# Pepto Bismol - a poem **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160 "2010-07-18T21:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/1 "2010-07-18T21:56:00Z")
Wakeful. Disturbed. Oog. Pink stuff. … … … What have I done? Pain. Sweat. Confusion. Years in the desert. Hard, sun-baked clay. Sharp rocks. Ouch. Never again. Fini ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/2 "2010-07-19T00:29:41Z")
chicken barbecue for independence day - pain! Soothing pink liquid. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/3 "2010-07-19T01:03:20Z")
Happily for you That bilious vile liquid Now comes in tablets ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/4 "2010-07-19T01:33:17Z")
Yeargh, I hear ya…bought the Pepto for the first time in two decades because my guts are killing me lately. Prolly similar reasons to yers, Bro. Yeah, dunno, ya thought that pink would absolve the stink And save the cost of a shrink Don’t matter, son None, It’s all boneyards, shards, neglectifying substrate You might dream of a better world But, its a land of best beget by forgetting No future dreams, no glimpses of forethought Ya can finish it there, mebbe, I’m really wiped out by hearing good friends in the Gulf Coast detail this oil spill , which is not being told at all in the news. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/5 "2010-07-19T14:03:25Z")
Poetry slam or a “post like **adhay** ” thread? You decide. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/6 "2010-07-28T02:49:30Z")
A derivative salt of a metal It is frequently useful to settle Upsets to gizzards (Intestinal blizzards) Returning us all to fine fettle. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/7 "2010-07-28T03:23:09Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > A derivative salt of a metal > It is frequently useful to settle > Upsets to gizzards > (Intestinal blizzards) > Returning us all to fine fettle. _snap snap snap_ Groovy, man. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/8 "2010-07-28T03:47:32Z")
Pepto Bismol How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love you when my guts are roiling. I love you when my stomach is broiling. I love you when esophagus is boiling. I love you when my pants I’m nearly soiling. Ah, my pink friend, You must never leave me. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/9 "2010-07-28T06:54:03Z")
uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh I think I needs me some pep-to ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/10 "2010-07-28T11:59:35Z")
There once was a bottle of pink Lotion that I had to drink It tasted so vile But it settled my bile So never again will I drink! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/11 "2010-07-28T15:23:37Z")
Heh. The OP was about the vile, constipating effects Pepto had on me - eleven days ago. Glad to see things in this thread are finally, uh, moving. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/12 "2010-07-28T20:52:04Z")
You guys did this on purpose, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepto-bismol-a-poem/547160/13 "2010-08-05T06:34:46Z")
No, it was a complete accident! I swear!