Blinky the Shark wrote:
> C.D wrote:
>
>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> I feel like shit. I may have about ten minutes, here, before I have to
>>> go back to bed. Can't sleep, but don't have the energy to do anything
>>> else, either -- not even read. (And that just kills me.) So I've been
>>> flashing back to little home remedies from growing up in the 1950s...
>>>
>>> I think sometimes Mom would give me small amounts of what I remember as
>>> a weak solution of sugar in water. Ever heard of that?
>>>
>>> Burnt Toast: I distinctly remember Mom burning a slice of toast and
>>> scraping the ashes into a glass of water. I guess this was to settle a
>>> stomach (the charcoal or whateveer) -- probably more from acid upset
>>> than from feeling urpy.
>>>
>>> Liquid Jell-O. I guess that was a variant on sugar water; it's not like
>>> there was sugar-free Jell-0 in 1953.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Blinky
>>> Killing all posts from Google Groups - The Usenet Improvement Project:
>>> http://improve-usenet.org
>>>
>>>
>> sounds more like "pumping your stomach".
>
> What does?

Burned toast will make you hurl.

Becca