cure against cold

so you have a rather bad cold that takes a lot of time going away? nose running, persistent coughing (especially when the immune system has succumbed to xmas stress)? this is what cures it.

take a bunch of crazy and funny people who all like to make fun of each other and sit with them in a smoky café from 8pm to 2am, talking about the dog who nearly got lost at last week's party, the difference it makes whether cannabis products come from holland or india or nepal, the fuckin' boyfriend who is maybe going to leave a perfectly nice girl for taking a job in belgium, poetry, a magazine that ain't printed yet, caterpillars, your friend the hindi teacher's wife and child, sexual tensions of all kinds and the general silliness of german indologists. it's important that you drink tea while most everyone is subsisting on beer (you are allowed to down a grappa now and then). incidentally, dance a few steps of techno bharatanatya and bend the teaspoon with your mind (if your friend straightens it, bend it again after a suitable interval).
when the bloody café closes, stand in the freezin' street with the other freaks for maybe half an hour, and then walk home.

will either kill or cure you. did the latter for me :-)



p.s.: we talked about a swiss pocket knife too.