Incorporate local honey into your daily diet.
It will strengthen your immunity against the pollens in that area.
It has to be unpasteurised - the stuff in supermarkets is shite because all the good things in it have been killed off.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 11:52, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

And burying half a potato in the moonlight cures warts

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 11:57, Reply)

I like this

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:11, Reply)

Doesn't that only work if you dilute the honey?

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 11:59, Reply)

That doesn't sound too stupid
And I love honey. Any idea where I can get it in Manchester?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:11, Reply)

Sainsbees

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:12, Reply)

Is that a joke?
Or a game of words (Sainsbury's)?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:13, Reply)

yes, and it was very funny click I like this now.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Done
Thanks for explaining
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:20, Reply)

you are an awful person

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Nope, stop...
Honey is regurgitated nectar, hayfever is caused by pollen, 2 very different things.

Hayfever is caused by pollen up the nasal cavity, so even if honey did help because of "trace levels of pollen" or some such nonsense, you would have to snort it not digest it.

Hayfever is generally caused by wind pollenated plants, honey is derived from insect pollenated plants.

These guys say it doesnt help: Rajan TV, Tennen H, Lindquist RL, Cohen L, Clive J (February 2002). "Effect of ingestion of honey on symptoms of rhinoconjunctivitis". Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 88 (2): 198–203
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Yeah well my nan says it works and she knows everything

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:21, Reply)

But I like honey
:(
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:21, Reply)

Oh go on then
Have you tried eating honey? It cures hayfever.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:25, Reply)

Oh, that's great
Because I love honey, and I never eat it because I'm always on a diet, but now I have a good reason to eat it. You're my saviour! Thanks.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:26, Reply)

Don't thank me...thank the bees!
Insect vomit has never been so delicious.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:29, Reply)

True
You know, I'm learning so many things... The other day I learnt that bumblebees don't sting and live in buried places in the earth.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:31, Reply)

I knew they lived in the ground, because I have a few resident bumblers in my garden
I didn't know that they don't sting. Does that mean I can stop running around with my hands in the air shrieking like a girl when I see one?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:34, Reply)

Yes, you can
I stopped doing it a couple of months ago, when I was laughed at and then explained. They're in fact very sweet insects. You can hold them on your hands and they'll walk around without flying away.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:36, Reply)

I did biology at uni, and for one of the zoology modules we had to do an insect collection.
This involved catching insects, gassing them to death with ether and then pinning them out. I caught a giant bumble bee which woke up after I pinned it out! It was nightmarish, this large insect trying to move despite all the pins.

That night I had a dream that a giant bumble bee was pinning me out for display.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:42, Reply)

Ayayayay
Poor thingy! I don't think I could do anything like that. I find sooooo creepy those buterflies collections.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:43, Reply)

I wouldn't do it again
Killing the flies was ok, but I had to collect 9 "orders" of insect, and 3 of each order. I felt really bad for the butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers and even the beetles.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:50, Reply)

I would too
I wouldn't mind the mosquitoes and flies. Or ants. Anything else would be a no from me. I'm glad we didn't have anything like that, as I'm sure I'd have failed that subject.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:52, Reply)

I kept the collection for years (8 to be precise)
I only threw it out 4 years ago when I moved into my house. I have been especially nice to bumblebees since that awful collection.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:56, Reply)

They're sweet things
I have a few of them coming to my balcony, now that I have flowers on it. They're very soft too.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:59, Reply)

the other day my mate was trying to convince me that we should collect big bumblebees
make them drowsy in the freezer, and attach thread to them, so we'd have bees on a leash.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:44, Reply)

It's worth a shot
if you had enough they could go forth and do your bidding. Or you could re-enact "James and the giant peach" with bumblers instead of seagulls.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:48, Reply)

I agree
through experimentation. Never helped me one jot.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:21, Reply)

Yeah, that post made me sound like a know-it-all dick
Hayfever ruins may life every 4 years or so (a bit like the world cup ROLFMAYO!!11)

Which is why I know a bit about it. My worst year for it was the year I learnt to drive, which was a complete bastard.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 12:28, Reply)