CURE Quote
You have to pick the method to suit the individual. Mrs Ann-Marie Confucius, whose philosopher husband was a keen smoker of French cigarettes, told me that she tricked her partner into giving up his noxious habit by persuading him to ask himself the question `Why are we all here?’ every time he thought about lighting up. On the other hand, the inimitable Sophia Machiavelli, widow of the much loved Niccolo, told me that she cured her political activist husband of smoking by persuading his numerous friends to drop oblique hints. And Mrs Dolores Torquemada, whose husband helped mastermind the cruellest aspects of the Spanish Inquisition, held lighted matches under her husband’s testicles until he agreed to substitute peppermints for cigarettes. You could simply try telling him that you love kissing him but that you find the taste of stale tobacco a real turn off.
— Vernon Coleman, How To Stop Your Doctor Killing You, 1996-
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101 Ways to Cure a Flat Tire: Illness, Sickness, Disease
I sometimes say “I’m taking my car to the vet“, to get its checkup, to cure its problems. Is a flat tire an illness? A disease? Is a bike, a car, or an airplane sick when it has a flat … Continue reading