"The taste isn't what most people here in the UK would recognize as a mint" Graciela Rocha Newcastle University
To: Dan B Cooper
Former Ambassador Joe Wilson enjoyed sipping sweet mint tea with his yellow cake.
2 posted on
11/25/2009 7:10:23 AM PST by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: Dan B Cooper
Actually it would be nice to discover an effective analgesic that wasn’t addictive.
It would certainly simplify my life.
3 posted on
11/25/2009 7:17:58 AM PST by
wastoute
To: Dan B Cooper
Good for an upset tummy, too (without sweetener). :)
4 posted on
11/25/2009 7:20:21 AM PST by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
To: Dan B Cooper
"I have good news and bad news, Mrs. Smith."
"Give me the bad news first."
"The test came back positive. I'm afraid you have cancer, and due to your age, I am not allowed to offer you any medical treatment."
"What's the good news?"
"There's a really great mint tea from Brazil that you can use to mitigate the pain you'll be feeling in a few months."
6 posted on
11/25/2009 7:28:59 AM PST by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: Dan B Cooper
Psssssssst it ain’t mint.
12 posted on
11/25/2009 10:06:29 AM PST by
Vaduz
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
A cup of Brazilian mint tea has pain relieving qualities to match those of commercially available analgesics
In Kentucky they're called juleps.
17 posted on
11/26/2009 6:51:37 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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