Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 09, 2013

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 12 years ago

    Would Mrs. Otterloop still go ā€œickā€ if the medicine were the traditional/stereotypical cherry?

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    pawpawbear  about 12 years ago

    I would. However, the wintergreen, like Nyquil, is the worst.

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    margueritem  about 12 years ago

    Iā€™d say ā€˜ICKā€™ to cotton candy flavor, too.

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    Linux0s  about 12 years ago

    Ick is the brand name, the flavor doesnā€™t matter.

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    pouncingtiger  about 12 years ago

    Mrs. Otterloop should know by now. Once you take a wrong turn, a child may not let you take a detour.

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    Herb Goldschmidt  about 12 years ago

    I love the expression of false enthusiasm on Mrs Otterloopā€™s face!

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    unnormal  about 12 years ago

    Another mistake on the part of Mrs Otterloop; a mistake born of the corporate model:As I understand it, unless a fever is dangerously high, it should be allowed to take its course. A feverā€™s function is to overheat and kill the invading bacteria . . . bad for the Big Pharma bottom line.

    Sorry ā€” sometimes my political side gets the best of me.Iā€™ll try to control it for another year or two, OK?

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    Sisyphos  about 12 years ago

    Madeline, you said ā€œickā€! I heard it, too, Alice! She said ā€œickā€! I donā€™t care if it is bright pink. We both heard her say ā€œickā€! ICK!

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    CasualObserver  about 12 years ago

    When I was a kid I snuck sips of Cheracol from our medicine cabinet. It was (and still is) pretty tasty stuff. Back then it had codeine in it. I was pretty happy growing up.

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    Strod  about 12 years ago

    The worst tasting medicine I ever had was bright-pink colored. Ā Ā It was for bowel infections and it was so bitter that the accompanying literature recommended giving a candy to the (child) patient afterwards to take away the aftertaste. (BTW, it didnā€™t work. I mean the aftertaste thing, the medicine I donā€™t know.)

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    Dragon0131  about 12 years ago

    My philosophy is if youā€™re miserable, regardless of the temp, take something. Sleep does more good than medicine, but if you canā€™t sleep you canā€™t get better. So, miserable and over 99.9-fever reducer and rest. Happy and over 100 ā€“ fever reducer at bed time. Thatā€™s what I grew up with and how I raised my kids. Neither one requires an OTC unless they really feel bad or canā€™t sleep due to fever and general (non-flu) achiness.

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    Stephen Gilberg  about 12 years ago

    In a sense, I was lucky: Some 95% of the medicine I took as a kid didnā€™t taste bad to me.

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    puddlesplatt  about 12 years ago

    pink, schmink, it all tastes bad.

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    mistercatworks  about 12 years ago

    Medicine should not taste like candy. It should be barely palatable. Mint-flavored acetaminophen was pulled after fears that children would overdose. It doesnā€™t take more than a handful to cause liver damage.

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    calvinsfriend110  about 12 years ago

    Some flavored medicine doesnā€™t taste too bad.

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    Popeyesforearm  about 12 years ago

    tastes like a Bensen & Hedges Menthol 100

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    alviebird  about 12 years ago

    I like the taste of Alka-Seltzer, but I havenā€™t had it in ages. Regular use of it is not really good for people with ulcers.

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    gcarlson  about 12 years ago

    One day in resident rounds we taste-tested various childrenā€™s liquid meds, since it affects compliance. I forget which pink liquid had an awful metallic taste.

    Whenever I have Christmas Eve dinner with my mother-in-law, I have to leave nutmeg out of the rice pudding because once, as a sick little girl, she could only eat bread soaked in milk with nutmeg.

    As to Nyquil, we just skip straight to Anisette.

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