Cough Mixture
June 18, 2011
Aggie and Bettie are two old friends that have some rather odd conversations. This one regarding Bettie’s home made cough mixture and some of the effects.
| Aggie | I have been thinking again. |
| Bettie | Oh, you didn’t get a migraine did you? |
| Aggie | No, I try not to think too hard, I don’t like those migraines. |
| Bettie | I made a cure for them. |
| Aggie | Yes, but it always gives me the hiccups. |
| Bettie | I have a cure for those too. |
| Aggie | And that puts spots before my eyes. |
| Bettie | There is an easy cure for spots before the eyes. |
| Aggie | I know, but that gives me a migraine. |
| Bettie | Oh, never mind. Maybe one day I will make a cure without any side effects. |
| Aggie | At least the side effects aren’t as bad as your cough mixture. |
| Bettie | That was only one batch. I think that was too much vinegar. |
| Aggie | Are you sure it was the vinegar? Poor Albert was bright orange for a month. |
| Bettie | Errrm, maybe it was something else. |
| Aggie | Like what? |
| Bettie | Oh, I don’t know. |
| Aggie | Come on, what did you put in the cough mixture? |
| Bettie | Maybe it was the curry powder. |
| Aggie | Curry powder does not make you go orange. |
| Bettie | A lot of it might. |
| Aggie | Even a lot of curry powder wouldn’t turn you orange. |
| Bettie | It might. |
| Aggie | I put a whole pot in your stew last week and you didn’t turn orange. |
| Bettie | I went red. |
| Aggie | But only for a moment. |
| Bettie | But what if I added more. |
| Aggie | How much more than one pot? |
| Bettie | Well you know the barrel of curry powder you keep in the cellar? |
| Aggie | Yes? |
| Bettie | I took out a whole bucket full. |
| Aggie | You took out a whole bucket full? No wonder poor Albert went orange, but surely he wouldn’t have stayed orange for so long. |
| Bettie | I didn’t put the bucket of curry powder in. |
| Aggie | You didn’t? So why did Albert turn orange? |
| Bettie | Now I think about it, it was definitely the curry powder. |
| Aggie | With less than a bucket full? |
| Bettie | No, with quite a lot. |
| Aggie | You said you didn’t put all the bucket in. |
| Bettie | I didn’t put any of the curry powder from the bucket in. I left the bucket in the cellar in case you wanted some. |
| Aggie | I would have just taken some out of the barrel. |
| Bettie | Ah, you see I used what was left in the barrel. |
| Aggie | You used a whole barrel of curry powder in the cough mixture? |
| Bettie | Not the whole barrel. I took out a bucket full first. I knew it would be silly to use a whole barrel full. |
| Aggie | I doubt one bucket full would have made that much difference. |
| Bettie | I’m sure it would have. Quite a bit of difference. |
| Aggie | Really? How much difference? |
| Bettie | Well, poor Albert was nearly dead afterwards. |
| Aggie | You nearly killed Albert? |
| Bettie | Very much so. I did cure his cough though, and I think he had a flu coming too. |
| Aggie | Poor Albert. What did he say afterwards? |
| Bettie | For a while nothing. Then he looked in the mirror. Then he said ‘Aaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhh!’ |
| Aggie | I’m not surprised. Poor Albert. |
| Bettie | Well he is much better now. He hasn’t mentioned having a cough since. |
| Aggie | Neither would I if I knew you were going to nearly kill me just to cure it. |
| Bettie | I never killed him. It was only nearly. |
| Aggie | Still looks a little orange though. |
| Bettie | He just tells everyone he’s just been on holiday. |
| Aggie | Bless him. |
| Bettie | I had to, after nearly killing him. |
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