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Yet Another Open Thread

by John Cole|  January 24, 20085:42 pm| 20 Comments

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Just not feeling it today, and I apologize.

My feet are cold, my sinuses are acting up, and the crock pot is not done. I may need to start drinking.

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  1. 1.

    Jake

    January 24, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    Hot shower, socks. Make it a long hot shower and the CP might be finished.

  2. 2.

    Dreggas

    January 24, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    There’s a country song in this somewhere…

    My feet are cold but
    the crockpot’s gettin hot=

    Sinuses are running the
    food ain’t yet coming

    (chorus)
    Guess I should start drinkin’
    The food ain’t hot
    Guess I should start frinkin’
    my nose is full o snot

  3. 3.

    Fat Mort Jellyroll

    January 24, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    Long Hot Shower. Tall Cold Whiskey. After that the crockpot’ll be done or you just won’t care anymore.

  4. 4.

    Blue Neponset

    January 24, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Get some Smartwool socks. A little pricey but worth they will keep your feet nice & toasty.

  5. 5.

    LiberalTarian

    January 24, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Either ginger tea or cayenne/honey/lemon tea. Just a quarter tsp of cayenne, and for gawds sake, don’t manage to accidently take a big whiff of it up your nose (don’t ask, and yes, it is very painful).

    Both are really comforting when you have a head or chest cold.

  6. 6.

    HyperIon

    January 24, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    I was over at Yahoo and saw the most popular searches list. Most were topical…Heath Ledger, etc. But one seemed to indicate that some folks are already thinking about their stimulus check: plasma TVs.

  7. 7.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    January 24, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Tequila. Works every time.

  8. 8.

    maxbaer (not the original)

    January 24, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    some folks are already thinking about their stimulus check: plasma TVs.

    Mine’s going into my expatriation fund. I’d rather watch the ocean from a south of the border beach than a plasma TV.

  9. 9.

    Krista

    January 24, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    My feet are cold, my sinuses are acting up, and the crock pot is not done.

    Yeah, I’m with everybody else. Drink will solve those problems (or make them less worrisome, anyway.)

    Smartwool socks are awesome though. Once you start wearing good wool or synthetic socks, you’ll never want to wear cotton socks again.

  10. 10.

    D-Chance.

    January 24, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    lol… when environmentalists collide… tree-hugger vs sun-harvester.

  11. 11.

    Silver Owl

    January 24, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    Make a trip to Gander Mountain, REI or an outdoor sports establishment and purchase good wool hiking socks. No more cold feet just warm, comfy and cozy feet. I hike my dogs a lot during the winter and cold feet makes hiking hell.

    My parents were always talking about how cold their feet were during winter here. I got them each a couple of pairs wool hiking socks to wear during the winter. I have two happier warmer campers for parents.

    LOL! Krista knows too. Get the good socks.

  12. 12.

    RedMolly

    January 24, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    What’s in the Crock-Pot®?

  13. 13.

    RSA

    January 24, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    I may need to start drinking.

    It’s 5:42PM — “start” drinking?

  14. 14.

    Wes

    January 24, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    Even given the shit that I was expecting from the right, I actually shouted out “You’re fucking kidding me…” when I saw this one. Some right-wing group have banded together against Clinton under the name Citizens United Not Timid. That’s just ….. wow!

  15. 15.

    Wes

    January 24, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    I think I messed up the permalink in that last story. It should go here. As seen on Carpetbagger.

  16. 16.

    Cain

    January 25, 2008 at 12:15 am

    I get that citron tea from the asian store. Yum. Put hot water, let it steep and if you eat the citron bits they leave a nice glow in your stomach. I use it to stave off any cold/flu that might be coming my way.

    cain

  17. 17.

    J Bean

    January 25, 2008 at 1:53 am

    Actually, there is only one treatment that’s been shown in a controlled trial to shorten up the course of a cold … snorting salt water. Mix 1/2 tsp of salt in a cup of warm water and up the old snout with it. Zinc lozenges, echinacea, Air-Borne, garlic, and vitamin C don’t work, but salt water is the bomb and, besides, the price is right. You have to use it at the very start of the cold, though.

    Cold virus reproduces in the posterior nasopharynx and the salt water at the beginning of a cold merely washes the virus out of the area. Gargling doesn’t get the cleansing up high enough. You won’t drown.

  18. 18.

    YellowJournalism

    January 25, 2008 at 2:13 am

    Try looking in the asian stores for something called Dushanda. It’s basically a bunch of herbs and spices that you brew as a tea. Add some honey or a little bit of butter to the tea to make it go down better because the stuff tastes like warmed over pencil shavings. But it works like a charm, especially if you have a nasty cough that goes with the cold.

  19. 19.

    TenguPhule

    January 25, 2008 at 2:38 am

    I may need to start drinking.

    Just remember to stop before the point Redstate seems to be making sense to you.

  20. 20.

    bernarda

    January 26, 2008 at 9:38 am

    Immigration has been off the charts for a while. So here is a song by Cheech and Chong, “Born in East L.A.”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiFGr51ubV4

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