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Brigid

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11. There was a episode of "Perfect Strangers" . . .

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 01:45 PM

Aug 2013

Where Balki made Larry a potion to cure his cold. Balki said it contained herbs and fish parts. By mistake, Larry drank the whole container when he was only supposed to take a spoonful. "Balki, I can see through you," he said, and fell back onto the couch. He was out for three days!

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Now this is a COUGH SYRUP: [View all] Are_grits_groceries Aug 2013 OP

Please hold the chloroform in mine. thanx. ~nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #1

. graywarrior Aug 2013 #22

When I'm really sick with a cold or flu, I like to make myself a nice strong, hot toddy. Arkansas Granny Aug 2013 #2

I was given paregoric for colic as a baby by my mother, a registered nurse. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #6

I was given it also for severe colic laundry_queen Aug 2013 #16

My dad was a pharmacist and we always had paregoric around. We would use 1-2 drops Hestia Aug 2013 #23

Drug addicts would soak cigarettes in it and then dry them Warpy Aug 2013 #30

"It's so tasty, too! Just like candy!" pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #3

I coulda used that last night. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #4

I got a hellacious case of bronchitis last winter. The codeine cough syrup helped, but The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #7

Back in my Marine Corps days, Brigid Aug 2013 #9

You are right. I would have been better off with Nyquil. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #14

Sometimes I think the part of Nyquil that does the trick is the alcohol, lol. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #28

I used Zpak for the bronchitis Billy Love Aug 2013 #17

That's what the doc prescribed. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #19

I hope you get better. Billy Love Aug 2013 #20

Be careful of azythromycin-known to cause heart anomalies. WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #26

I only use it if I think I might have strep throat. For my ordinary bronchitis that kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #29

I do have the constitution of Elvis Warpy Aug 2013 #31

Those were the days! bobGandolf Aug 2013 #5

Needs a touch more ETOH. bvar22 Aug 2013 #8

wow where was that sold? gopiscrap Aug 2013 #10

Probably in every pharmacy in the country at the time. Brigid Aug 2013 #12

There was a episode of "Perfect Strangers" . . . Brigid Aug 2013 #11

What, no nicotine or cocaine? Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #13

See my post above about the "Perfect Strangers" episode. Brigid Aug 2013 #15

sounds like super-laudanum! dionysus Aug 2013 #18

Ill just take the cannabis iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #21

What, did the factory run out of ibogaine when it came time to bottle this? n/t DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #24

Wow. Imagine the list of precautions. WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #25

When I run out of brownies or the special oil I make for them, kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #27

The best cough remedy is ExLax ... Scuba Aug 2013 #32