How M*A*S*H saved my butt
There’s an episode of M*A*S*H (season 9, episode Z402) in which there’s a big heat wave and Margaret Houlihan develops a case of prickly heat on her hiney. Margaret keeps running (well, sort of hobbling) over to Colonel Potter to beg for a particular medication that the camp is out of.
As you might have guessed, my butt hurts, and I suspect it’s prickly heat, mostly due to the hot temperatures and excess sweating that goes on here. Rather than going to the local doctor and showing him my fanny, I was trying to remember what the name of the medication was that Margaret wanted — it was camphor. I went to the local pharmacy to buy some but they said they didn’t have it. I looked through the bottles on the shelves myself (just to make sure) and of course it was there. It’s a green oil in a glass bottle, in case you are looking for some.
Camphor oil stings a bit when you first put it on but after a bit it cools off and it is very relieving. I highly recommend it, and it’s only 37 pesos per bottle.
August 21st, 2008 at 6:32 am
Steve, I was getting ready to go to Walgreens and have a bottle to you in a week…assuming no one wanted it at the local post office. ; )
Tell everyone hello for me.
PJB
August 26th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Thanks Paul.
Yep, this is definitely a problem the Filipinos have figured out already. That stuff is for sale at every pharmacy and grocery store I’ve seen (now that I’m looking for it).
Everyone is doing great here. I will pass on your greetings!
-Steve
August 29th, 2008 at 12:45 am
I am glad all is well. I visited the log home site and viewed pics of the funeral. Sad indeed. I knew Skip was looking down smiling though as Chip enjoyed the freedom of riding on the back of a truck for the procession since such an act would land a parent in jail in the USA.
Did Skip ever share with you the polished site I made of his own?
Here it is: http://www.skipsbeachresort.net
It has almost the same content but a tad more coordinated as far as keeping things in sections and having current events all in one place.
I need to update the Alfonso Fund and ironically, the info he included about me.
Tell Chip I said hey.
Tell Flip I will find him another cool toy.
And finally tell Belle I miss her home cooked meals.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:08 am
And tell Aimee she punches as hard as a mule! Which is a good thing unless you, her beloved hubby, piss her off. ; )