When someone has a severe allergy to something, like peanuts, bee stings, or seafood, they have to carry an epinephrine pen or “epipen”. It’s a synthetic adrenaline antihistamine used to counteract fatal allergic reactions, otherwise known as anaphylactic shock. Hope this helps 🙂
To add to this, it’s basically a needle you can use to inject yourself with in an emergency. I think most people stab themselves in the leg or something.
Not a peanut allergy, but I discovered my boss has a severe allergic reaction to Macadamia nuts. Discovering this via presenting her with a Jolly Christmas cellophane-wrapped box of chocolate covered Macadamia nuts might have been what cost me that promotion…
Adam, FWIW, this comic is my guarantee of five daily laughs a week and, to top it off, you’ve led me to Mary Death and Starcrossed, too! You’re good people!
I lived on peanut butter sandwiches as a kid until they found out I had an allergy. Not deadly, but it was the cause of the noxious funk that I emitted. Fast forward 30 years, allergy is found to be gone. I ate so many Snickers that I started to become chocolate flavored.
HAW. Thats my Dad and pretty much every food he is allergic to.
That’s what my Driver’s License photo looks like!
What are “epipens”?
When someone has a severe allergy to something, like peanuts, bee stings, or seafood, they have to carry an epinephrine pen or “epipen”. It’s a synthetic adrenaline antihistamine used to counteract fatal allergic reactions, otherwise known as anaphylactic shock. Hope this helps 🙂
To add to this, it’s basically a needle you can use to inject yourself with in an emergency. I think most people stab themselves in the leg or something.
Don’t say “stab”.
I just curled up into a ball.
[I use an Epipen]
An EpiPen is a prefilled one use syringe filled with epinephrine used for serious anaphylactic allergic reactions.
I really want a high powered epipen rifle now.
Not a peanut allergy, but I discovered my boss has a severe allergic reaction to Macadamia nuts. Discovering this via presenting her with a Jolly Christmas cellophane-wrapped box of chocolate covered Macadamia nuts might have been what cost me that promotion…
I’d love to know such a thing about my boss. Finally a way to kill him! }:->
In all seriousness, if she didn’t tell anyone about her allergy, she really shouldn’t hold it against you when it comes to promotions.
Maybe it’s Maybelline
Maybe it’s just peanut allergy
You’ve just launched a multi Lillian dollar campaign!
Also poor Pharrel will run around in panic when he realized someone already bought all the big hats.
You and me both, Adam, you and me both.
Adam, FWIW, this comic is my guarantee of five daily laughs a week and, to top it off, you’ve led me to Mary Death and Starcrossed, too! You’re good people!
So allergic bug is also Elephant ManBug… Interesting…
I lived on peanut butter sandwiches as a kid until they found out I had an allergy. Not deadly, but it was the cause of the noxious funk that I emitted. Fast forward 30 years, allergy is found to be gone. I ate so many Snickers that I started to become chocolate flavored.
I’ll bet your Significant Other didn’t complain.