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reminder our fill in weekend event is celebs in ads.....i have a horrible cold but i wouldn't take this stuff...tried it once, nasty, tasted like licorice....love vicks vaporub though! you can smell me coming today!!! :) and totally OT, it's pitch black out, almost 9:30pm and someone has their leaf blower going....weird....yes, sick ramblings from your captain! how about an extra ration of rum??

Date: 2012-11-10 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mellzie-1963.livejournal.com
You can't buy anything more effective = our cough syrup doesn't work worth a darn, but neither does anyone else's.

That said, I really miss Formula 44D.

Date: 2012-11-10 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fallconsmate.livejournal.com
i tell my family "i'm wearin the vicks! i'm EXTRA SEXY TODAY!!" :)

i swear by robutussin. that shit will knock a buzzard off a gutwagon, but it WORKS on coughs.

Date: 2012-11-10 03:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] write-light.livejournal.com
OH GOD Vicks Formula 44. D:

My parents swore by it, but one taste and I knew I COULD NEVER GET SICK AGAIN or I'd be tortured with more nasty spoonfuls of the stuff.

"The taste never leaves you." There's your slogan, VIcks.
Edited Date: 2012-11-10 03:14 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-11-11 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] franklanguage.livejournal.com
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that icon!
Edited Date: 2012-11-11 01:35 am (UTC)

Date: 2012-11-11 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] write-light.livejournal.com
It's surprisingly useful in this comm. :D

Date: 2012-11-12 06:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] murakozi.livejournal.com
It could be worse. You could take Buckley's. Now that stuff is foul. I was visiting a friend in Toronto years ago and ended up with a cold. He promptly got some Buckley's.

I can see why people 'get better' when they take that stuff. If you don't, you might be forced to have a second dose.

Date: 2012-11-12 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] write-light.livejournal.com
As a matter of fact, that's their proud slogan!

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Date: 2012-11-15 12:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] murakozi.livejournal.com
I remember that they had a "Show us your Buckley's face" ad campaign, too.

The stuff did seem to work, though I don't know if it was due to the actual medication or if it was just a placebo effect. After all something that tasted that terrible *had* to be effective, right?

Date: 2012-11-11 03:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wings-unfurling.livejournal.com
I remember being forced to take that crap. It worked, but it was so godawful tasting! Just pass me the (red!) NyQuil! It's not *AS* effective as Vicks44, but it knocks me out to where I just don't care. LOL!

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