Carefree Days of Summer
“Mucinex” comes from the Latin for “I coughed up that?”
Sunday’s head cold spent maybe 24 hours in my head, then apparently lost its lease and had to move down to my chest. It’s taken up a happy residence there.
Last year, when Melissa had this thing, it got so bad that I went to the pharmacy in a state of near-panic. Correction: Near-sleeplessness, with maybe a little panic thrown in that neither of us would ever sleep again. Her coughing got so bad that, even with her in the guest room across the hall, both of us were up all night.
I grabbed the pharmacist by the sleeve and told him, “I need the best expectorant/cough suppressant you can give me over the counter.”
“You need Mucinex.”
It’s an ugly name, sure. It sounds like some piece of extra ugly Soviet military gear. “Sergeant, get your men and take that hill!” “But sir, they have a Mucinex up there!” On the other hand, the stuff works. After she took the stuff, Melissa and I both slept through the night
You really are a funny guy.
when i had the flew a couple of months ago, mucinex didn’t seem to help at all. nothing possibly could’ve. i don’t know if it was the flu, or the mixture of meds i was taking, but the mere smell or taste of the mucinex had me gagging bad. just opening the bottle was torture.
too much information… but thanks for the advice about meds…
It sounds like the Euro breakfast cereal “muselix”. Yet another horrid name.
“Except then I did finally cough
Argh! Did NOT need the visual, Stephen. Thanks!
Two shots of Nyquil and a beer do it for me, but then I don’t get the flu that often. At least the name’s easy to remember: Mucinex, Mucinex, Mucinex…
And the stuff supposedly increases sperm mobility too.
Not that you need to worry about that right now
Ahhh. Nothing like a good oyster or two for a quick snack.
A kack snack.
Hey, that rhymes!
Ok. I’ll shut up now. Bye.
Try brandy and OJ some time, mixed in a pint glass (about 2 shots per glass of OJ). Works wonders for colds, etc.
Darn it, when will people start getting that quote right?
It’s a Swiss watchmaker, and he says, “Ve haff vays of making you….tock.”
Chug an entire bottle of ‘Tussin DM. Oh, I forgot to say, don’t be busy for a good long while.
“Sunday’s head cold spent maybe 24 hours in my head, then apparently lost its lease and had to move down to my chest. It’s taken up a happy residence there.”
I cannot help but admire such clever writing.
I use Mucinex quite often. I am an asthmatic and I get lots of icky stuff during allergy season as well as when i get a cold.
tip when you have a cold, try to refrain from dairy products. It just makes it worse. Try soy milk instead.
I enthusiastically support the use of Mucinex. Last fall, I came down with a horrible head cold that, like Steven’s, blitzed my chest looking for Lebensraum. I began to wonder if I had ebola or something. I counterattacked with Mucinex, and victory was mine.
ok I thought Stephens personal testimony was the grossest thing i had read in a long while but Dave S outdid even that.
I have to go now and scrub my memory
Too funny!
I discovered your site a couple weeks ago and it’s become one of my new favorites. I like that your posts span the range from phlegm to human trafficking. I mean, why not?