That slurps

[MagicParakeet]

This is a good thread for letting off some steam. Post something that you hate or just slurps.

I hate cough medicine. I'd rather have a cold than to drink that foul liquid. It's always a vile cherry immitation and hardly ever works. The worst part is that your not allowed to drink water afterwards to wash away the taste. If you do, you dilude the medication. IT slurpx!!!!!

[Orangey]

Well, you can tell your mom (although whether or not she believes some random guy on the internet...) that there's no problem with 'diluting the medicine'. Think about it: as long as there's the same amount of medicine being absorbed, it doesn't matter. If it did make a difference, then you wouldn't drink water with aspirin or Tylenol. The only way it could change any-thing is if you diluted it BEFORE drinking it and then didn't drink it all. Many actually want you to have food in your stomach.

[the Scarf]

Yeah, I was thinkin that too...also, if shes still against it, just swish some water around in your mouth...that should do the trick...

[MagicParakeet]

It still slurps either way. Tastes like garbage and hits you like a freight train. Bloody disgusting.

[the Scarf]

I don't use cough syrup...we have a cabinet full of healthy teas that help with the various symptoms...they work okay, and they taste fine when you add lots of honey.

[Orangey]

If your biggest symptoms are congestion and coughing, take a mixing bowl of water and micro-wave it until it's just short of boiling, add a few drops of eucalyptus oil, and put your head over the bowl, then put a warm, moist towel over your head. The combination of the steam and the nasal shock of the eucalyptus opens your nasal cavities like a controlled detonation.

[Silfedac]

I just slurp the medicine down, than drink something with a better taste to get rid of the medicine. Although, with my family, sick people just get bedrest for days on end. And it works! My dad just got the flu, so he was lying in bed for three days, and now he's fine!

[MagicParakeet]

I'm just hacking and coughing up phlem.

You know what else slurps? Socks. If you don't have them on your feet are freezing cold so you sit on them or something to keep them warm, but you can't move or feet get cold again which includes getting the socks. I also hate how it is apparently unacceptable to were your socks high with shorts unless you play soccer. THAT slurps! My feet are freezing cold right now even with socks. IT slurps! I need some big wooly sock or my slippers right now.

[Silfedac]

I know how that feels. My house is inexplicably cold, and my feet are like ice cubes. But I accept it, because with out socks, they would be even colder. I also wear full-length socks year round. Apparently not the best fashion choice, or so I've heard.

[Orangey]

I never wear shorts (which is ironic, considering my well-developed calves are probably my only attractive physical characteristic). I never wear jeans, for that matter. Actually, I hate jeans with a passion: they're rough, they always constrict my un-mentionables, they're always skin-tight or baggier than a burlap sack, and EVERY-ONE wears them ALL THE TIME. It's a lose-big lose-lose-lose situation.

[Silfedac]

So what do you wear?

[Orangey]

Slacks. Black for preference, but I own a few pairs of khakis too. Comfortable, much roomier, straight-legged, and cool.

[Silfedac]

I like jeans, although recently I've been losing weight, so I have to wear a belt now.

[DomanickX]

I'm just hacking and coughing up phlem.

You know what else slurps? Socks. If you don't have them on your feet are freezing cold so you sit on them or something to keep them warm, but you can't move or feet get cold again which includes getting the socks. I also hate how it is apparently unacceptable to were your socks high with shorts unless you play soccer. THAT slurps! My feet are freezing cold right now even with socks. IT slurps! I need some big wooly sock or my slippers right now.

Dude I know JUST what your talking about
The only place on my body that gets cold is my feet
otherwise I have a layer of muscle or fat (mostly fat) To keep me warm

[Orangey]

Really, I rarely have a problem with temperature; I grew up in Texas, meaning I got used to both extremes. Really, the only problem I have with clothes is, like I said, texture and the crotch of the pants. I'm not fit, but I'm not heavy enough to have a hard time finding clothes that fit, and I'm not too short or tall enough to make things difficult there, so clothes really aren't a big blip on my radar. It'd just be nice if people tailored pants with a reasonable inseam. O_^^^O

What does slurp is skin. I hate it. I have pale, photo-sensitive skin (thank you, Irish heritage). So pale, in fact, that the smallest blemish shows up like a signal flare. To top it off, I break out (well, not really break out; I've never really had a problem with acne. I just get a few irritated bumps on my cheek-bones and hair-line) when-ever I get stressed. Rar. It's aggravating.

[MagicParakeet]

I know what you mean Orangey, I have an equally pale heritage. RUSSIAN! I'm as pale as a ghost and get sunburn like nobodys business. Heck, I could probably get a moon burn if I was out too long.

[the Scarf]

heh...I have reasonable skin. I'm fairly pale, but If I was very careful, I COULD get a tan...my sister did during the summer...I tend to stay out of the sun though.

This next bit is more for girls to relate too...Guys, you can't say I didn't warn you.

Clothes....Because for some reason we all need to look fashionable, Girls are much harder to fit than guys. I'm not obese by any means, but I'm not a stick either. I'm sort of between sizes, and that can make it very difficult to find clothes that fit. A huge factor is that many companies base their medium and large sizes off of the small sizes, they just cut the patterns bigger. The problem is that when it gets to my size, the proportions are all off. If the shirt had an under-the-bust line, that line now goes across my chest. If I go up a few sizes so that that part fits, the rest of the shirt hangs like a sack. Of course, half the time they don't even HAVE my size. So many stores these days only carry extra smalls, smalls, the occasional medium, and if you're lucky, a large. Don't even THINK about being bigger than that, because if you are, they won't have anything that fits you. You'll just have to walk around nude.

Another huge problem is style. Many shops make clothes for smaller girls with flatter chests, and the shirts they sell are to make their breasts look larger. They are cut a certain way, and printed a certain way, and when they try to translate them to larger sizes, they don't look good. I've had breasts since third grade, I don't need to emphasize that area at all, thank you very much.
I get really frustrated whenever I go shopping. I always pull lots of clothes off the rack, but when I try them on, it usually doesn't fit. I always grab the next size up if I think I'll need it, but usually, that doesn't help. Its just a manufacturing problem. The problem is because I don't think they make sure it looks good before they put it up for sale. They have approximates of how much they need to increase the size for a large, but they never test it, so they don't notice the glaringly obvious problems. Usually, they ignore the simple fact that the bust size increases more than the waist size.

It slurps!

[Silfedac]

Gonna ignore that last post, mmkay? Mmkay.

With the skin thing, I'm kinda weird. I have pretty pale skin (Irish/German/Czech/Russian/English) but for some reason, I rarely if ever burn. HA! Losers!

[DomanickX]

I have a darker shade of skin because of my indian heritage
(HA NO TAXES!!) But I still say Im white

[Orangey]

Silf, Don't be immature; it's just clothes.

Oh, and, I never burn. Ever. Remember, I grew up in Texas. The only problem with my pale skin is, like I said, any little blemish from a freckle to a zit shows up like Clifford at a dachshund show.

[Silfedac]

Well, I tan very easily (I've been known to tan in Autumn), so Any of my blemishes are easily concealed. So HA! I still win!

And Dom, what do you mean "no taxes"?

[Orangey]

Since Indian reservations are officially their own countries, if he grew up on an indian reservation he wouldn't have paid American taxes.

[the Scarf]

hm...interesting...*goes to live on an Indian reservation*

And Silf...you can't say I didn't warn you. Hey, Orangey, I like your new avi!

[MagicParakeet]

To Scarf, I can relate with the clothes. I'm a really big guy, not really wide but deffinently tall. I usually get XL t-shirts but they don't go past my waist most of the time. I need XLT and that is surprisingly hard to find at big and tall shops.

[the Scarf]

Holy butt, how tall are you? I'm short, so I've never run into that problem..still..the fit is the thing thats annoying..

We should just make our own clothes...
I would, but my sewing machine is broken..

[DomanickX]

I dont know about MP but Im 6'1 And 290 pounds
I wear XXL shirts

[MagicParakeet]

6'2" and 210 lbs. currently. Yeah, I'm pretty tall. I can hardly fit on my bus.

[Orangey]

Silly tall people. At 5'9"/5'10", I laugh at you. I have a much longer life expectancy than you guys, with your stressed hearts and difficulty with diffusion.

[the Scarf]

ha! I'm only 5'3"/5'4"!
Magic Parakeet...you are freakishly tall and skinny...damn! I have a friend's friend who's like that...he likes to pick people up...He almost flipped me over, but I grabbed him and wouldn't let go until he put me down! Haha...

[MagicParakeet]

While we're on the topic of how large I am, it slurps when you go shoe shopping. For me it is hard to find a shoe that fits, a size 15! I usually wear basketball shoes. I was fortunate to discover that I could order large custom Chucks on Converse's website.