Anyone had a root canal done?
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fatiain said:
Yeah but to kill a big bug like a cockroach you need a really big rock of salt, or maybe a rocksalt gun.
Gah when we were lads the cureall from Matron was paracetamol.
"Hello Matron"
"Whats being the matter with you now boy?"
"I have a deep and gaping wound in my finger".
"Oh to be sure you do. What was the cause of that?"
"I cut myself sharpening a big pointy stick".
"Ahh have a paracetamol".
Broken arms, Broken teeth, near drowning incidents,flu, bronchitis and hayfever were all "cured" by the gentle ministrations of paracetamol delivered by an Irish Nun with a certificate in paracetamol distribution.
At my previous boarding school we had a more sophisticated Matron who had the imported magic of "Tiger Balm". Could cure death itself.
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fatiain said:
ROFL - Lucasade was fantastic stuff. The orange cellophane on the top of the bottle, the fact that it fizzed. I would feign illness just for a dose of that elixir. Infact I might go buy some now.
Sellotape used to be strong. It used to take an incredibly sharp implement stroked and honed on the barbers finest leather straps for weeks to be able to cut the stuff. I am sure it was used to attack tow ropes to cars as well.
Now of course it is easy cut and the slightest waft of air can break it.
Looking back we were Gods compared to these young mortals today.
Takhisis said:My dads one for broken fingers was ice lollys - sugar rush got rid of the pain and then he used *** stick to strap them all together with some electrical tape
Top man, that is a quality repair. I would have thought the icyness could have been used to reduce the swelling though .....
"Young Tommy, why do you have 4 ice lollies gaffa taped to your hand?"
"I broke my fingers miss."
"I see, well don't let them drip on the books and where's your homework?"
Do schoolkids still call the teachers "Miss" ? Or is it more like "no you minger I ain't bovvered".
I was working in a secured cash office with a plumber working on the sprinkler system, he slipped with a Stanley knife and gashed his thumb badly. After wrapping a tissue round it and gaffer taping it in place he carried on working.Takhisis said:My dads one for broken fingers was ice lollys - sugar rush got rid of the pain and then he used the stick to strap them all together with some electrical tape
And my dad removed the very top of his finger on a bacon slicer, called to my mum "get me a bit of string", she replied "what sort of string?" "Any bloody sort of string". He tied the bit back on.