flu is for people who come into contact with other people, so I don't have to worry

Jesus ****ing christ. This thread has gone seriously ******ed. Can we please stop with the flu ******** and the life tricks that are nothing more than "butter and cheese make everything taste better!" or "dunk your cheeseburger in your milkshake and it'll taste delicious!" We get it, you're fat, go away.

Water and soap will get that sand out of your vag.

Urine is antiseptic, and she just took a big piss. I think she'll be ok.

Holy ****, the flu discussion is DCJ from the organic food thread all over again...

so long for life tips...

I knew a guy that lived to 100 and he smoked and drank daily for 60 of them, so I laugh at all these people that say that smoking and drinking are bad for you.

lol excellent and topical

I don't think that topic was thoroughly discussed. Can we go over the organic food argument again?

ITT seasonal death and comparisons that dont make sense.

I know a guy that is on heroin and meth and plans to live to a hundred, so I laugh at all these people that say that heroin and meth are bad for you

bump for more OOT life tricks > flu discussion

for those people who have trouble swallowing pills:

insert pill
take huge mouthful of water. as much as you can.
shake your head once and swallow.

you won't even feel it.


she said that.

Do you think the thumb trick from earlier in this thread would work?

right because those all effect people the same and genetics has no influence on anything

what is thumb trick again?


here's a thumb trick i know. heard it works pretty good, but i don't really get headaches unless i'm hungover: if you have a headache, pinch the meaty part of your hand between your thumb and forefinger hard and the headache dissipates.

i also saw a new way(to me) to gauge how done meat is:

if you face your palm towards you and touch your thumb and forefinger together, the muscle under your thumb feels like medium rare when you poke it.

touch your thumb and middle finger and it feels like medium.

thumb and ring finger feels like med well.

and thumb and pinky is well.

I don't remember the specifics, but I remember the result is a no-gag reflex.

oh right

This is like a rough approximation to the correct play: take the water first.

Just fill your mouth with water then put the pill in. Then drink the water and you won't notice the pill at all.

can confirm this one.

Think 27's idea works as well, but this one helped me out a lot.

Lot of water then pill then a little more water ftw.

Look up. That was a joke flying over your head.

Anti-vaxers are like fundamentalists - you can't satirise them because somewhere someone really believes it.

Here are my contributions:

- keep a quarter (and loonie, if you're in Canada) in a compartment in your car so that you always have them for grocery carts.

- Carry Advil with you at all times (maybe easier for girls with purses)

- Keep a Band-Aid in your wallet

- If you don't know if someone's baby is a boy or girl, instead of asking, just say, "What's your baby's name?" and hopefully it's not a generic name such as Terry or something like that.

- If you are having trouble twisting a lid off of a car, put an elastic band around the lid. I also like to smash the edge of the lid against a counter as well (this one might be common knowledge though, but I hadn't known the elastic band one until the past year or so)

Wow, some great tips itt.

Here's mine off the top of my head, may add to this as they come to me.

1) Always keep a drawer in the bathroom with extra toothbrushes, travel toothpastes, floss, mouthwash, etc... Really comes in handy for unexpected overnight visitors.

2) I wear my collarstays upside down so the pointy side isn't poking at the end of the collar. Ruined a few really nice dress shirts when the pointy end of the stay worked its way through the end of the collar.

3) When checking baggage on any flight you're ticketed for coach on SCOUR the internet and try to buy an applicable first class upgrade since most airlines don't charge for checked baggage in first. For example, I flew from Glendale to Seattle (after the Ducks blew it) and checked 2 bags. AK air charges 20 bucks per bag, I found a first class upgrade on CL for 50 bucks and voila. 1st class, nice meal, more legroom, FREE DRINKS, and 2 free checked bags.

4) If your cell phone gets wet and will not work remove batt and soak in a high% isopropyl alcohol for a day. Remove, dry with hairdryer, no heat, and it may power on long enough to remove contacts, pics, notes, etc. I have done this with an old Motorola Q. I was told its bc the alcohol removes the corrosion on the electronics and evaporates very quickly when exposed to air. Don't know further specifics, but it did work for me.

5) More of a tip: If youre having trouble with diet/exercise/motivation hire a nutritionist AND a trainer and make them talk to each other. Everyones bodys are different and respond to nutrition and exercise in a different fashion. Ive had trainers and nutritionists sporadically over the years but it didnt really take off and work for me until I hired a team that communicate and structure the exercise around the nutrition and vice versa.

Be very careful if you do this on a blackberry (maybe other smartphones) that you have to email said person with.

The 'nickname' shows up in the email instead of the email address so if you are forced to communicate with them they can see the assigned nickname.

I learned this the hard way responding to an email from a co-worker I had politely named 'sugartits' in my phone.