tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573382596442861899.post1305433537212725356..comments2023-11-02T01:55:28.254-07:00Comments on A Canuck Amuck: Speak of the DevilGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766968264733510251noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573382596442861899.post-1753585036797019822008-03-31T17:03:00.000-07:002008-03-31T17:03:00.000-07:00Within the very first days of moving into DPW 356 ...Within the very first days of moving into DPW 356 Dalla in Kano, Jan 1963, I had a similar bout/battle from which, as things got better, I had a fierce thirst. My housemate Mary, opened our first bottle of Fanta Orange and brought a small glass to me. I swallowed the ubersweet, viscous stuff and got sick, the other way in brilliant orange. Never again did we fail to dilute. Lucinda (FON)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573382596442861899.post-91628564217970068502008-03-25T17:05:00.000-07:002008-03-25T17:05:00.000-07:00Sorry to hear you had a ... um ... shitty Easter w...Sorry to hear you had a ... um ... shitty Easter weekend. Glad you are feeling better though. <BR/>Just remember, that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger!<BR/>Jess xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573382596442861899.post-14932496445676300332008-03-25T13:50:00.000-07:002008-03-25T13:50:00.000-07:00ailments on the road, away from the comforts and f...ailments on the road, away from the comforts and familiarity of home...the fear of fears for any and all of us who travel. No amount of Pepto can assuage the fear and loathing.<BR/>I was in Barcelona a number of years ago attending a conference. There I met an interesting pack of individuals from around the world [pack is a most appropriate term when spending time surrounded by consultants and quasi academics]. As happens often in these situations, the Americans stand out as the best, most, and any other superlative you want to apply to them. It so happens there were only two Americans among us [not counting me as an Ex-Pat], and they were a team of hilarity that left most of us rolling on the floor with tears of laughter. One was a tall Woody Allen look alike, right down to the unruly hair and round rimed glasses that made him look like a screech owl. He was an r&b guitarist in search of bands at bars in late night Barcelona [and found some great clubs to boot]. His was the dry wit of the dynamic duo. The other was a Dan Ackroyd clone, with a really off the wall funny streak and no sense of reticence to hold him back. He told the most outrageous stories on himself -- true 'shock and awe' kinds of things without the guns and bullets. The intent was pure fun; the pace was nervous energy found in any stand-up routine.<BR/>They both worked for Proctor and Gambles as international distribution execs. These were certainly not stuffy board room types, but as global execs, they of course had to travel around the world for P&G. The Ackroyd clone, whom I will call Dan-A for short, was a terrible traveler, by his own admission. He hated to fly; hated hotels; hated "foreign" food, as in not recognizably American fast food -- and was a nervous nelly about the whole thing. He told a story on himself about being in Japan.<BR/><BR/>He felt sick to his stomach after he ate dinner [probably Kobe beef; definitely not sushi], so he drank a whole bottle of Pepto to quell the nervous rumbling in his stomach [probably caused more by digestion than anything else]. Then he noticed that his tongue turned black -- he panicked and immediately telephoned his wife back in Cincinnati for help [why bother with local services when you can get help from the Central States a million miles away!?]. <BR/>His ever-patience silent-suffering wife used the Socratic method to get to the bottom of his trouble: what did you eat? when did you eat it? did you take anything for your sick tummy? how much? Oh, the whole bottle. Did you read the document inserted in the Pepto package? No...OK, take it out and look at the side effects....You are not dying from some kind of exotic black tongue disease; Pepto turns your tongue black when you drink large quantities of it..... She obviously dealt with similar situations before for a husband exhibiting advanced signs of arrested development. <BR/>We, the audience of this hilarious tale sipping grappa in a Barcelona fish bar, laughed uncontrollably, esp as we realized that Pepto is a P&G product!<BR/>Black tongue and all, Pepto may be more fun than snot-tasting salt water. At least it comes with instructions about side effects.<BR/>Talk to you soon; gotta run to a meeting. VictorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com