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Article: Shhh! Keep your cold to yourself
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 12, 1989
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The best thing to do when you have a cold is keep your mouth
shut and don't tell a soul.
I was reminded of this when I awoke with a sore throat, stuffy
nose and the achy feeling normally associated with being trampled by
a cattle stampede.
Somehow I staggered into work through a haze of antihistamine
and aspirin, the pain so intense I clenched a stick in my mouth to
keep from crying out.
It was at work, with my brain weakened by a hacking cough and
persistent sniffling, that I made the classic mistake.
I mentioned I had a cold.
You should never mention you have a cold, as this leaves you
open to commentary and advice from every kook, crank, whacked-out
herbalist, screwball ...