# Does my cough sound SARS-y to you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cough-sound-sars-y-to-you/180632>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 9, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cough-sound-sars-y-to-you/180632 "2003-06-09T12:54:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cough-sound-sars-y-to-you/180632/1 "2003-06-09T12:54:12Z")

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If I don’t get over this cold thing soon, I’m going to go crazy.

It has rained darn near every day since I got to Maryland, a month and a half ago. And I’ve been fighting the good fight with this headcold for the past week, but it does not seem to want to go away. I’ve been through a whole box of nasal decongestants, half a box of Honey Lemon TheraFlu (which tastes much better with a little suger added), and a whole bag of cough drops.

Today is the first bright, sunny morning I’ve seen in a long time. Could it be possible? Might I make it through a day without any rain? Will my poor flowers finally get some sun? Maybe it will actually be WARM outside today, considering it’s JUNE, FER CRYING OUT LOUD!

All I ask is a little sun. A little sun to warm my face, and make me feel like it’s not the dead of winter. Because this rainy, cold mess that we’ve had going on for a bit now feels like wintertime in Charleston, and I’ve had my fill, thank you.

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cough-sound-sars-y-to-you/180632/2 "2003-06-09T13:20:57Z")

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Hmm, thought we’d get an audio clip or something 😉

It’s probably just the flu. Get well soon, though.

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**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cough-sound-sars-y-to-you/180632/3 "2003-06-10T02:49:12Z")

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Remind me _not_ to ask you for a ride to the **Chance** family party… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cough-sound-sars-y-to-you/180632/4 "2003-06-10T03:24:08Z")

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😃

I’m feeling better now that I’ve had a semi-productive day. I tried to clean out the garden a little, got some laundry done, and basically laid about the house the rest of the day. All in all, it was kind of nice.

But I still totally want to get out of the house and do something.