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 20:43, closed)

have a click
for judicious use of the word 'hullaballoo
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 14:31, closed)