Handy hints for 2012

[chewi]

That is probably the only reason why so many of us survive to maturity.

I think it is the complete lack of understanding or fear, so they are relaxed like drunks when they fall. The rest of us panic, stiffen up & throw out arms & legs in a counter-productive attempt to recover or break the fall.

In this case I retained hold of the child to protect rather than reach out, but the trailing leg twisted below the knee.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I still remember as a young boy going to brush my teeth one morning.

I absent mindedly picked up the first tube lying on the sink and put it on my toothbrush.

Now remember this was in the days when real men used shaving cream and a bristle brush - I was only 7!

You can guess the rest - and I can still remember the disgusting taste of my father's shaving cream - aarrrrgghh!

It could have been worse - how about a tube of that hair-removing cream ladies use?

 

[BobnLesley]

Was he a rugby player?

...tubs of deep heat and vaseline...

The first thing that went into every Hooker's kit bag in my day: A good dollop of vaseline smeared above/around your eyes and then rub the deep heat (or Ellermanns embrocation) liberally into your hair before sharing sweat with the opposing front row.

 

[contessaman]

...tubs of deep heat and vaseline...

The first thing that went into every Hooker's kit bag in my day: A good dollop of vaseline smeared above/around your eyes and then rub the deep heat (or Ellermanns embrocation) liberally into your hair before sharing sweat with the opposing front row.

I used to do the Nijmegen road marches when I was younger. One of my mates was getting more that his fair share of chafe to the gonads (can I say that on here?!). we had a medical packup with us from the medcentre and all the stuff was in unbranded white tubs with very small writing on it. Dave would stop twice a day and stuff a fair amount of vaseline down his pants. I swear it wasnt me who switched lids and put the industrial strength deep heat in his bag, but it was amazing to watch. I thought his eyes would pop out of his head. This stuff was like deep heat on heat.
It certainly motivated the rest of the team to finish the 100 mile road march. too bad dave crossed the line walking like john wayne.

 

[bigwow]

...tubs of deep heat and vaseline...

The first thing that went into every Hooker's kit bag in my day: A good dollop of vaseline smeared above/around your eyes and then rub the deep heat (or Ellermanns embrocation) liberally into your hair before sharing sweat with the opposing front row.

I was wondering there for a second. Ah Rugby hooker!

 

[prv]

The first thing that went into every Hooker's kit bag in my day: A good dollop of vaseline smeared above/around your eyes and then rub the deep heat (or Ellermanns embrocation) liberally into your hair before sharing sweat with the opposing front row.

Blimey - when I was at school the done thing was just to make sure one had a bit of abrasive stubble, not engage in chemical warfare

Pete

 

[Deleted member 36384]

..... avoid keeping an aerosol of industrial strength adhesive next to the WD40 on your work bench....

Last month we had the base of an air freshener aerosol blow off. The aerosol promptly launched itself, wrecking the light fitting and smashing a roof tile. The problem was from the aerosol sitting in water on a work top and the base slowly rusting away. Lesson - don't leave aerosol's sitting in wet environments.

A colleague once related a tale of nighttime confusion between tubs of deep heat and vaseline!

I have asthma and was feeling quite chesty after a day sanding wood in a barn full of wheat chaff (I kid you not)! The wife advises to put some menthol crystals (iirc) into the bath. So I run my bath, open up the small container and shake a good amount into the bath. In I get. After about 5 minutes there is a tingly sensation on my scrotum, this rapidly develops into a hot sensation, followed by a painful sensation. I jump up to get out of the water but of course the water is still all over the sack of sensitivity. By now I am hopping up and down. We didn't have a shower in those days so I ran to the sink and started splashing cold water on the purse of plenty which has now reached excruciating levels of pain. Lesson - always read the instructions, but that is not the British way.