{"id":292,"date":"2003-12-18T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2003-12-19T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=292"},"modified":"2005-09-24T08:14:32","modified_gmt":"2005-09-24T16:14:32","slug":"one-flu-over-at-this-cuckoos-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=292","title":{"rendered":"One Flu Over at This Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know how I managed it. I was feeling fine last night, grateful that I didn&#8217;t have a migraine as I watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0167260\/\">The Return of the King<\/a>. Then I woke up with a little tickle in my lungs, a feathery sensation every time I breathed, which then turned into little coughs, more tickles, and a sexy, scratchy voice.<\/p>\n<p>I went home a little early so I could have some soupy comfort food and go buy some cough syrup for my chest congestion. Then I slept and woke up with aches and pains and what I think might be fever.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings me to ask:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amos.indiana.edu\/library\/scripts\/feedacold.html\">Is it feed a fever, starve a cold?<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straightdope.com\/classics\/a5_154b.html\">Or starve a fever, feed a cold?<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/phrases.shu.ac.uk\/bulletin_board\/6\/messages\/418.html\">No one seems to agree.<\/a><\/p>\nShare this post:<div class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-normal synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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