Does whiskey cure a sore throat?

[BCLG100]

My country means I need no excuse. In fact, given the stereotype, I think I need to have an excuse not to be drinking

Well i just assumed that you were every time i saw you post, forgive me was i wrong???

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Well i just assumed that you were every time i saw you post, forgive me was i wrong???

Cute, BCLG100, very cute

 

[gotreg]

wisky cure every health problem (include alcoholism of course), but you have to drink it straight!

 

[ChrTh]

I do what's called a 'rum cure' (has worked with whiskey too) whenever I feel myself getting sick. Just a shot seems to do the trick a large percent of the time.

Of course, one has to wonder if it would work as a preventative ...

 

[BCLG100]

Of course, one has to wonder if it would work as a preventative ...

Silly question-of course it can be

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

wisky cure every health problem (include alcoholism of course), but you have to drink it straight!

There are other ways to drink it?

Of course, one has to wonder if it would work as a preventative ...

Yes it can, but then you have to keep drinking it. Sometimes it's better to just suck up the pain.

And then start the drinking.

 

[BCLG100]

There are other ways to drink it?

Southerners such as Ram prefer it with lemonade and a pink brolly...

 

[Sidhe]

It doesn't cure anything, but the warmth of the liquor can make the throat feel better. Most sore throats are viral infections anyway, not bacterial.

This is a totally personal theory but doesn't whiskey kill the cells on the lining of the throat to some extent, would this not also help to ease the pain, also because alcahol has a strong dehydrating property wouldn't it also help to reduce swelling, again just a thought, I'm not quoting from Jack Daniels bumper book of familly medicine or anything

When I have a sore throat I have tried brandy, whiskey or whatever even though I'm not a big spirits drinker and it did seem to help, even though I didn't go on to get toasted, placebo maybe but whatever works right?

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Drinking when sick helps take your mind off the fact that you feel terrible. The best way to be cured is to forget that youre sick.

 

[Sidhe]

Drinking when sick helps take your mind off the fact that you feel terrible. The best way to be cured is to forget that youre sick.

You mean by drinking, that works right

Mainstay of comedic world no 624379/a

Drunkard: I drink to forget.

Bar buddy: Forget what?

Drunkard: I've forgotten...

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Southerners such as Ram prefer it with lemonade and a pink brolly...

So the more south you go, the weaker you take your alcohol? An interesting theory.

I may have to begin the Great Drinking Tour of Great Britain!

For SCIENCE

 

[Sidhe]

So the more south you go, the weaker you take your alcohol? An interesting theory.

I may have to begin the Great Drinking Tour of Great Britain!

For SCIENCE

here we go again, down South we drink as much meths as you up North, we just put salt around the glass and eat a lemon slice afterwards to make it taste better.

There's nothing scientific about getting drunk, it takes all the objectivity out of the experement, but if it's pure research knock yourself out, not literally obviously, you've got to figure out the point at which another drink will mean the ambulance turning up while you lie unconcious on a street corner

 

[Paradigne]

It may not cure it, but it would numb it and hopefully make you sleepy so your body can heal itself.

 

[Dionysius]

Whisky will cure ANYTHING. take it from an irishman.
money problems, ailments,
romantic problems, lonelyness,
hunger, rotten teeth, ANYTHING.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Whisky will cure ANYTHING. take it from an irishman.
money problems, ailments,
romantic problems, lonelyness,
hunger, rotten teeth, ANYTHING.

You're Irish?! Excellent, I raise this glass to you.

I've ben conversing with the damn English until now, who think they know what whisky is! Pah, frankly it should have been kept among us celts!

 

[Dionysius]

You're Irish?! Excellent, I raise this glass to you.

I've ben conversing with the damn English until now, who think they know what whisky is! Pah, frankly it should have been kept among us celts!

Damn Straight!

 

[Sidhe]

You're Irish?! Excellent, I raise this glass to you.

I've ben conversing with the damn English until now, who think they know what whisky is! Pah, frankly it should have been kept among us celts!

Agreed I may be Southern but my heritage is celtic, Scottish, Irish, and Cornish, there's only one drink and it's not whisky it's whiskey.

 

[Dionysius]

Whisky (or whiskey) comes from the Gaelic uisge/uisce beatha meaning "water of life", and is ultimately derived from Latin aqua vitae.

The spelling whisky (plural whiskies) is generally used for those distilled in Scotland, Wales, Canada, and Japan, while whiskey is used for the spirits distilled in Ireland and in the United States. A 1968 BATF directive specifies "whisky" as the official U.S. spelling, but allows labeling as "whiskey" in deference to tradition, and most U.S. producers still use the latter spelling.

A mnemonic used to remember which spelling is used is that "Ireland" and "United States" have at least one "e" in their names, while "Scotland," "Canada" and "Japan" do not. International law reserves the term "Scotch whisky" to those whiskies produced in Scotland;

Whiskies produced in other countries may not refer to their whisk(e)y as Scots, Scotch, Scotland, or Scottish. Similar conventions exist for "Irish whiskey," "Canadian whisky," and "bourbon whiskey."

In North America, as well as in part of Continental Europe, the abbreviated term "Scotch" is usually used for "Scotch Whisky." In England, Scotland, and Wales, the term "Whisky" almost always refers to "Scotch Whisky", and the term "Scotch" is rarely used by itself. In Welsh the forms wisgi, wysgi and chwisgi are all used.

it appears i got me spellings mixed up.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I have no interest in the name, as long as it smells (and whisky is one of the few smells I can, well, smell) good I'm fine.

AFAIK though, in Scotland the spelling is 'whisky' for all our brands, in America and Ireland it's 'Whiskey'?

 

[CaptainF]

I should start drinking and discover all of the wonders that await me!

tee hee.