RE: TIL (Today I Learned)
August 18, 2012 at 3:13 pm
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2012 at 3:51 pm by Cyberman.)
(August 11, 2012 at 7:25 am)padraic Wrote:(August 10, 2012 at 5:40 pm)Stimbo Wrote: It wasn't today and I swear it wasn't me directly, but I learned the importance of keeping pile ointment and Deep Heat Rub well separated in the bathroom cabinet.
Indeed.
I keep 'Tiger Balm' for muscle pain and 'Hemocane' (with lignocaine) for me piles.
Yes, they are indeed kept far apart,ever since that unfortunate incident with Vick's Vapour Rub when I was 14 . (the jar looks a bit like a Vaseline jar---)
I don't want to get more graphic than necessary here, but some years ago I thought I'd surprise my Sam with a new menthol-based intimate gel for lovers called Tingle or something. It was a surprise, alright. Menthol things are great for sore throats, but get it anywhere near your more sensitive tissues and you won't half bounce.
She banned its use after that, on threat of a pair of pliers.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
