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I may or may not be wearing pants here.
This is not my best showing, to say the least. My voice sounds very “On your knees, Boy”. My favorite part is the very noticeable, highly unladylike sniffle before I say the names. I wanted to post this tomorrow, but seeing as it may take me two days to crawl to the post office, it is going up today. Tomorrow’s recipe is worth the wait.
Congrats, winners. Hooray for magazines! I will be in touch.
Oh, and just about now I would kill for a brownie sundae and a hot toddy. If someone could make one magically appear, that would be fucking awesome. Conversely, if someone wants to skip on over and put me out of my misery, I would be pretty cool with that, too. It feels like I have been hit with a sledgehammer. My head is pounding, my nose is running and my throat feels like it has been attacked by fire ants. I keep thinking a shower would help, but that takes a lot of energy.
Lemmonex fact #564: I am a whiny baby when sick.
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Get to feeling better. Happy Holidays!
You too!
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I think you’re cute when you’re sick
You wouldn’t say that if you saw me now, but thank Julie.
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You just provided the perfect excuse for me to cut out from work early…. I wish. but feel better!
I am here to make excuses, believe me.
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Props for the David Bowie lyrics in the title. One of my all-time favorite artists.
My mom is a huge fan, so I grew up listening to him a lot. I really like “Young American”…didn’t realize it was so loud in the video until I downloaded it.
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Feel better!
I’m generally also a whiny baby when sick – and I don’t pull off the sick sniffles nearly as well as you do in that video. Neat trick.
Me and my sniffles are HOT.
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The Lynard Skynard shirt makes the whole thing hott! Get better soon. Trust me when I say, I feel your pain.
Ha, thanks. I will emailed you today for your address, JP. Congrats.
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Feel better, Cookie! Let me know if you need anything….
And who won? I can’t watch videos from the office. Damn this firewall, cramping my slacker style.
Thanks. M and justJP are the lucky winners.
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Hope you feel better soon. You know what might help? Peruvian chicken. Ummmmmm.
Getting to VA is NOT a possibility now but it does sound good.
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Ha! Sweet baby Jesus, I had no idea I won. I guess I should hook up the speakers in my office and savor such a glorious moment!
You should! A fine moment indeed.
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Put yourself in a bubble and I’ll drive you to VA for chicken.
You don’t mean that.
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I *really* hope you feel better soon!!
Aw, thanks.
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Lem my dear, although I’m sorry you have the ebola, I’m pretty sure “My vanity knows no bounds” is not compatible with a Skynyrd t-shirt. Not this far north anyway. Also, I can’t tell of justjp’s egregious misspelling of Lynyrd Skynryd is reflective of true ignorance, or if he’s just doing it to irritate me. I may have to declare a redneck jihad on him (a.k.a. the yee-had.)
Please, Hammer…don’t hurt him.
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If anything, I feel the need to pile on even MORE make-up when sick, just to counteract the ravages of disease. But yes, pants are optional.
I look like Casper the friendly ghost. It is not pretty.
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one hot toddy coming up.
god i love those puppies. feel better asap!
Thanks, lady. MMM, booze.
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I could smell your breath through the computer.
Obviously I am bitter that I didn’t win.
You probably could…it has not been pretty in these parts.
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You are effectively pulling on my sympathy strings with these last couple of posts you know that? Feel better and congrats to the winners.
Ah, I didn’t mean too. Just unfortunate timing of a rough weekend and now, the plague.
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My favorite part was justjp not realizing he had won because he watched the video with no sound.
I know…part of the appeal is my oh so sexy sick voice.
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how do you want it? quick and painless, or long, drawn-out and dramatic?
if someone were going to put me out of my misery, i think i would want to to be that german track star that VK had on his site during the olympics. and i’d want her to do it by smothering me with her… nevermind.
Though I am dramatic about other things, I think I would want this quick and painless. I have suffered enough.
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Also, Lem, I need to inform you that our marriage is over. Your bacon biscuits no longer have any power over me, for I have found something better. Bacon doughnuts!
I’m still gonna fight justjp though. I simply cannot abide a man who misspells Skynyrd. He must pay for his blasphemy.
Just like you, Hammer, to love them and leave them. In my weakest moment, too–you bastard!
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Hammer- You may declare Yee-Had at your will. If so, I shall issue a Fat-Wa. My spelling was indicative of being “under the influence” at the time (see post). Though this win means only one thing…I am that closer to winning the hand of Lemmy in our all out battle royale, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon.
The thought of PBR makes me kind of (more) sick right now–thanks for that, JP.
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Brookem’s got the right idea. Hot Toddy? Cocoa and Kahlua? Eggnog?
Salted caramel mochawhatever from Starbucks??
You just let me know, lady, and I’ll be there.
Salted caramel hot cocoa! Oh, that sounds like heaven.
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I do mean that.
If only I had a bubble.
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Sorry you are sick…and hoping you feel better really soon!
Thanks so much.
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Hope you’re feeling better soon. And that’s your “on your knees, Boy” voice? I think you’re holding out on us.
Some things have to remain a mystery.
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I was so sick on Tuesday night, I turned down wild monkey sex. That’s WAY sick. I hope you are luckier than me.
That IS sick. It wasn’t up for the offering, but I think I would have to say no as well.
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Oh, pumpkin, you sound like crap. In case that makes you feel better. I feel you – I woke up with a cold and I’m bitter bitter today. Get well fast!
It is the weather I tell you. Screw you, Mother Nature.
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I’m afraid that if I play that video, I’ll get sick, too. Like a really wheezy version of The Ring.
I kinda look like the girl from The Ring right now.
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You know, I always thought I’d love hot toddies. But then I had one, and… nope. Not a fan.
Feel better!!
You know, I kid around about hot toddies, but I have never actually had one either.
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Poor little Lemmy
With the sniffles and ague.
But she still look hot.
The return of the haikus…fantastic. That makes me feel much better.
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I make my toddies with sweet and sour mix. Makes a world of difference over straight brandy or whiskey, water & sugar.
Interesting…is it still a hot toddy then, though?
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A toddy’s ok if you’re sick. It’ll calm and help cure at the same time (or so I choose to believe). But for hot drinks I prefer hot buttered rum.
Never thought of the buttered rum…
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being attacked by fire ants at all is never as much fun as it sounds — certainly not in the throat. feel better
Welcome, f.B. I hope you don’t speak from experience.
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I think everyone on my blogroll is sick this week. Here’s my trick: two shots of peppermint schnapps, three tylenol and then bed. Knocks the shit out of you and whatever you have camped in your lungs.
Feel better soon!!
Oh, I wish I had peppermint schnapps–that sounds like the tastiest cure so far.
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Sweet & sour mix is just simple syrup (water & sugar) with lemon juice. So for curative reasons alone it’s not a bad option for toddies.
A couple nights ago I was experimenting with recipes and discovered that you can indeed have too much hot buttered rum. My total rum intake added up to about a half pint, so that might have been the problem.
Oo, don’t forget Tom & Jerrys! It’s a nuisance to make yourself (unless you’re in a cooking mood already) but there’s a nice Tom & Jerry batter in a jar available, where you just take a tablespoon of mix and add rum and hot water.
See, I read that and all I could think was “Ben and Jerry’s”…brownie sundae on the brain, I tell you. It is weird because I also have zero appetite. That never happens.
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Feel better soon!
Thanks so much.
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First off, no need to go all the way to VA for some peruvian chicken.. El Pollo Sabroso in Mt Pleasant does the trick just fine.
Second, Try hot peppermint tea with a shot of peppermint schnapps, and some honey drizzled in there. Should help with the throat and make you happier at the same time! Honey is key because it actually coats your throat and will help you relax. You don’t want too much though because it will be sugar overload and you’ll be bouncing off the walls. In general you want lots and lots of fluids, and lots of sleep. Stay away from the drugs if possible, they just mask symptoms really.
And I had assumed the winners were going to be picked based on the merits of their answer and not randomly, but we all know what happens when you assume (can you believe my 7th grade english teacher taught me that for the first time?!)
Random is more fair, I think, because who I am to judge the quality of people’s answers? Maybe that is something I should do in the future though. I am very judgmental.
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Feel better love. Do you need a good spooning with that hot toddy?
Are you available? Yes, please.
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I could spoon a hot toddy any day of the week.
That sounded dirty.
I like you dirty.
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The American Lung Association recommends not treating the common cold with alcoholic beverages as they cause dehydration.
Yes, I am being mean to a sick person on her own blog, but only because I didn’t win.
It’s ok…I probably need to be taken down a peg.
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You want haiku girl
To bring relief to your aches
Consider it done
feel better
This does indeed cheer me…thanks, jman.
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Hope a day later
Finds you feeling much better
It’s your day off too!
It is…I am doing a little better for sure–I think the fever broke.
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I won’t even go to the gym without putting on at least a little bit of makeup. So I guess my vanity knows no bounds, either.
Glad it isn’t just me.
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WTF. I didn’t win?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I had to wait an extra day to see the results… they block youtube at work. those fuckers.
I’m going to go cry now.
Aw, Doug…don’t cry. It will be ok.
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