I e-mailed Bob Martin, you might know him as “Mindanao Bob” but I know him as “Fearless Leader Bob” but anyway I e-mailed that guy and told him I was knocking on deaths door. I’m talking viral flu not bottled flu.
I informed him about my life hanging by a thread and there would be no LiP article this week. He replied: (I paraphrase) “Oh I understand stay well and get better”
Did you also see the hidden message in that one quick blurb? He was calling me lazy and a no count and implying I’m faking it. Well at least that how I read it, but I do remember that Nyquil and Robitussin DM should never be mixed so maybe I was spaced out when I read his e-mail and Bob meant exactly what he wrote.
But even though I might be wrong, I climbed out of bed and drug myself to the puter and started huntin + peckin’ with my deluded brain racing and my finger tryin to keep up.
Then I remembered the 500 word rule, but I got to thinking all the times Bob (Fearless Leader) violated that rule, and I’m typing and nodding, and all I want to do is crawl into bed and go to meet my maker.
But have no sympathy for me, for the one who deserves it, is Mayang who has listened to me whine for two days as she fills me with Hot Chicken Mami all day. The only thing is after you have that next SMB just think about LiP and “Remember Me”
Dear Fearless leader Bob;
Any pictures accompanying this missive will have to be added by you, I’m going to send this by word press and go back to sleep. (And whine some more.)
Soon to be a ghost
Paul
Ha ha… How could you tell that there was a double meaning or any ill-will in my message? 😉
I think you are seeing negativity where there was none! ha ha
Hey Bob;
I blamed it on my mixing Nyquil and Robitussin DM, which will place one on a higher Astral Plain.
I thought that mixing Nyquil and Robitussin DM was a good thing. 😉
Bob;
It appears that it’s not, I watched an advert for an upcoming TV show and thought I’d seen the entire show. (LOL)
Man Flue very bad. Boat drinks administered intravenously is the only cure.
John;
Nyquil and coke….mmmmmmmmmm good!
I hope you feel better soon, Paul. Drink a lot of hot tea with lemon every couple of hours. It works for me whenever I feel I’m coming down with a bad cold.
John;
Read until I fall asleep, visit the Puter once in awhile and I love hot tea. I sent my wife down to make sure the burial plan is up to date. I told you folks I’m a wimp when I’m sick!
LOL, omg Paul upon reading this article my hopes of becoming an LiP contributor was dashed. I don’t think anything I could produce would compare to your posts! God bless Mayang for putting up with you and I really hope you ding-dong-ditch deaths door and get better soon sir!
OpaoPhil;
Dashed your hopes? my random thoughts should inspire anyone to feel they could do a better job at writing. Let Bob be the judge of that!! (lol)
Feel better soon Paul!
I know it’s rough. I’ve been sick for three months with various ailments. Hope your doctors(if you go to one) have better luck fixing you.
I used to drink some hard liquor when I had a bad cold, alas this sounds like flu. Nothing but rest will help.
Scott;
There was a time in the long distant past when I would grab a bottle of rum and attempt to fight my ailment with a righteous hangover. and sometimes it worked. Now I just wakeup still sick, but with the hangover to boot. (lol)
Try Obamacare. That will fix you up.
Rusty;
Like every person in government or Unions that vote democratic are except from Obamacare, for some sad reason I am too. Please tell us how much you enjoy it. (lol)
Hi Paul seems colds are fashionable at the moment, we are both suffering here.
The bossman has it worse than me.
Hope you are soon OK.
Marjorie;
My wife is hiding from me like I was typhoid Mary. She’ll dash into the room with my hot Chicken Mami and disappear just as quick. I hope we all get better soon!
So the sickness prevented you from meeting Tommy for pancakes & coming over to wash the syrup out of your gullet with Tandauy & Coke. Now I understand.
Loren;
I was so sick I had no idea it was even Sunday. Tommy called and asked if I was going and I asked him; “WHERE????”
Hi Paul, hope you’re feeling better we still need you on planet earth lol, I felt bad last week
I usually have lemon honey and hot lemonade does the job,
What would Texas Joe do with you not around ? Derek in pasig.
Derek;
Planet Earth needs me as much as Planet Hollywood needs a celebrity guest. Hot Lemonade? Is that like a Gin Tonic with no ice?
Really!! Mr. President you can’t kick the bucket. Who will lead? Who will make those decisions? The world, at least my world, is counting on you.
Yes, you, President Paul. Yea, I know the press won’t have Paul to kick around anymore you may think. But who could make up for your columns.
Not me said Palawan Bob, Not me said Papa Duck, not me said Derek. Then who will tab, tab, tab away at 500 centavos per letter. So how much does Bob fork over at 500 centavos per letter? Do you charge him interest?
Try Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar. You can get at Healthy Options at SM in Cebu.
Get well soon, Rusty
Rusty;
I have as much chance at becoming president as Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton. And like me Oprah hasn’t endorsed them.
I’ve said this before, Bob paid me with Jimmy Buffett albums years ago, and they are so valuable I’m still working them off.
Sorry you are ill Paul. I have the impression that the home made Chicken Miami your wife is making for you beats the other stuff you are taking.
Best thing I have found for cold and flu is something I found in the UK when I vacationed there in the 1990’s. It is a powder substance you mix with hot water, lemon flavored, contains paracetamol and some other stuff ( do not excede recommended dosage ). Sells under various brand names such as Beechams Hot Lemon, Lemsip and a few other name brands. Also various house brand names such as Sainsbury and Boots. If this stuff can make you feel better while having what I call the ” London Flu ” it should work well with other kinds of cold and flu also.
I used to have friends send me over a box or two of the stuff once in a while. These days thanks to Amazon ( USA ) I can order it online and a few days later it magically appears in my mailbox.
I find it interesting that products containing paracetamol are not marketed here in the USA. I have been informed that it is the same active ingredient as used in Tylonol and has a different name. I know there in PH Paracetamol products are sold also. Why they play ” The Name Game ” with it here I don’t know.
What is the Chicken Miami ( intentionally mis spelled ) that your wife is making for you ?
Hope you feel better soon Paul.
Paul,
I can sympathize with you on this. I have been so sick I went through the 3 phases of sickness. I was afraid I was going to die. I was afraid I wasn’t going to die. And finally I was afraid I was going to stay that way the rest of my life. Bus it finally passed and I was back to my old sarcastic self. Hope you get well soon sir!
ScottD;
I’m still wrapped around the axel of the bus phrase, which coms after stuck in the busses wheel well. Bit I remember the “Who threw me under the bus phrase that started last week.”
Bob (NY)
The chicken is deboned and chopped small for a sick Kano, lots of Mami noodles so tiny and soft and it tastes good. I love it when I’m well too!
Paracetamol is new to me, but I don’t like anything that makes me go loopy loo. Nyquil works just fine albeit it is not cheap, but that’s the incentive to get well soon.
Amd Now from New York this lemon and honey cire, all my friends from Great Briton recommend it too. So I had a slice of Lemon Maringa pie last night and felt good while eating it.
I’d boycott. Have a sit in. Tell Bob your striking until he allows you unlimited access to his 300 virgins.
Rusty;
300 Virgins? Is that a new Jimmy Buffett album?
Hi Paul,
Nobody likes to be sick, I hope that you’re feeling much better soon. That hot chicken mami and lots of liquids should get you on the mend. Hot calamansi juice tea with honey might also help too. Sounds like your wife Mayang is taking good care of you, so you should be alright.
Take care, Queenie
Queenie;
With lemon and honey being the number one recommended cure how goes Nyquil sell anything? (lol) Liquids I have plenty but of the wrong type, Hmmmm SMB, lemon and honey?
Paul,
Hope all is better for you now. God Bless Mayang for waiting on you hand and foot lol. I take mega doses of vitamin c daily to ward off any colds or flu. Knock on wood, so far so good.
PapaDuck;
And I take Vitamin-B to ward off mosquitoes, but once in a while I get bit., but I can no longer hear the funeral dirge in my ear so I assume I’m on the mend.
Hi Paul
You are obviously retired and not a contract worker like me. I drag myself in no matter what. The only satisfaction you really get is giving the flu to the staff bosses who take their paid sick days off and make life easier in the office.
Now for a cure suggestion. My mum always swears by whisky added to hot milk. Not sure if it works but you sleep well and don’t give a damn if it’s working or not.
Get well soon.
Cheers
AJ UK
AJ UK;
My Gran used to fix us hot rum toddy, very effective at sleeping. I once was hired in Florida when I told the GM he’d hire me because I was retired Navy and had no idea how to phone in sick He did!.
Use Queenies advice and suck down as many Daniels as you can. That blast those little germs.
Ask AJ about the 300 virgins that are hiding in Bob’s backyard.
Rusty, I don’t have the slightest idea what you are talking about with these virgins, but you keep bringing it up over and over again. Here is fair warning, the next time you bring it up, you will no longer be able to post comments here. Fair enough? I think it is in particularly poor taste to bring my son into such a conversation and he explain about his father housing a bunch of non-existent virgins.
Get well soon Paul!
Take care,
Pete
Pete;
I know I’m still not well when my friend asked if I’d like a cool refreshing SMB and I declined! Woe is me!
Bob,
I am only kidding with President Paul. Sorry you’d think I was serious.
Now that I am 71 I realize life is too short to always be serious. Sorry I offended you. You’ve accomplished a lot in your life.
Rusty
I consider you a very good friend.
I’ve had my ups and downs.
I wish you the best.