[Mefustae]

That's Popeye drunk....

and he always looked like a wife-beater to me -

That's an interesting point. I mean, if you think cartoons are violent nowadays, Popeye killed people for chrissakes! Not to mention he was a sailor, so drunken wife-beating certainly isn't out of the question. And do we really know what was in his pipe? Tobacco doesn't make you act like that, I can tell you that much.

[Setekh]

garlic & echinacea tablets, plenty of water, and keeping warm has seen me through.

Yeah, you think they're effective? Like I said, those tend to be my first line of defense, but I tend to try and go for the heavy guns (i.e. pharmaceuticals) when the shivering and fever sets in.