Anecdotes we were taught.

A drop of warm olive oil in an ear, then a cotton ball relieves earaches.
Vinegar on a sunburn.
Raw bacon on a bee sting.
Clove oil for a toothache.
Wintergreen oil on a sore muscle.
Hope this helps.

Originally posted by Zamboner
Interesting use of the word anecdote

for maxims and parables,
and olde wives' tales...
do a quick search on youtube,
type in, "FAIL"...

Cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
A drop of warm olive oil in an ear, then a cotton ball relieves earaches.
Vinegar on a sunburn.
Raw bacon on a bee sting.
Clove oil for a toothache.
Wintergreen oil on a sore muscle.
Hope this helps.

Taught by whom?

The local witchdoctor?

Barbarians... 😞




The clove oil one works, though. I saw The Marathon Man.

"Is it safe?"

Originally posted by Suzianne
Taught by whom?

The local witchdoctor?

Barbarians... 😞




The clove oil one works, though. I saw The Marathon Man.

"Is it safe?"

No, they are all tried and true home remedies used by yours truly since I was knee high to a prairie dog.

I think most missed my attempt here, I put on that I am so stupid I thought this was an antidote thread. I didn't know antidote was germane to the world of poisons. Should have taken some med classes too I guess.

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😞

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
A drop of warm olive oil in an ear, then a cotton ball relieves earaches.
Vinegar on a sunburn.
Raw bacon on a bee sting.
Clove oil for a toothache.
Wintergreen oil on a sore muscle.
Hope this helps.

"A drop of warm olive oil in an ear, then a cotton ball relieves earaches.
Vinegar on a sunburn.
Raw bacon on a bee sting.
Clove oil for a toothache.
Wintergreen oil on a sore muscle.
Hope this helps."

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Still work.

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http://www.jrwatkins.com/jrwatkins/index.cfm?gclid=CJiUsfz3_LQCFQeynQodszIAEA

If it hurts, slap some food on it?

Originally posted by apathist
If it hurts, slap some food on it?

'Lies' told:

http://www.degreescout.com/education-degrees/top-ten-lies-your-teachers-told-you-in-school
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
'Lies' told:

http://www.degreescout.com/education-degrees/top-ten-lies-your-teachers-told-you-in-school
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Death: Humans need fantasy to *be* human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.
Susan: With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?
Death: Yes. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies.
Susan: So we can believe the big ones?
Death: Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.
Susan: They’re not the same at all.
Death: You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder, and sieve it through the finest sieve, and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. And yet, you try to act as if there is some ideal order in the world. As if there is some, some rightness in the universe, by which it may be judged.
Susan: But people have got to believe that, or what’s the point?
Death: You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become?

-Whatever

Originally posted by mikelom

We were all taught them, be they true are false.

A share would be nice.

I recall 2 specifics.

1. "You'll take somebody's eye out doing that."

(I don't recall seeing a friend with a missing eye due to a mate swinging or prodding).

2. "Now, come on son, finish the skin of your roast pototo. THAT'S the best part, that is!"

(I'm, no nutritionist, but is it?)

-m.

Seat Belts securely fastened. Tray Tables in their upright and locked position:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicahagy/2012/05/02/nine-dangerous-things-you-were-taught-in-school/
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Originally posted by Zamboner
Interesting use of the word anecdote

I agree. I think he might have meant "axioms" rather than "anecdotes."

My parents grew up during the World War II era. Two warnings they heard were:

Loose lips sink ships.
Closee trapee, foolee Jappee.

I suppose that second one is not considered P.C. these days, eh?

The one I got as a kid was, "There are millions of kids in India going to bed hungry tonight." Thus it was important for me to eat every scrap of food on my plate. Wouldn't want those Indian kids getting any of it, would I?

Oh, and there was, "Feed a cold, starve a fever." Okay, Ma.

Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
My parents grew up during the World War II era. Two warnings they heard were:

Loose lips sink ships.
Closee trapee, foolee Jappee.

I suppose that second one is not considered P.C. these days, eh?

The one I got as a kid was, "There are millions of kids in India going to bed hungry tonight." Thus it was important for me to eat every scrap of fo ...[text shortened]... getting any of it, would I?

Oh, and there was, "Feed a cold, starve a fever." Okay, Ma.

For us it was about the kids in Africa and China, with prolapsed abdomens and ulcerations

from an inadquate diet; and the missionary workers there trying to provide medical care.
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Originally posted by hakima
I agree. I think he might have meant "axioms" rather than "anecdotes."

Explain please.

-m.

Originally posted by mikelom
Explain please.

-m.

Anecdotes are stories, axioms are sayings.