# Beck is unwell some more: first post 2022-05-06, last update 2022-05-10 (up and around) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051 "2022-05-06T04:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/121 "2022-05-22T00:13:30Z")
I am old enough to remember that. Also autumn fizz. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/122 "2022-05-22T01:41:36Z")
I remember the Certs commercial that it was a take-off of. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/123 "2022-05-22T01:57:17Z")
Thank you, yes, I’d forgotten about that origin of the whole meme! The original Certs commercial: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X7MziVYtAgY/maxresdefault.jpg "Certs Two Mints in One") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7MziVYtAgY) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/124 "2022-05-22T03:15:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m so confused Are We Not Blonde??? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/125 "2022-05-22T04:07:15Z")
Meanie head!! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/126 "2022-05-22T04:14:01Z")
You didn’t address the quewwestion. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/127 "2022-05-22T05:28:35Z")
I’m a Granny Hawkins. What color hair do you think I have? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/128 "2022-05-22T07:34:18Z")
We are Devo ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/129 "2022-05-22T14:09:34Z")
And that Certs commercial (Two! Two! Two mints in one!) was probably a knockoff of the Ultimate Twin Commercial! Doublemint gum! (Get Double Everything rolled into one!) Extra credit if you can sing the Speedy Alka-Seltzer commercial jingle!) ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/130 "2022-05-22T15:46:48Z")
Is that the… Plop plop fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is Song ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/131 "2022-05-22T15:54:13Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Extra credit if you can sing the Speedy Alka-Seltzer commercial jingle!) I can’t sing it, because I’m too busy saying, “I can’t believe I ate that _whole_ thing…” (“You ate it, Ralph!”) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VFKifpMtlNs/hqdefault.jpg "AlkaSeltzer "I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing" TV Spot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKifpMtlNs) ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/132 "2022-05-22T18:51:47Z")
That poor newlywed husband! His wife got a very strange cookbook as a wedding gift, and she was eager to fix everything! All I can remember was the Marshmallow Meatballs! Speedy Alka-seltzer song: “Down-down-down The stomach to! Round-round-round The system through! With Alka-Seltzer You’re sure to say Relief is just a swallow away!” ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/133 "2022-05-22T18:55:13Z")
Awwww, thanks for the reminder. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/134 "2022-05-22T19:13:36Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > All I can remember was the Marshmallow Meatballs! Poached oysters! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/135 "2022-05-23T02:18:20Z")
“Where’s the beef?” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/136 "2022-05-23T02:27:01Z")
“Is next…eveningvear! Verrry nice.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FpypTXccG2I/maxresdefault.jpg "Wendy's - Soviet Fashion Show (1985, USA)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpypTXccG2I) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/137 "2022-05-23T04:46:23Z")
Beck, glad to hear your back home and doing better. Getting older isn’t easy. The doctor added a couple more prescriptions for me to take. I miss the distant days of one pill and I’m good to go. I’m not complaining. The alternative is worse and a lot more permanent. 😉 Are you back taking walks on your property? I remember your posts about the creatures you encountered. I’m looking into getting better trails landscaped. Make them more level and remove trip hazards. I’m becoming more aware of my own (and my family’s) vulnerability. I need to pick out a few scenic locations for benches. I can make them myself from red cedar. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/138 "2022-05-23T05:21:51Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Are you back taking walks on your property? I remember your posts about the creatures you encountered. I’m looking forward to the return of BigToe, who was obviously hibernating. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/139 "2022-05-23T08:41:25Z")
I’m walking. I have my ever present Bayliss. He sees to me and steers me right. Of course all the other dogs are there too. My daughters keep their eyes on me as well. I see lots of wildlife. We’re really watching for snakes coming out of their winter sleep, at the moment. I’ve been told they’re extra bitey this time of year. I carry a firearm. We have a healthy supply of song birds this spring. And Crows. I love crows. As for BigToe I’m watching for signs. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051/140 "2022-05-23T21:39:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > (Get your dirty mind outta the gutter.) I’m playing ketchup here, something I never do to a corndog, but this absolutely made my day. Thanks for an excellent laugh, Becks. I’m sorry you had to get bit for it. Please keep exercising those legs. Hugs to you, girl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-is-unwell-some-more-first-post-2022-05-06-last-update-2022-05-10-up-and-around/964051.md?page=8)