Hay Feverous Woes
05/05/06 01:22 PM
So it’s started then. Damn hay fever. The itchy eyes, the sneezing and the sore nose, which, despite it’s constant running tap impression, is bizzarely always blocked. My fellow commuters must love me, the sniffing, snorting, grim bloke nobody wants to sit next to. Sigh.
During the day I’m fine, but first thing in the morning and last thing at night – just as I’m hoping for some sleep, naturally – the sneeze-fest begins. I just don’t get it.
HOWEVER! An article in today’s Metro caught my eye; apparently a good old snog can cure me, hurrah!:
A 30-minute kissing session can reduce the body’s allergic reaction to pollen, a study has found.
Kissing relaxes the body and reduces the production of histamine – a chemical pumped out in response to an allergen.
Sweet. Although it did go on to say:
In the latest study, 24 men and women with hay fever were told to spend 30 minutes kissing their partners while listening to soft music, such as Sir Elton John’s Lion King song Can You Feel The Love Tonight? and My Heart Will Go On, the Celine Dion hit from the movie Titanic.
So potentially it’s nothing to do with the actual kissing, more to do with the fact the germs (or ‘allergens’, whatever they are – what am I, a scientist?) have simply died of boredom listening to that God awful music.
Still, it’s worth a shot. I’m probably going to have to add it to my list of remarkable finds in the Metro that include the revelations that female headaches are actually cured by orgasms (I know!) and that it’s good for blokes’ health and well-being to, um, clean the old pipes out, that get the ‘you gullible idiot’ look from the missus, but who cares!
I have blown my nose once during the writing of this post.
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On Friday May 5, 2006,
Steve Tucker said:
This article outlines one very important point for me. One which I has concerned me for a great length of time. I can now rest peacefully knowing that im not the only poor web developing sap who is reduced by financial strain to riding the bus to work every day.
On Friday May 5, 2006,
Stu said:
Nah, it’s train all the way for me I’m afraid. Live in Leicester (moving to Nottingham shortly) and work in London. Yep, it sucks. So the carriage has the sniffing snorter for an average of 4 hours a day, bless ‘em.
On Friday May 5, 2006,
Steve Tucker said:
Gotta love the British public transport system
On Friday May 5, 2006,
kitsimons said:
I’m still waiting for the onset of my hay fever, which mercifully hasn’t hit yet. My journey to work takes me up the M1, J22 to J25, so I’m not looking forward to sneezing doing 90 in the outside lane… You don’t know how lucky you are to have your hands free.
On Sunday May 7, 2006,
Stu said:
@kit – Yeah, every month when I hand over my
On Monday May 8, 2006,
Steve Tucker said:
haha :D well put
On Monday May 8, 2006,
kitsimons said:
Where’s that sarcasm tag when you need it!? A recommendaiton for the W3C?
On Wednesday May 10, 2006,
Stu said:
Yeah, sarcasm tag, good call. I’ll get on to Zeldman about it. I used to put things like an < airquote / > tag around words to take the piss but it used to make the pages not validate properly saying no such tag…
That’ll teach me to try and be funny.