Sunday, February 20, 2011

Advice to College Guys


According to WebMD, “The most common symptom of acute bronchitis is a cough that is dry and hacking at first. After a few days, the cough may bring up mucus. You may have a low fever and feel tired.” You will thank me for this later college guys.

When I was in college, I began having these symptoms. Because I didn’t know how to go to the doctor in college, I went to the emergency room. I went to the emergency room any time anything was wrong. In Austin, I literally lived across the street from St. David’s Hospital, so what the hell, right? You can’t beat the convenience. That is all beside the point (whoa… by the way… there is a huge debate online whether to use beside or bedsides there); the doctor saw me, quickly determined I had bronchitis, and sent me on my way with a prescription with only a mild scolding for wasting the hospital’s time and resources.

I went to the nearest pharmacy and got my prescription filled. The lady behind the counter said, “Just pour the powder into some hot water and drink it. You should better pretty quickly.” She then handed me a box marked: Chlamydia.

I said, “Uh, I don’t have Chlamydia. I have bronchitis. There must be some mistake.”

“You kind of look like a scum bag, so I thought you might need it,” she said with her eyes.

“Oh, yeah, the same medicine is used to treat both ailments. It’ll work,” she really said.

I took the box and made a beeline for my apartment, being ultra-careful not to run into anyone I knew (especially my then girlfriend who lived in the apartment across the hall. “Oh, what’s this box with Chlamydia written across the front? It’s for my lungs. Don’t worry about it.”). Ultimately, I took the medicine without running in to anyone or having any problems, and my bronchitis cleared up pretty quickly soon thereafter. The moral of this story is if you’re a scumbag, a loose woman, or just have discharge coming from your penis or rectum, memorize the symptoms at the top of this page. If you do a good job of faking it, you can get out of that pinch without the embarrassment of an anal probe.

P.S. I thought Chlamydia and crabs were the same thing, so I had a bunch of crab puns all throughout my post. “If you’re in a pinch…” It turns out that they are not the same. There appears to be quite a bit more oozing with Chlamydia.

9 comments:

  1. I may have to let this dirty at work know about this...he brags BRAGS about having Chlamydia 15 times. Who the EFF would brag about that???

    I wonder if you can get the clap in your lungs??

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  2. CLAP ON / CLAP OFF. ha ha ha. Funny post!

    Here's a funny story from days of yore (my college days) if you're interested

    http://getcurrent.blogspot.com/2011/01/tuesdays-tales-from-past-vol-1-mid.html

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  3. Question: if you lived in Austin, why did you leave? I mean, I think you left. I read your about me section and it said you went to ACL three times and...well, frankly, most Austinites hate the tourists and don't like to deal with ACL traffic. Which presumably means you left Austin.

    Which is really kind of off topic. The important thing here is: don't spread that information around! If it fell into the wrong hands (cheating skumbags) it could conceal the truth of a horrible marital/relationship injustice!

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  4. My friend is determined to name his first daughter Chlamydia.

    Also, from now on, if any guy I know has "bronchitis" I will never trust them O_o;;

    -E

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  5. Hahaha, "“You kind of look like a scum bag, so I thought you might need it,” she said with her eyes." Nice! I had my appendix taken out last year, and I got the heavy duty meds that were also appropriate for the Clap. Thanks docs, really appreciate it.

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  6. Haha! If I ever get any suspicious oozing, I will be sure act like I have bronchitis. This is Cait from Yum Bucket by the way (Google disabled my account and blog for some reason: I'm in the process of trying to get it back)

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