When I did my year of endured servitude- er- student teaching through MSU, my "contact teacher" (read: professional whose territory I was raiding, bringing with me a whole slew of crazy, university approved ideas) passed along some of pearls of wisdom, most of which I have found to be enduring in their accuracy. Here they are:
1. Never go to an Army medic for pneumonia. They will give you a topical lotion for a random skin rash you may have, and never address the hacking cough and phlemmy lungs.
2. Avoid the word "stuff" at all costs. It is vulgar, unspecific, and useless.
3. If you are coming down with a cold, immediately follow this ancient Welsh remedy:
- procure 3 pints of beer
- drink said pints of beer, as quickly as you can
- wrap up in every blanket you can find, and go to sleep
- wake up in the morning, and your cold is gone
So far, some 10 years after having met him, Larry and his advice hadn't steered me wrong yet.
3 comments:
No wonder the Welsh are such good miners.You have to be half drunk to go into the bowels of the earth.
And what brought this up??? Are you drinking or getting a cold or do you have pneumonia??
I was listening to Joaquin coughing, and it reminded me of Larry's cold remedy. I was wondering if the Welsh use it on the 4-and-under set.
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