Comments on: What the @#! in London #212 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:40:53 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/comment-page-1/#comment-14778 Cottontimer Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:24:55 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/#comment-14778 <b>Snowy</b>: I know I shouldn't make the entire Boots chain suffer. One of the other mothers told me she never goes to the Boots on our high road because of the appalling service. This was even before I started telling her my story! <b>Sheila</b>: If I were truly dedicated, I would have lunged across the counter and given her a deep kiss. HAhhaAHa Ooooh, this illness has made me delirious. <b>Deb</b>: Go placebos! Gimme some of yours. <b>Spyscribbler</b>: Thank you!! <b>William</b>: How dare your sense of humor leave you at such a critical time. <b>Bald Man</b>: I used my hypnotizing amulet prior to taking the cough syrup. It still didn't work. Useless sugary concoction. Snowy: I know I shouldn’t make the entire Boots chain suffer. One of the other mothers told me she never goes to the Boots on our high road because of the appalling service. This was even before I started telling her my story!

Sheila: If I were truly dedicated, I would have lunged across the counter and given her a deep kiss. HAhhaAHa Ooooh, this illness has made me delirious.

Deb: Go placebos! Gimme some of yours.

Spyscribbler: Thank you!!

William: How dare your sense of humor leave you at such a critical time.

Bald Man: I used my hypnotizing amulet prior to taking the cough syrup. It still didn’t work. Useless sugary concoction.

]]> By: Bald Man http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/comment-page-1/#comment-14717 Bald Man Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:06:19 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/#comment-14717 Yeah, doesn't believing you're buying something that doesn't work negate the ability of the placebo effect to work? Don't you have to buy into the placebo? Yeah, doesn’t believing you’re buying something that doesn’t work negate the ability of the placebo effect to work? Don’t you have to buy into the placebo?

]]> By: William Deed http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/comment-page-1/#comment-14653 William Deed Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:48:53 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/#comment-14653 I sit here coughing in empathy. I've been sick all week. Most irritating and my sense of humour has all but disappeared. I sit here coughing in empathy.

I’ve been sick all week. Most irritating and my sense of humour has all but disappeared.

]]> By: spyscribbler http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/comment-page-1/#comment-14489 spyscribbler Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:05:17 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/#comment-14489 How horrible! I hope you feel better soon, cottontimer! How horrible! I hope you feel better soon, cottontimer!

]]> By: Deb L http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/comment-page-1/#comment-14408 Deb L Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:52:37 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/#comment-14408 Placebo works for me too. Hope you feel better soon! (try some peppermint tisane. brew it really strong, and inhale the steam, and sip the tea. :D ) Placebo works for me too. Hope you feel better soon!

(try some peppermint tisane. brew it really strong, and inhale the steam, and sip the tea. :D )

]]> By: GetSheila http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/comment-page-1/#comment-14405 GetSheila Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:15:54 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/#comment-14405 I know I said this offline but it bears repeating: I hope you made a point to cough in her general die-rection. And be sure to go back when you are still sick, fondle an item with your germ-infested hands, then hand it to her saying you don't need it after all. Heh. I know I said this offline but it bears repeating: I hope you made a point to cough in her general die-rection. And be sure to go back when you are still sick, fondle an item with your germ-infested hands, then hand it to her saying you don’t need it after all. Heh.

]]> By: Snowy http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/comment-page-1/#comment-14328 Snowy Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:53:57 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/#comment-14328 In fairness to Boots, for whom I have great affection, (as a bored teenager I counted all the tissues in a 150 box and found only 145, so I wrote and complained. They sent me three free boxes, and when I counted those I found over 150 in each!) I think this is a question of a snotty assistant...on the whole I like the company...or am I hopelessly out of date. In fairness to Boots, for whom I have great affection, (as a bored teenager I counted all the tissues in a 150 box and found only 145, so I wrote and complained. They sent me three free boxes, and when I counted those I found over 150 in each!) I think this is a question of a snotty assistant…on the whole I like the company…or am I hopelessly out of date.

]]> By: A Hearty Life » What’s in Sheila’s Medicine Chest? http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/comment-page-1/#comment-14317 A Hearty Life » What’s in Sheila’s Medicine Chest? Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:27:33 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/01/16/what-the-in-london-212/#comment-14317 [...] Over the past week or so, I’ve been tossing expired drugs but last night when my cough wouldn’t stop, I dug out an old bottle of Robitussin CoughGels out of the garbage (yes, I was THAT desperate). Don’t worry. It won’t happen again. I got new cough medicine today. [...] [...] Over the past week or so, I’ve been tossing expired drugs but last night when my cough wouldn’t stop, I dug out an old bottle of Robitussin CoughGels out of the garbage (yes, I was THAT desperate). Don’t worry. It won’t happen again. I got new cough medicine today. [...]

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