Well then, try some tea with honey 😉 (You’ll have to bring your own spoon, the only kind I have are the plastic ones – just moved)
And with “tea” I mean “any kind of hot liquid”, with “with” I mean “separately”, and with “honey” I mean paracetamol and/or codeine.
But another general hint, try to have your head/torso at an 15-30 degree angle when on your back (ie, put one pillow under your shoulders and put one or two extra ones under your head) – will do squat for the cold but will help you sleep better which will make it more bearable.
And considering just how little (excepting dealing with symptoms) we can do with the cold I’d actually recommend you to flay winnie the pooh – the light excercise would do you good and the protein from the meat would do wonders, and since you have honey on hand try to honeyglaze it for taste 🙂
Pooh doesn’t *have* meat! He just has cotton fluff stuffing. Which, by the way, he is all too nonchalant about shoving right back inside himself before going on with his day like nothing happened.
“Oh bother, my guts fell out again.”
Then again, given how cheerful and energetic he looks in that last panel (which I love by the way Adam, you do an amazing Pooh-bear) he may be too hopped up on his own painkillers to actually feel it.
I know that feeling, my girlfriend’s immediate response to someone mentioning they’re sick (especially if sore throats are involved) is “Tea with honey and lemon!” in a bright, cheery voice. I know she means well, but sometimes it’s not helpful.
So glad that my mind was not the only one that went to the Rickman line. <3 I miss him.
Also, I heard Poo's speech bubble in Poo's voice, which made me laugh.
(Meh's suggestion about sleeping with your head and shoulder's elevated really does work. As stated, it does nothing for the cold, but you can sleep better.)
Try some tea with honey and lemon… and bourbon. The first part is just a delivery system for the bourbon. And it makes the bourbon “for medicinal purposes” and that makes it okay. I like the convenient k-cup lemon tea. Just add a squeeze of the honey bear and add some middle of the road bourbon (don’t waste the good stuff with your taste buds all screwed up) and you are on your way to a happy cold! 😀 Remember to hydrate!
Mark Twain said he asked one friend what to take for a cold, and was told a pint of whiskey. He asked another friend, and was told a pint of whiskey. Well, that made a quart….
Well, you’re clearly not drinking the right kind of tea if it doesn’t help you. Also the honey is supposed to help coat your throat to help with the coughing.
Speaking of “flaying them with a spoon”, you might enjoy the internet classic (that’s about to become a feature length film) called “The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y
As a nurse, I say skip the tea. Layer lemon and fresh ginger slices in a quart jar, pour a pint or so of local honey over it, steep it overnight, then dole out 1/4 cup of the mix in a mug and add boiling water. It helps with the congestion and nausea. And if you’re me, enough single malt scotch instead of cold medicine will guarantee you won’t even care about being sick.
I would add, since I failed to mention, it doesn’t cure anything, but I prefer to skip out on cough syrup, too, so this and a weird herbal concoction with lemon that turns red when you brew it, which in turn does not contain tea, though some do insist on … er … never mind. The peppermint is good for screwing with your sinuses, though.
Sleep. Best cure for a cold is to do what you need to in order to get some sleep. Ten or twelve hours a day for three or four days and the cold will usually be reduced to minor symptoms. Drink fluids (and get up from the bed to go pee, unless you LIKE wearing a diaper). Take pain relievers if you need them. Drink tea if it seems like a good idea. Or don’t. A spoon of whisky in a cup of hot water was our old country remedy. Mostly, it helped you to get to sleep.
Bahahahaha the subtitle! Alan Rickman is greatly missed.
Well then, try some tea with honey 😉 (You’ll have to bring your own spoon, the only kind I have are the plastic ones – just moved)
And with “tea” I mean “any kind of hot liquid”, with “with” I mean “separately”, and with “honey” I mean paracetamol and/or codeine.
But another general hint, try to have your head/torso at an 15-30 degree angle when on your back (ie, put one pillow under your shoulders and put one or two extra ones under your head) – will do squat for the cold but will help you sleep better which will make it more bearable.
And considering just how little (excepting dealing with symptoms) we can do with the cold I’d actually recommend you to flay winnie the pooh – the light excercise would do you good and the protein from the meat would do wonders, and since you have honey on hand try to honeyglaze it for taste 🙂
That’d never work!
Pooh doesn’t *have* meat! He just has cotton fluff stuffing. Which, by the way, he is all too nonchalant about shoving right back inside himself before going on with his day like nothing happened.
“Oh bother, my guts fell out again.”
Then again, given how cheerful and energetic he looks in that last panel (which I love by the way Adam, you do an amazing Pooh-bear) he may be too hopped up on his own painkillers to actually feel it.
I know that feeling, my girlfriend’s immediate response to someone mentioning they’re sick (especially if sore throats are involved) is “Tea with honey and lemon!” in a bright, cheery voice. I know she means well, but sometimes it’s not helpful.
So glad that my mind was not the only one that went to the Rickman line. <3 I miss him.
Also, I heard Poo's speech bubble in Poo's voice, which made me laugh.
(Meh's suggestion about sleeping with your head and shoulder's elevated really does work. As stated, it does nothing for the cold, but you can sleep better.)
Dammit, I misspelled Pooh’s name. You know what I meant!
Try some tea with honey and lemon… and bourbon. The first part is just a delivery system for the bourbon. And it makes the bourbon “for medicinal purposes” and that makes it okay. I like the convenient k-cup lemon tea. Just add a squeeze of the honey bear and add some middle of the road bourbon (don’t waste the good stuff with your taste buds all screwed up) and you are on your way to a happy cold! 😀 Remember to hydrate!
Mark Twain said he asked one friend what to take for a cold, and was told a pint of whiskey. He asked another friend, and was told a pint of whiskey. Well, that made a quart….
Well, you’re clearly not drinking the right kind of tea if it doesn’t help you. Also the honey is supposed to help coat your throat to help with the coughing.
Get the spoon!
I do appreciate you still drawing comic strips despite being sick. That’s more than I can say about Dave Kellet.
If I say “tea with honey, ginger and lemon”, will I be flayed with a spork?
Close. You’ll get “FLORKIS” tattooed on your forehead.
The Prince of Thieves reference has made my day
Speaking of “flaying them with a spoon”, you might enjoy the internet classic (that’s about to become a feature length film) called “The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y
As a nurse, I say skip the tea. Layer lemon and fresh ginger slices in a quart jar, pour a pint or so of local honey over it, steep it overnight, then dole out 1/4 cup of the mix in a mug and add boiling water. It helps with the congestion and nausea. And if you’re me, enough single malt scotch instead of cold medicine will guarantee you won’t even care about being sick.
Only Bug Martini can go from icky to cute in four panels without whiplash.
Hear hear!
I recommend peppermint. There is no tea in it, and I would never waste it by adding honey.
I would add, since I failed to mention, it doesn’t cure anything, but I prefer to skip out on cough syrup, too, so this and a weird herbal concoction with lemon that turns red when you brew it, which in turn does not contain tea, though some do insist on … er … never mind. The peppermint is good for screwing with your sinuses, though.
Sleep. Best cure for a cold is to do what you need to in order to get some sleep. Ten or twelve hours a day for three or four days and the cold will usually be reduced to minor symptoms. Drink fluids (and get up from the bed to go pee, unless you LIKE wearing a diaper). Take pain relievers if you need them. Drink tea if it seems like a good idea. Or don’t. A spoon of whisky in a cup of hot water was our old country remedy. Mostly, it helped you to get to sleep.
I like the “ooo” bee. Hooray for “ooo” bees!
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