Is it possible to OD on vitamin C tablets and Lemsip?
alt q: dodgy home remedies? Ones you've taken or distributed.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:49, 161 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Ask Monty!
Home remedy - dont take paracetamols when I have a headache, just drink a few pints of water. Normally sorts it out for me
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:51, Reply)

I hold my breath for head aches. After three or four periods of breath holding
it goes.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Along with consciousness?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:53, Reply)

the trick is to allow yourself enought time in between the periods to reup on your breath.
I reckon you can master this corpsey.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

The vietnamese pinch the bridge of their nose between their eyes to cure headaches
crazy bastards. Good food though.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:56, Reply)

I also saw somewhere about pinching the skin between thumb and forefinger
but that can't be true.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:58, Reply)

It works but only for a short while and you have to pinch
hard enough for it to really hurt.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:15, Reply)

The body cannot store vitC, so no you cannot
but Lemsip contains parrots-eat-em-all, which you can OD on.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Actually you can apparently overdose on vitC - LD-50 in rats is about 11g/kg.
However eating a tenth of your bodyweight in anything will probably kill you so I'm not sure it really counts.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:56, Reply)

Good old wiki
Vitamin C is water soluble, with dietary excesses not absorbed, and excesses in the blood rapidly excreted in the urine. It exhibits remarkably low toxicity. The LD50 (the dose that will kill 50% of a population) in rats is generally accepted to be 11.9 grams per kilogram of body weight when given by forced gavage (orally). The mechanism of death from such doses (1.2% of body weight, or 1.8 lbs for a 150 lb human) is unknown, but may be more mechanical than chemical
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

wiki just did my german homework for me
this may be why my german is still shit after 6 months.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:06, Reply)

I really wish Google language translator had existed when I was at school
I hated German, but I got a 'B' at GCSE in 1993. Mummy was so proud.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:10, Reply)

my parents would have banned me from the internet anyway
they were really really keen on things like exams, i was forever getting detention and then being grounded because of the detention.

now look what they've done to me, see where i ended up, weeping into my pile of 6 month bills that my clients won't want to pay...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:15, Reply)

I don't know why
But I imagined you as a goodie-two-shoes who'd never had been put in detention in your life.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:19, Reply)

haha good god no
i was dreadful. i got good grades but appalling effort grades. to be fair though it was all very very middle-class stuff - wearing make-up to school, sneaking out to the stockport mcdonald's instead of school slop, skiving lessons, snogging boys in the quad etc. it just felt rebellious at the time!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:31, Reply)

MAKE THEM PAY! *bangs desk with fist*
A client who has outstanding fees phoned me today, I really had to fight the urge tell them to phone back when they had paid their sodding bill.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:20, Reply)

yes i get this a LOT
i have one guy in particular who insists on really stingy tiny fixed fees, then calls me every 5 minutes and emails me 15 times a day. then he wonders why his bill is £3,500 not £350. but then if you ignore them, or say what you very rightly suggest, you are negligent!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:28, Reply)

that's a hundredth though, isn't it?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:11, Reply)

yes it is
Lemsip has paracetomal in uit. The max stuff has 2 tablets worth
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Paracetomal and Eskimos?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:53, Reply)

Hair of the dog.
Best of all the hangover cures.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

I just have a cold. Being a poof.
Am watching shit american sport movies.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:53, Reply)

Which movies?
Also; what they said, don't overdo Lemsip but you can take as many Vit C as you like. My policy when I have a cold is to chug back as many fo the bastards as possible and hammer the germs into submission. You can get these 1000mg ones from Boots that fizz quite nicely on your tongue.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Coach Carter, The Invincibles, Any Given Sunday.
I am set for a while. But I need to go out and buy wellies for school but I can't be arsed. Apparently I did some dancing on saturday night. Edit - I meant the Arsenal 49 Invincible season.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

But I need to go out and buy wellies a protective rubber sheath for school fucking kids.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Why rubber up, they haven't got any diseases......yet.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:00, Reply)

DNA evidence.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:05, Reply)

I see you've thought this through

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

thought this through
practiced this several times.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:24, Reply)

Find a stream for The Social Network
It's class, great dialogue throughout.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:00, Reply)

It looks awful, Dawsons Creek in an office can fuck off.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I think it looks brilliant
and I love that main guy from Zombieland.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:09, Reply)

The Social Network has Zombies in it?
Cool.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:11, Reply)

Jesse something, he is good. But apparently the writing is awful
according to Empire. I have zero interest.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Empire can fuck off
they're like the NME of film magazines, they encourage people to be douchebags about films.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

True, but I still love it.
I will usually give something a go if they give it 3 or more stars. But social network is not up my street at all.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:21, Reply)

You'd need a fuckload, but it's possible to OD on ingredients in Lemsip

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

It happens when people mix various cold/flu products
before they know it their liver is packing up
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:54, Reply)

1.5 times the maximum dose is enough.
you won't notice it at first or maybe for a couple of years but it'll fuck your liver. They don't make up the dosages on the lables you know.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Trepanning works

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:54, Reply)

Only when one puts leeches on the wound.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

At least, no patient ever complains of a headache a second time...

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Trepanning doesn't kill you, silly boy.
Always.

My father always says a bullet to the head is a sure cure for a cold. And everything else.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

you can overdose on vitamin C but you'd have to take a shedload
I've done TONS and never died, but long term it can do your organs in I think.
Lemsip has painkillers in so I'm assuming one can overdose.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

High concentrations of Vit C is bad for your kidneys

(PsychoChomp, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:58, Reply)

That's it.
I couldn't remember which of the organs.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

Kidneys
Best of all the organs
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:07, Reply)

I don't believe in Medicine.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:56, Reply)

Girl you have no faith in medicine

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

Not listened ot that album in a while. It was good.
(unless that was a cover)

Nope, I genuinely don't really like being medicated by anything. I don't take painkillers, I have come to the conclusion that the negativities of drugs for me outway the small amount of pleasure I get before I want the substance out of my body, and some pills just HURT.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

fraid i have to disagree
Couldn't live without my gabapentin
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:17, Reply)

The second to last was refering to illegal drugs
I can rationalise most of them. It's just a combination of habit and opinion.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:20, Reply)

I do
It's saved my life twice this year :)
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Last night a DJ saved my life
not really, I didn't even listen to the radio
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Lemsip has paracetamol in
Welcome to irreperable liver damage.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 11:58, Reply)

Zinc is good to help get rid of a cold. Also try red wine and/or Guinness.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:00, Reply)

I have Vit C-Zinc pills
I'll get on that.

Supposedly good for stretchmarks too.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

yeah.
definitely. You see that gap in the dictionary between gull and guppy? That's where gullible used to be.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:06, Reply)

Isn't zinc good for the elasticity of the skin?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:08, Reply)

I've not the faintest idea, it's not my medical field.
Quite possibly. Do you feel you are somehow deficient in zinc?

Let me put it another way. if you were deficient in zinc, believe me, stretch marks would be the least of your problems. Adding more of something you aren't deficient in is not going to help. Especially in the case of zinc, whose only function in the body is as an enzymatic cofactor.

It's like looking a car with a half-full tank of petrol that for some reason won't start, and going "I know - the solution is to put more petrol in"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:14, Reply)

I only ask as it was recommended to me by my aunt, who claims it helped her.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

I don't know your aunt, so would be unfair to absolutely comment without evidence.
was she also suffering from hair loss and nails dropping off? did she die of alcohol poisoning if she had a single glass of wine? If no to all of those, I suspect she wasn't zinc-deficient.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:25, Reply)

nothing is any use whatsoever at "getting rid" of a cold.
bar a powerful antiviral, and they aren't much use once the virus is in your body.

Some things relieve the symptoms. However, vitamin C and Zinc are not in that list.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:08, Reply)

I found eating a bag of sweet chilli crisps used to make me feel a bit better when I was full of a cold

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:10, Reply)

I'm sure it did.
It's still not actually doing much. Although chili is a fairly effective decongestant, so it's probably relieving some symptoms. but that won't change the length of time you have the cold for.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Well no it didn't cure anything
but it made me feel better for a while, it was especially useful when I was working and didn't want to feel as crappy.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:21, Reply)

what is on the list oh mighty furry one?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

The usual. NSAIDs/painkillers. decongestants.
And generally maintaining your immune system, so staying hydrated and eating healthily.

the rest is just psychosomatic. If booze makes you feel better, drink booze. etc.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:23, Reply)

Cool,
*off to munch a cucumber*
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:29, Reply)

After a certain stage your body will just start to pass the vit C
But like Rootz said, long term it can mess you up a bit if you keep at it. I do fully condone the commissioning of a test though so we can find out once and for all...
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I hope so.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

Ba dum tsh, You'd miss me you big fruit.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

did I survive your friend cull?
I wrote fried cull originally and now I'm hungry. Mmm fried cull
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:09, Reply)

How many more sleeps are there TGB before you get over excited and make a tit of yourself whilst drunk?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

two!!!!!!!!

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:15, Reply)

I'll bet your Internet friends can't wait.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:17, Reply)

nope
they are all very very excited
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:20, Reply)

lies on the internet.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:23, Reply)

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:24, Reply)

:D
I am gleeing hard over this
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:26, Reply)

I have a present for you too.

( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:28, Reply)

I hope it's a signed picture of Bob.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:29, Reply)

Well go to the toilet.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Don't you repress me.

( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:30, Reply)

Ni!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:31, Reply)

not on vit C.
well, it is debatable but not at normal quantities.

Lemsip will fuck your shit right up if you take a lot, paracetamol is an irreversible overdose. You'd need to take a lot, mind you - but I wouldn't recommend trying. Especially if you have any plans to drink for the rest of your life, seeing as how it damages the liver.

I'm not sure what the decongestant is in Lemsip but I'm willing to be OD is possible on that too, but the paracetamol will probably do for you first.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:05, Reply)

The decongestant
is probably pseudoephedrine.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:09, Reply)

Baking Soda gets rid of thrush.
(Someone please confirm?)
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:05, Reply)

The bad guys from "The Man From Uncle"?
not sure about baking soda, but Robert Vaughn and David whatsisface did a sterling job every week.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:08, Reply)

And it kills 99% of Mysterons - dead!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

YOU CANNOT KILL THE MYSTERONS!
only their host body

duh
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:14, Reply)

You can really irritate them by taking the batteries out of their torches...
...so they are unable to do 'the effect' when they announce who they are going to kill.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

I do that every chance I get
"THIS, IS THE VOICE...OF THE MYSTERONS"
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:21, Reply)

Recently bought the DVDs 'for the kids'.
Great stuff.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:34, Reply)

I had to do it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8YbLvGrb0

It's been said before - Captain Black is Lloyd Cole. (Fact)
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:40, Reply)

david macallum

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:20, Reply)

That's the iggy
well remembered
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:22, Reply)

i love that show :)

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:23, Reply)

Me too
they used to show it on BBC2 at 6pm during the week.

Now it's all strictly come bollocks and wotnot.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:26, Reply)

Don't know about thrush
but it can make pigeons explode
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:10, Reply)

You're twisting my melon, man.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

You talk so hip, man.

(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:17, Reply)

It's good for blackbirds too.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:11, Reply)

Racist.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

See below.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Yes
alt q: Whisky Mac
( Kroney, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:05, Reply)

i never take anything
if i can help it, i find water and something sugary is best for getting rid of a headache. i never use paracetamol or aspirin etc.

but if i get a cold, lemsip is the only thing that makes my throat feel any better. well, that and ice cream, but who wants that in december?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:08, Reply)

Research into vitamin C and the common cold
which was done a couple of years back, concluded that even high doses don't help to fight the virus nor relieve the symptoms. Taking a regular intake of the vitamin doesn't even decrease the frequency of contracting the cold.

However, it has been shown that it is likely to reduce the severity of the illness, once contracted.

I'd provide a reference, but I can't remember where I read it, and can't be arsed to look it up.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:09, Reply)

this sounds like a scotsman finding an excuse for avoiding fruit.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

I'm eating an apple as I write
So it's not an excuse.

Although I wish I didn't splash apple juice all over my laptop screen every time I bite.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:14, Reply)

That's not juice, it's batter.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

No, actually
It's just the lard squirting out of the batter.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:21, Reply)

"However it has also been shown
that eating deep-fried confectionary can help defend against cancer"
( Kroney, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:15, Reply)

This is true
Because you'll likely die of some cardiac-related problem before you develop cancer.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Scottish pragmatism
right here.
( Kroney, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

The severity of the illness thing
tends to fit into the medical trial category of "massively dubious arse" though.

Anything that relies on the opinion of the person in the trial, by asking them, is really meaningless data from a medical point of view.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

the link to the meta-analysis is here, if people are interested
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ebch.266/abstract
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:19, Reply)

That's the one
Thanks.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:22, Reply)

My sister (who's evil)
once told me that grapes cured stomachakes. I ate something like 2kgs on my own in one go. I've never been in so much pain. Fucker, she kept laughing on my back and telling me to eat more, and more.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:11, Reply)

You are TGB's sister
aicmfp.

How are you?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:12, Reply)

I think TGB is less evil than my sister
I'm fine, quite happy in fact. How about you?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:26, Reply)

Glad to hear it.
All good thanks, have a cold but meh, how are the plans coming along?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:32, Reply)

Slowly but in good manner
I'm quite glad after a long chat with the wedding organiser. I'm going to have to buy her a massive present!

So you're staying at home playing with puppets today, eh? I feel so sorry for you.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:38, Reply)

On your back?
Was she clinging on like a monkey?
( Kroney, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

No
She was super glued to me when babies, to make life easier for my parents.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:27, Reply)

hahahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:14, Reply)

Worst of all
was my parents telling me off for trusting my sister. I cried so much that night...
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:27, Reply)

Your parents told YOU off for trusting your sister?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:43, Reply)

Yes
Because we all knew she was evil, so I was stupid for trusting her. She got a bollocking too, but she never minded them, and she argued that she never thought that I'd fall for something so stupid, the liar, when she saw me eating them... bah, past.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:50, Reply)

In some "third world" countries it is believed
that rubbing a mixture of lemon juice and and animal dung onto your children protects them from being adopted by Angelina Jolie or other "stars" desperate to salve their liberal consciences.
(Cave Duck, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:22, Reply)

Can’t you just quickly dip the vitamin C into a glass of water and the memory of it will kill you?

The same for headaches, hangovers, and anything else? Homeopathy is such a wonderful science crock of shit.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:22, Reply)

Me and my uncle often like to treat sore throats with violence
So if a throat is stinging or scratching, we would drink vinegar or lemon juice, or burn it with dead hot tea.
The idea being that it will get it all over with, or you'll be so grateful that the vinegar has stopped stinging, that the usual stinging will be a relief.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:26, Reply)

"She's strange and I like it"
/Cameo
(Cave Duck, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:29, Reply)

:D

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:33, Reply)

"Wave your hands in the air like you don't care."
/Cameo (and my response)
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:34, Reply)

This is going to be disgusting
A friend of mine had pneumonia for a long time, and was in hospital for months. When she finally recovered, she was looking forward to go out and have fun, but first weekend, she got tonsilites, with all those white scabs that form in your throat and hurt like hell everytime you breath.

She wasn't going to be taken down, so she picked a fork and stabbed the scabs and tear and pluck them out. She did a lot of bleeding, but after a few alcoholic drinks, she was very well, and hasn't had tonsilites again.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:31, Reply)

I have pulled out tonsil stones from their holes before now
but they're small and soft and don't really hurt
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:33, Reply)

I think I had one of them.
My doctor, knocked it off with a lolly stick, I choked and produced it on the tip of my tounge. It was grey if I remember correctly.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:38, Reply)

Full of pus, yes
Buaj
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:39, Reply)

yeah that's them
When I had them as a kid i assumed that my throat was sprouting teeth.
You can buy water jets to clear them out without poking at yourself.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:42, Reply)

Whooooaaa there nelly.
Are you saying that we have 'tonsil holes' where stones accumulate - and these can be hosed out?
This is all new to me.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:44, Reply)

Yup
Some people don't but if you're prone to tonsil problems then aye.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:58, Reply)

You're disgusting too
Really, it doesn't hurt? But if just openning your mouth hurts when you have them.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:39, Reply)

I don't think I have a lot of feeling in my throat

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:41, Reply)

That's handy ; )

( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:42, Reply)

it is indeed!
I have almost totally eliminated my gag reflex this year
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:44, Reply)

Go Roota!!
Any tips?
( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:47, Reply)

Only DJTP's

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Haha

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:50, Reply)

*no comment*

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:53, Reply)

yeah
When you're brushing your teeth, push the brush slightly further back on your tongue than you're confortable with, and hold it there until you feel a retch coming on. Do a tiny retch then stop. Just keep increasing it until you can do that without retching (about a week). Just keep up that process until you can poke the toothbrush about there without gagging. Could take weeks.
If taken by surprise your gag reflex will probably always be there, but with a couple of deep breaths and a mental prep, you'll be able to swallow lamp-posts before you know it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:51, Reply)

Hahahaha!
I am so doing this.
( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:53, Reply)

bear in mind I am a former bulimic
so the toothbrush used to be able to make me heave at the merest tickle.
If I can reverse this process then anyone can do this!
I'm not a mental. I was young and foolish and I caught it off my mother. I am a food-lover again now and it always stays down.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:55, Reply)

Boner alert!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:56, Reply)

I said toothbrush

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:57, Reply)

Did you used to date Ron Jeremy?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:42, Reply)

*no comment*

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:45, Reply)

"People are strange"
Doors/
(Cave Duck, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:33, Reply)

Speaking of illness.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish Baroness Thatcher a slow, painful and failed recovery from her infection.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:31, Reply)

The un-dead can't die again.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:48, Reply)