# Resolved: The SDMB Cures The Common Cold **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167 "2006-04-25T17:38:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [April 25, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167/1 "2006-04-25T17:38:28Z")
And I can prove it. March of '05 – I wake up in the middle of the night to find myself with a full-blown cold. I get up, grumble a whole lot, and post [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306226). The next morning, the cold is gone and I feel great. Earlier this month – I feel the tell-tale signs of a cold creeping up on me. I post [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365749), and by the end of the day everything is back to normal. Now, as I enter day three of Life In Head Cold Hell, it occurs to me that putting up those two posts actually cured both of those colds. So, here we go: _“Waa waa waa, I have a cold. Drip drip dip, sneeze honk retch.”_ There we go…that oughta do it. By this evening, I should be feeling 100% again. Best $7.48 I ever spent. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167/2 "2006-04-25T18:44:25Z")
Are you sure it’s not a wool allergy? Someone email me when the sheep jokes are played out, please. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167/3 "2006-04-26T22:34:21Z")
Here we are…a day later, and I’m feeling great. Thanks for the cure, SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167/4 "2006-04-26T22:45:45Z")
Heretic! You belittle the power of the SDMB. It also cures the plague and leprosy. And anthrax, if you hang around sheep a lot (is it played out yet?) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167/5 "2006-04-26T22:46:00Z")
Hot piss. Looks like you’re right as rain. Come back when we can cure you of the clap, the pox, or some other malady you’ve gone and infected yourself with from the swamps of Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167/6 "2006-04-26T22:47:05Z")
You guys have many posts. As long as the story of Hal-loving-sheep gets told, it’ll never die. I know I haven’t finished picking on it yet. Lord knows I’ve tried. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167/7 "2006-04-28T03:24:41Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Here we are…a day later, and I’m feeling great. Thanks for the cure, SDMB! Does it work if you just tack on to a thread, or do you need to start your own bitch-fest for the full benefits? I guess I’ll know if I wake up feeling better tomorrow. 😛 Glad you’re feeling better, **Hal**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-sdmb-cures-the-common-cold/354167/8 "2006-04-28T04:56:35Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > infected yourself with from the swamps of Jersey. :eek: You mean it doesn’t ? Because that was kind of my plan for the evening. Please work on a cure by tomorrow morning. Thanks.