Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

A Call for State Issued Tissues in the Winter

30-Day Blogging Challenge – Day five
Prompt: Wildcard Monday! When you come down with a cold or the flu, do you stick to traditional remedies, or do you have an unconventional method if treating/healing?

Colds are the worst, aren’t they? I mean, realistically, there is absolutely nothing you can do. It is rare, in my experience, that any remedy will actually make you feel better. Mind you, if you do find a remedy that works, please do let me know.

I’m not sure I really do anything when I get a cold. I tend to buy tons of stuff when I get ill – paracetamol and the like – but don’t always take it. We basically have a cold and flu store in the “messy drawer” in the kitchen.

The one thing I would say was vital for a cold or flu sufferer is good quality tissues. There is nothing worse than wiping your nose four hundred times with cheap and nasty tissues. Good tissues ought to be state issued in the winter