12/21/2023

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I was watching TV the other night, I do a lot of that, and they had an ad for some new kind of medicine with an exotic name I've never heard of.

When I was a kid, medicine names used to describe what they were for - like "cough syrup".

And it was clear what you did with it - like put it on pancakes when you're out of maple syrup (???)

But all these new drugs have names like zemo-remo-lemo - what is that suppose to be?

And what do you take that for?

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Anyway, they started listing off a long list of symptoms, and I'm thinking, some of them  sound like things I've got - well ...  maybe ...  kinda ... sorta ... maybe.

I mean, I've had headaches, not recently but it's happened, and I itch like that sometimes, a little, sometimes, and I do have gas - lots of gas - that's for sure :-)

Maybe I need this drug!

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Then they went into a long list of negative side effects.

What is "explosive diarrhea" anyway? And how is that different from regular diarrhea?

That doesn't sound very good.

Fortunately I'm not pregnant or planning to be pregnant (well, not planning to be anyway).

And I'm not nursing either - so that's all okay.

But then they said not to take it if I'm allergic to it or any of its ingredients.

How am I suppose to know that?

I don't know what's in it and I've never taken it before either.

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By the end of the ad I'd forgotten what it's suppose to cure or its goofy, exotic name.

Gosh, I hope it's not something I really NEED or I'm screwed!

I guess I'll just have to keep watching TV and hope they run the ad again :-)

Or maybe I'll just buy some cough syrup instead :-)


Merry Christmas! (or holiday of your choice :-)
And Stay Jazzed!
--Tom Swezey


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