Russians Urged to Drown Swine Flu With Whiskey

[oldman]

Re: Russians Urged to Drown Swine Flu With Whiskey

Hahahaha - Thanks, Guys! Just goes to show, that if you need an answer, you can count on FluTrackers!

 

[peter m]

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The therapeutic potential of red wine has been bottled up for thousands of years," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal, "and now that scientists have uncorked its secrets, they find that studies of how resveratrol works can lead to new treatments for life-threatening inflammation.

Now i have all the ideas i need to combat the sw flu. Red Wine, beer and whisky.
Potent trio. The beer component might be improved with a dose of lime and salt on the bottle lip, mexican style.

I prefer red wine as the long term, long haul flu remedy .Shots of whisky/tequila/vodka upon incipient flu invasion of the throat. Beer during lunch, bbqs, and after a hard day work as refreshment .

 

[Pathfinder]

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AlaskaDenise and Windwaker - you are true humanitarians! Oldman will be very happy!

Thank you so much em I had been reading a good part of the day about flu burung and babi when I decided to make a specific research on Mixin's question concerning the substitution of whisky for rum and, strictly by chance, did I found this wonderful article about red wine. I am always happy to help.

 

[peter m]

Re: Russians Urged to Drown Swine Flu With Whiskey

"The therapeutic potential of red wine has been bottled up for thousands of years," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal, "and now that scientists have uncorked its secrets, they find that studies of how resveratrol works can lead to new treatments for life-threatening inflammation."

Maybe the ancient Greeks and certainly the Romans must have drunk copious quantities of red wine. Possible that this might acct for the brilliant accomplishments of these ancient splendid civilizations. Red wine besides its theraputic properties
is also supposed to make you think better by increasing blood flow to the brain. Don't have the link to this finding but is was researched by scientists fairly recently.
The ingredient in Red wine which does this is (surprize!) : Resveratrol

 

[AlaskaDenise]

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Hahahaha - Thanks, Guys! Just goes to show, that if you need an answer, you can count on FluTrackers!

In our earlier, crazier days we had an extended thread on the precise instructions for making a tin foil hat and the correct wearing etiquette.

Not that I'm recommeding the combination of whiskey, vodka, beer AND a tin foil hat.

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[Road_Hog]

Re: Russians Urged to Drown Swine Flu With Whiskey

Ming's suggestion of using vodak as a hand sanitizer: it doesn't have a high enough alcohol content. Everclear would work, though; it's 190 proof (95% alcohol by volume).

175 proof is pure alcohol, the proof measure was invented by the British and was tested by mixing alcohol with gunpoweder to see if it would ignite. If it was 100 proof (57% alcohol by volume) it would ignite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_proof

 

[ming]

Re: Russians Urged to Drown Swine Flu With Whiskey

In our earlier, crazier days we had an extended thread on the precise instructions for making a tin foil hat and the correct wearing etiquette.
Not that I'm recommeding the combination of whiskey, vodka, beer AND a tin foil hat. .

Here in Scotland we favour the stainless steel colander and single malt whisky

 

[AlaskaDenise]

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Got photos?

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[kiwibird]

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Here is one I snapped of an anonymous moderator

 

[mixin]

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here is one i snapped of an anonymous moderator

LOL. Glad I had already swallowed my swig of coffee.

 

[Missouriwatcher]

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In order to validate the "whiskey" theory, the hospitals could collect data on underlying condition: "alcoholic", or see how many of the homeless are taken to the emergency rooms.

 

[kiwibird]

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Welcome Missouriwatcher. Yes - there seems to be a flaw in the logic in that having "too much" is not good for your health.

 

[ming]

Re: Russians Urged to Drown Swine Flu With Whiskey

ohmygod its a big portion of mustard chicken ready for the grill !

 

[mixin]

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I'm still a little undecided as to the benefits of drinking red wine for flu; the Italians didn't fare well at all during 1918. I assume they drank wine daily with meals back then?

 

[Missouriwatcher]

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Well, my dad (nearly 80) is a 4-pack-a-day smoker and fifth-of-whiskey-a-day anomaly. His lungs are clear, he's never had the flu, survived Rocky Mountain Spotted fever and several years ago, mistakenly ate poisonous mushrooms (got quite sick). Go figure!

 

[Lizw]

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175 proof is pure alcohol, the proof measure was invented by the British and was tested by mixing alcohol with gunpoweder to see if it would ignite. If it was 100 proof (57% alcohol by volume) it would ignite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_proof

In the US, proof/alcohol by volume is specified as a 1:2 ratio.

From the above cited Wikipedia article:

From this it followed that pure, 100% alcohol had (7÷7) × 175 = 175 degrees proof spirit, and that 50% ABV had (3.5÷7) × 175 = 87.5 degrees proof spirit. To convert percentage of alcohol by volume to degrees proof spirit, multiply the percentage by 1.75.

The UK proof to ABV is 4:7 ratio. In the USA proof to ABV is 1:2.

Everclear is sold in some US states (not all), and is stated to be 190 proof, or 95% alcohol. Just a different definition of proof spirit.

ETA--maybe not just a different definition. The alcohol by volume measurement is done at 15.5 deg C in the US, and at 20 deg. C in the UK. The higher temperature would result in a lower ABV.

 

[mixin]

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Thank you Liz; I wasn't quite sure what Road Hog was saying. All I know is I have the bottle sitting right in front of me with the info I posted. It also states it's extremely flammable and overconsumption may endanger your health.

Everclear is grain alcohol and I use it to make linen and body spray.

 

[Slithers]

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175 proof is pure alcohol, the proof measure was invented by the British and was tested by mixing alcohol with gunpoweder to see if it would ignite. If it was 100 proof (57% alcohol by volume) it would ignite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_proof

I had not known that their were two different units of "proof" in alcohol. I had always only known of the North American one of 2x the alcohol content. I also didn't know about the gunpowder test. Alcohol and gunpowder are such wonderful problem solving substances. I wonder if gunpowder can help with the flu. Not by shooting at people who come near you - though that would be an effective method of social distancing. (Just remember! Serpentine!)

 

[tropical]

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#22:
"Shots of whisky/tequila/vodka upon incipient flu invasion of the throat. Beer during lunch, bbqs, and after a hard day work as refreshment ."


Sorry to ruin the perfect atmo., but it seems that the throat are so inflamed, that any quantity of hyperalcolics will worsen the tissue.

Maybe prior the flu invasion ...


About the hard day work, I think it will be estinguished mainly in the rest room, after such hyperalcolic quantities ...


The answer about wine, and beer in the eurocont. is yes, they use it with meals, and without (that time there were not any street vehicle/horse beware law about as today).

 

[Lizw]

Re: Russians Urged to Drown Swine Flu With Whiskey

Thank you Liz; I wasn't quite sure what Road Hog was saying. All I know is I have the bottle sitting right in front of me with the info I posted. It also states it's extremely flammable and overconsumption may endanger your health.

Everclear is grain alcohol and I use it to make linen and body spray.

I use it for cordials and liquers, and it aggravates the dickens out of me that I can't buy it in Virginia.