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I have a rotten cold, which I can't seem to shake. It's been lingering for the last week and today I felt even worse than before. My throat feels like I've been swallowing razor blades.

Therefore there's only one thing for it:
I have to drown those viral bastards in alcohol.

But what should I drink?

Listed are what I got on hand. Poll closes in 30 minutes.

hot orange squash (if you got any) (because alcohol will just make it worse, trust me)

Consume nothing but orange juice, apples, and bananas.

hot orange squash (if you got any)
hot? ewwww.... o.O

Just drink a lot, so preferably beer because you can drink it more before getting completely drunk

This ought to take care of everything for you ;)

http://www.bouncingbearbotanicals.com/images/absinthe.jpg

poll not up yet so i say absinthe. great stuff, gets you pissed in discrete stages and will so kill those bastard germs

Hot lemon tea, I forget the name at the moment.

poll not up yet so i say absinthe. great stuff, gets you pissed in discrete stages and will so kill those bastard germs
Might aswell go for Stroh 80 then

hot? ewwww.... o.O

Just drink a lot, so preferably beer because you can drink it more before getting completely drunk
it's good when you have a bad throat! or even better is hot lemon juice

poll not up yet so i say absinthe. great stuff, gets you pissed in discrete stages and will so kill those bastard germs
Great minds think alike? :D

Hot lemon tea, I forget the name at the moment.
add some whiskey and honey and you got a hot toddy, guarenteed to make you feel better

it's good when you have a bad throat! or even better is hot lemon juice
I'll try it next time.

Still sounds icky though :(

I'll try it next time.

Still sounds icky though :(
it's not as good as really cold orange squash bit it's still pretty tasty

What about a bottle of nice, scottish whisky?
That always helps me out, it gets rid of the cold and you can make a lot of friends (if they too drink scottish whisky ;) )

add some whiskey and honey and you got a hot toddy, guarenteed to make you feel better

Or rum for a rum toddy (my preference).

A shot of Makers Mark Kentucky Bourbon every hour on the hour. You'll be right as rain. Or too trashed to remember that you're sick. It's a win-win.

Peppermint tea always makes me feel like super-woman. Try it and hope you feel better DH :)

Heat up some port wine. It'll knock any germs out of your body in no time flat.

Ohhh....That's annoying. The poll didn't come up.
For what it's worth I have the following to choose from:
Johnny Walker Red
Johnny Walker Black
Finlandia Vodka
Baileys
French Desert Wine

(Thank heavens I have a g/f who's also a flight attendant on Cathay Pacific. All the above was free, courtesy of business class! :p )

I'm going for the Vodka right now. Finlandia bloody nice straight.

Way I figure it, cough syrup is something like 30 or 40% alcohol (took me 5 goes to write that word, maybe I should slow down! ;) ), so Finlandia vodka will do the job just as well.

Heat up some port wine. It'll knock any germs out of your body in no time flat.
Nooooo! I call sacrilege! :headbang:

Go with the whiskey, lemon and honey.

Jack and coke.

White Spirit or Methalyted Spirit. It'll knock the germs straight out of your body. As well as take you straight to hospital with chronic alcohol poisoning.

Vodka and red bull....that way you can drown them in alcohol and have a little bit of energy to boot

Vodka and red bull....that way you can drown them in alcohol and have a little bit of energy to boot
Problem is, is that here's it's 1am. Last thing I want is be full of energy and have absolutely no inhibitions.
Vodka and red bull is just downright evil. It shuts down all the reasoning centers of your brain and gives you enough energy to do whatever you want. Which is usually bloody stupid things you regret massively the next day.

Vodka and red bull....that way you can drown them in alcohol and have a little bit of energy to boot
ooh good choice i love vodka n red bull!

Peppermint tea always makes me feel like super-woman. Try it and hope you feel better DH :)
Same here! I also suggest vitamin C or Echinacea. They're supposed to support the immune system. It works for me!


Poll also worked for me.

White Spirit or Methalyted Spirit. It'll knock the germs straight out of your body. As well as take you straight to hospital with chronic alcohol poisoning.

Acute, not chronic (I should hope) ;)

Well, it looks like Finlandia vodka narrowly edges out Baileys w/ice cream. So I think we can declare it a winner!
Good thing too, because that's what I've been drinking. Almost finished the hip flask too, I might add. Throat doesn't feel nearly as painful. But then again after that much vodka I could probably be run over by a steamroller and still feel ok.
Thanks to all who voted. Think I might stagger off to bed now before I start saying things I might regret tomorrow. ;)