IP 4 Round 3 THEME & MATCHUPS!

[Ritual]

Thanks! I will take it easy.

[stubbdog]

As a parent with children that get them all the time:

1. pinch your nose down low, not up high. And pinch it tight, not just hold your nose. You are trying to get it to stop and clot up some which is tough in the muous membrane area.

2. Use a cotton swab (an ear swab) and swab some vaseline in there. Dont do it too rough to re open the scab, but enough to lubricate. The main reason for nose bleeds is that the inside of your nose actually is too dry and cracking at the very thinnest regions of your skin, which normally when you have a cold you would think the opposite, but since you are taking medicines that are meant to dry up your nose they counter act your body. And with the added wearing from all the sneezing and rubbing it makes it much more liable to have bleed.

[Ritual]

Thanks for the tips! I will try using some vaseline tomorrow. Sounds pretty logical to me.

[Dragonforge]

Ritual, get some saline spray..sold in a bottle in most chemists/ pharmacy's. it helps moisten the membranes in your nose. If your taking cold meds its drying out your sinus. Short of that mix up some really salty water and bring it to a boil..pour some in a cup and breath in the warm vapors.

[supervike]

Also, make sure you have a humidifier in your house. It's amazing the amount of sinus infections/nose colds we cut down on, just by making sure the humidity level was good.
They are cheap and extremely effective.

You can boil a big vat of water on the stove, which does help, but makes your house very steamy....

You can even just put a big bowl of water on the table and leave it sit. Not quite as effective, but as the water evaporates, it moistens the air you breathe.

[Uberdark]

@ritual: are you sure its not the plague? i mean that disease really buggered up you europeans a few hundred years ago.

im just sayin'

hehe.

[EricJ]

ok, my scores are in. I think the red theme is just attacking anders for not scoring yet with the blood :D

okok, really, hope you feel well soon anders. I'm sure people will be happy with scores and given the situation forgive you for passing on comments this time :)

[Ritual]

Thanks for the tips and well wishes everyone (except for uber... ;)). I'm feeling a little bit better today and so far I haven't had any problems with my nose. I did try putting some moisturising lotion in the nostril, so hopefully that will make things a bit better. Will do the judging later today after I have got a thing at work taken care of.

[slidedog]

...I did try putting some moisturising lotion in the nostril, so hopefully that will make things a bit better.

Plus depending on the lotion you get a lovely scent that stays with you for hours... :)

Glad to hear you are feeling somewhat better. Pretty darn quick recovery but it's amazing what a good nights sleep can do.

[matty1001]

Poor Anders boo hoo, it won't wash with me! I want to see sick notes and real proof!

(Hehe, but i'v caught something aswell, so ended up leaving college, but spent all morning chasing up doctors for a bleeding sick note. I was sick INFRONT of the tutor, how much more proof do they need!?)

[Ritual]

Poor Anders boo hoo, it won't wash with me! I want to see sick notes and real proof!

I can empty the trash can in the bathroom and photograph the pile of blood soaked tissue, if that's proof enough for you!

@slidedog
Yeah, but I've been recovering for several days. The peak was during the weekend and Monday.

[Duende]

Anders- Do you have a humidifier for your home? It could put some moisture back into the air and help keep your nose from drying out so quickly.

Vike - So can we expect the results up soon? It's Thursday and we're all dying here!

[Ritual]

We have pretty humid air where I live as it is just by the sea. Makes it bloody cold this time of the year though... So, I don't think the humidity level is a problem. The lotion seems to work pretty well so far, though, as I haven't had any bleeding so far today.

And, Michelle, it's me holding everyone up here... Vike can't do anything until I've submitted my scores, which at this point, I have not!

[Wren]

Hope you continue to improve in how you're feeling Anders!

[matty1001]

I can empty the trash can in the bathroom and photograph the pile of blood soaked tissue, if that's proof enough for you!
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Thank you for the generous offer, but, this time, I think il pass thank you very much. :)

[Brushmistress]

Perhaps you could send in your scores with some blood spatter on them?
I hope you get to feeling better!

[r2-j1]

So will this be judged in time to get the new theme and match ups out by Friday? I'd hate to loose all or part of the weekend for get the next project started.

[Ritual]

Thanks for your well wishes all! I have now sent my scores to Vikey... no comments this time, but you will have to live with that, I'm afraid! PM me if you have questions about why I gave the scores I gave, or if you want some constructive feedback or something, and I will get back to you on that. :) Sorry to make everyone wait.

[EricJ]

yay, now we can turn all our badgering now to Supervike! I'm looking forward to seeing who's heading to the next round, these entries are at such a high level, they're a joy to look at

[slidedog]

Badgers? Badgers? ... We don't need no stinking Badgers...

Vike worked the night shift last night, He's probably snoozing. Somebody wake him up!

[r2-j1]

Yeah lets make sure Vike is nice and tired when he does the math. That should work out well.:laugh:

[Thryth]

Badgers? Badgers? ... We don't need no stinking Badgers...


UHF reference? :) Am I the only person who likes that movie?

[Hinton]

No, Thryth, you're not.

[slidedog]

UHF reference? :) Am I the only person who likes that movie?

I was thinking of the Blazing Saddles version with bdages, but I did like UHF, silly stuff. and I had forgotten that that one really was a reference to Badgers!!!

Apparently the badges thing originates back in an old Humphrey Bogart western, "Treasure of the Sierra Madre"... who knew???

[Thryth]

Actually, that was the only other reference that I did know (Treasure of Sierra Madre). :) I don't remember that in Blazing Saddles (another funny movie :) )

@Hinton Thanks. I thought that I might have been the only one.

[YoungWolf7]

Thanks for your well wishes all! I have now sent my scores to Vikey... no comments this time, but you will have to live with that, I'm afraid! PM me if you have questions about why I gave the scores I gave, or if you want some constructive feedback or something, and I will get back to you on that. :) Sorry to make everyone wait.

:party:

Thanks Ritual!

[r2-j1]

Stinking badges even has it's own Wikipedia entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinking_badges

[supervike]

Tabulating Scores Right Now!!

[Bexley]

Did I win!? Did I win!?



Oh... yeah.

[supervike]

Get your last licks into this thread soon. As soon as that lazy git supervike announces the next round, this one gets mothballed.