tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post5204506234527985106..comments2024-03-27T22:53:00.759+01:00Comments on A Hippo On the Lawn: Time for a whole box of Black MagicHippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-23587844280957682652013-11-27T00:18:13.406+01:002013-11-27T00:18:13.406+01:00Marcia loves you and wants you to hang around, so ...Marcia loves you and wants you to hang around, so little wonder she's trying something she knows works. Even if you don't think it does. If you're puking, there's a good chance a lot of the oral antibiotics you're taking aren't getting into your system, either. Or not enough of the dose for it to be efficacious.<br /><br />As for the "this can't work" idea, Himself had similar misgivings when i tried an alternative medical treatment for something. I was amazed at how quickly my issue resolved, as was Himself. A few scoffers tell me it was placebo effect, and i told them i didn't think it was. Even if it were, who cares? I returned to good health, gave thanks, and got on with things.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-6157230446396614382013-11-26T20:12:37.362+01:002013-11-26T20:12:37.362+01:00Yoghurt Knitter Here, For the Love of GOD! Did he...Yoghurt Knitter Here, For the Love of GOD! Did he puke when he sucked your toe? was he still trying to get venom out? The idea of a poultice could be worth it. They draw out poison and pus? You cant lose anything by trying that.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-29910320748223025432013-11-26T17:50:06.653+01:002013-11-26T17:50:06.653+01:00No, I couldn't believe it was written by an &q...No, I couldn't believe it was written by an "amateur."Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-79207843618008480582013-11-26T16:36:41.494+01:002013-11-26T16:36:41.494+01:00I can hear Mr. Holder laugh... Hell, Thomas, if it...I can hear Mr. Holder laugh... Hell, Thomas, if it works, all the better. You are spot on leaving the religious debate on the back burner, to each his own. What's this about Angola banning Islam? Good step, I say. If folks want to mutilate their own privates, that's fine, just not church- sponsored. Good luck on that, I have a roux recipe if your appetite comes back.<br />CheersMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606731971558831549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-32581315727397777512013-11-26T15:22:01.754+01:002013-11-26T15:22:01.754+01:00I think you were rescued by James Bond judging by ...I think you were rescued by James Bond judging by the picture...Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-20036779877432807582013-11-26T06:38:07.211+01:002013-11-26T06:38:07.211+01:00Are there any recorded cases of death by 'Blac...Are there any recorded cases of death by 'Blackened Toe'?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-68890455234755302112013-11-26T05:42:15.550+01:002013-11-26T05:42:15.550+01:00Ah well, that's a relief, (that you've act...Ah well, that's a relief, (that you've actually seen a doctor), and you are merely toying with our sympathies with tales of witch doctors; it worked! You elicited many entreaties to get it sorted.<br /><br />As to our own little local difficulty, I see it has finally begun to hit the international news, kicking off BBC World's headlines yesterday, following the occupation of the ministry of finance and the ministry of foreign affairs. Not sure where this is all heading yet, but things turn on a dime, and either the government will resign, (they have said they will not), or there will be violence, and the army will intervene; but this time around the army may be split, so we could have recipe for disaster. So far the only major difficulty is a deterioration of the traffic, because so many roads are clogged with marching demonstrators. I don't particularly want to evacuate - it's the nicest time of year, (weather-wise). columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-66344861378084737052013-11-26T03:02:20.694+01:002013-11-26T03:02:20.694+01:00You did have me measuring my toe, when the 3 inch ...You did have me measuring my toe, when the 3 inch thorn showed up. Sitting here just shaking my head, in awe.<br /><br />John Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601009528144560738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-32812179664188222312013-11-26T02:57:24.820+01:002013-11-26T02:57:24.820+01:00Did this really happen? Quite the Tale. Somewhere ...Did this really happen? Quite the Tale. Somewhere in the midst of it, I think when Marcia called you Andy, I started humming White Rabbit by Grace Slick.<br /><br />Andy in Wonderland - Go Ask Andy, I think he'll know. Hallucinations can be associated with drug use (particularly deliriants), sleep deprivation, psychosis, neurological disorders, and delirium tremens. <br /><br />Wiki has quite a write up on them. <br /><br />Out West we've got Sawbones and Medicine Men. John Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601009528144560738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-75164974843661064812013-11-26T00:36:13.612+01:002013-11-26T00:36:13.612+01:00Just used Google to find out about mixing alcohol ...Just used Google to find out about mixing alcohol and anti-biotics and this is what the Mayo Clinic says ......<br /><br />Alcohol doesn't diminish the effectiveness of most antibiotics. However, antibiotics and alcohol can cause similar side effects, such as stomach upset, dizziness and drowsiness. When you combine antibiotics and alcohol, these side effects may increase. <br />A few antibiotics — such as metronidazole (Flagyl), tinidazole (Tindamax) and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) — should not be mixed with alcohol because this may result in a more severe reaction. Drinking any amount of alcohol with these medications can result in side effects such as flushing, headache, nausea and vomiting, rapid heart rate, and shortness of breath.<br /><br />So you see this vomiting may be a direct result of the mixing of the two and not just the effects of the toe/foot/leg infection. Try to lay off the alcohol a bit, you may feel much better !!!<br />Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-27855602331496635492013-11-26T00:29:55.100+01:002013-11-26T00:29:55.100+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-11586763539379822012013-11-26T00:27:00.070+01:002013-11-26T00:27:00.070+01:00I had to have a bleeding lie down halfway through ...I had to have a bleeding lie down halfway through this<br />Anyway<br />I had to Larf at Ursula's comment<br />I would love to get drunk with you and her one night<br />I suspect it would be an " education"John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-30326340813634682602013-11-25T21:41:37.513+01:002013-11-25T21:41:37.513+01:00Was I being long and boring again?Was I being long and boring again?Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-22399492285327806502013-11-25T21:38:34.542+01:002013-11-25T21:38:34.542+01:00NO! You SHOULD laugh Addy! Most of the time I am...NO! You SHOULD laugh Addy! Most of the time I am laughing at myself!<br /><br />I had forgotten all about the Mellor and Fergie toe sucking incidents. Pity really, I could have worked them into the script somehow. You know, something like, Qualified African Witch Doctor, by appointment to ex-princesses...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-72732811796661256002013-11-25T19:35:06.238+01:002013-11-25T19:35:06.238+01:00I had to check twice to be sure it was my computer...I had to check twice to be sure it was my computer screen and not my Kindle that I was reading. Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-31270452017432720172013-11-25T17:50:38.044+01:002013-11-25T17:50:38.044+01:00typo * hope it gets better, but hop is probably mo...typo * hope it gets better, but hop is probably more what you are doing!ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-63046468352542543952013-11-25T17:49:12.711+01:002013-11-25T17:49:12.711+01:00I know it is rude to laugh, but this was hilarious...I know it is rude to laugh, but this was hilarious..........you are obviously in the wrong job! I do not like the sound of that toe/foot/leg but hop it gets better soon. As for the toe sucking, I seem to recall David Mellor and (separately) Sarah Ferguson had similar solutions... maybe they had snake bites too!ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-12845492623044179662013-11-25T15:53:04.236+01:002013-11-25T15:53:04.236+01:00Oh be fair, Ursula, it's not every day a chap ...Oh be fair, Ursula, it's not every day a chap gets bitten by a snake in Africa. But, if I am boring you all... I shall just sulk.<br /><br />I had a parrot once, I fed it peanuts and chunks of apple, let it roam round the house and scare the shit out of the dogs and generally get its confidence. I decided it was time to plonk it on my shoulder, The fucking little bastard bit a great chunk out of my ear. It was my favourite shirt, I never got all the blood out of it.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-6642607605482601342013-11-25T15:12:13.786+01:002013-11-25T15:12:13.786+01:00Some of your readers appear to be running out of p...Some of your readers appear to be running out of patience with your folly. Don't worry. I am patient. As long as I live I shall follow the saga of your toe. If it kills me.<br /><br />Fascinating. The things you and Marcia do for love. I won't join the admonishing crowd. I am no doctor but can't help feeling that if you were to die of your toe it would have happened by now. <br /><br />Andy, by way of comfort and so I won't remind you of your mother (again): Remember Long John Silver. His wooden leg stump didn't stop him from hunting treasure, did it? I always thought him rather fetching. All you need now is a parrot; and to complete the picture I am sure you'll find a way of losing an eye. Actually, I wish I hadn't said that: It'll be me running around with a stylish eye patch come 2014. Don't remind me.<br /><br />I bet Margaret Mead (the anthropologist) wouldn't be surprised to learn that witch doctors are still around. I might have related this before (advancing years = repeating anecdotes) but old Guggemoos (deepest Bavaria and not African), father of my youngest uncle's wife, was famed for his powers. Whether your cow was ailing or you yourself Joseph would fix it. How? I have no idea. But he did. They came from far and wide. Though do confess that I tried to avoid him when visiting the farm. Child's instinct. I was brought up on a diet of grimmest fairy tales so my imagination working overtime. <br /><br />Talking of cows: You are milking your toe for all it's not worth, don't you, Andy? Still, where there is milk there is cheese and mould.<br /><br />Roquefort greetings,<br />UUrsulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-42241820747531587032013-11-25T14:45:26.349+01:002013-11-25T14:45:26.349+01:00Dear Columnist!
I had the doctor come to see me a...Dear Columnist!<br /><br />I had the doctor come to see me and subsequently endured two intravenous injections of antibiotics a day for seven days Then I was on three mgs a day orally, a course I have just finished.<br /><br />There are definite signs of improvement. I have every confidence I will soon be able to post a picture of me playing barefoot football with little Alex.<br /><br />As to your highly amusing observation on Christian ethics, I went through my whole Army career like that! Only once was forgiveness not forthcoming from an irate Commanding Officer which cost me a 500 pound fine and a severe dig (reprimand) but he still awarded me the grade of Outstanding on my Annual Confidential Report although he did qualify his assessment of me by writing; 'Captain Gowans is going to have to learn to control his ego if he is not to limit his future in the Service'. I thought that was quite witty of him, nay, prescient. Arrogance has always been my downfall.<br /><br />How are things in your neck of the woods? Are you hunkered down in your apartment with the doors sand bagged up cooking scrambled eggs in your steel helmets to survive?<br /><br />Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-51937440171593334052013-11-25T14:16:01.174+01:002013-11-25T14:16:01.174+01:00I would have paid extra for him to bring a pretty ...I would have paid extra for him to bring a pretty nurse along...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-26517920551282968682013-11-25T14:13:15.073+01:002013-11-25T14:13:15.073+01:00A hundred bucks would have got me in front of a do...A hundred bucks would have got me in front of a doctor, Everything else would have been extra.<br /><br />A picture showing massive improvement will be forthcoming. As soon as it improves massively.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-79782381880098507412013-11-25T14:08:58.450+01:002013-11-25T14:08:58.450+01:00With that kind of JuJu, it's bound to!With that kind of JuJu, it's bound to!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-30751398393380846932013-11-25T14:07:47.051+01:002013-11-25T14:07:47.051+01:00It is getting better and besides, how could I des...It is getting better and besides, how could I describe what a witch doctor does without going through the experience?Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-7362210159810192512013-11-25T14:05:31.823+01:002013-11-25T14:05:31.823+01:00No need for apologies, CinC| But you should have ...No need for apologies, CinC| But you should have seen it, how people can actually believe in that shit!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.com