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Feeling Lousy Cafe

 [the HB really needs a 'Food:Cafe' category...]
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The Feeling Lousy Cafe is a place where people with mild illnesses [colds, mild flu, etc.] can go if they either can't go home, or are working, or are maybe just tired and need a break. It's slightly like a hospital in the fact that everything is very hygienic [so people don't get ill from going there], but much cosier, with large comfy sofas and armchairs. For £2.50 you can rent-a-duvet, which is put in the wash after you've used it, and for 50p you can rent-a-pillow.

There are normal drinks [tea, coffee etc] available, but hot chocolate, hot ribena and honey and lemon are mostly served. Food consists mainly of different types of soup, and with the bill, instead of mints come two cough sweets.

—up_on_cloud_nine, Mar 22 2009

hospital theme restaurant http://www.news.com...077-5014090,00.html
[jaksplat, Mar 22 2009]

The Fat Duck http://www.fatduck.co.uk/
Heston Blumenthal's exemplary restaurant (got to book myself in one of these days) has some amazing ideas on the menu. Check out dishes such as "Carpaccio of Cauliflower with Chocolate Jelly", "Snail Porridge", "Roast Foie Gras 'BENZALDEHYDE' ", "Salmon Poached in Liquorice Gel" and other imaginative delights. [zen_tom, Mar 23 2009]

BBC: Fat Duck food scare was Norovirus http://news.bbc.co....rkshire/7954226.stm
[zen_tom, Mar 23 2009]

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       Thanks for the link, jaksplat, but my idea is pretty much the polar opposite of that... the Feeling Lousy Cafe is for people who are genuinely ill [not people needing a little gross-out] and tries to be soothing, not sickening.
—up_on_cloud_nine, Mar 22 2009
   

       I don't think you should really be drinking tea or coffee if you're ill in the sense of having a cold or 'flu'. Aside from that, i think it's OK, but i also think there should be special drinks available which taste or look really disgusting so you feel they're making you better. They should be really acrid, bright blue, incredibly bitter, slimy and have mysterious bits floating in them, for a placebo effect. Some of them should bubble in a disturbing manner and maybe glow oddly, and there should be a soundtrack of screeching, moaning and wailing constantly playing over a tannoy.
—nineteenthly, Mar 22 2009
   

       It would probably have to be somewhere remote, not adjacent to any other establishments, because the other business owners would complain about attracting illness to their front doors and infecting their customers.   

       I would suggest Airborne on the beverage menu, as well.
—21 Quest, Mar 22 2009
   

       I like tonic for my pick-me-ups, particularly after a day of disappointments. Tonic doesn't work alone. It needs lots of gin, the lime extra.   

       el dueno
—el dueno, Mar 22 2009
   

       One of the longest recurring dreams is that Im walking around in public wrapped in a big comforter and people are looking at me wierd.   

       I would love for this to be socially permissable.
—bobofthefuture, Mar 22 2009
   

       Uh... just wondering, bobo, what prompted that comment?
—21 Quest, Mar 22 2009
   

       As long as they have chicken soup, I'm in. Chicken soup cures anything. None of those scratchy croissants for me, though, I have a sore throat.
—English Bob, Mar 23 2009
   

       Uck... home from school with a nasty cold and feeling like scum... thanks for the buns though, guys. <sniffle>   

       [nineteenthly] - each to their own, but that might have to be in a seperate room.   

       [English Bob] - I find miso soup works best
—up_on_cloud_nine, Mar 23 2009
   

       <bit topical - or at least it would have been a couple of weeks ago>They could just roll up at the Fat Duck.</bt-oaliwhbacowa>
—zen_tom, Mar 23 2009
   

       What have ducks got to do with it?
—up_on_cloud_nine, Mar 23 2009
   

       Sorry [cloud_nine] - a few weeks ago, the Fat Duck was at the centre of a nationwide food-scare (here in the UK). Made ironic by the proprietor's image is that of a "Scientist" cook, who prides himself in running a clinically clean, almost hospital-like (in terms of cleanliness) kitchen - the scare turned out to be a bad case of norovirus - which would make it triply ironic for this idea, because if you went there feeling a bit poorly, you might come out having picked up something even nastier.   

       But it's all over now - and things are said to be getting back to normal.
—zen_tom, Mar 23 2009
   

       Methinks I should probably listen to the news more often.... thanks muchly [zt]
—up_on_cloud_nine, Mar 23 2009
   

       I didn't hear about that. I'm thinking there should be a "heroic" room, the way i described it, for people who thrive on being punished for being ill because they secretly feel guilty about it or blame themselves, and a pampering room which is more like your idea.
—nineteenthly, Mar 23 2009
   

       i will bun thee, sir knine. i wish i could have one of these for pregnant ladies. lunchtime naps sound like heaven right now. [+]
—k_sra, Mar 23 2009
   

       But of course, [k_sra], there is a cosy little room next door that is full of reclining fluffy armchairs that sells various nutritious, protien-rich foods and is only available for those over 3 months pregnant...   

       [nineteenthly] - if you say so, though I tend just to feel pathetic and sleepy when I get ill...
—up_on_cloud_nine, Mar 23 2009
   

       I told you we're all robots, [cloud_nine]. Don't forget the people in their first trimester. That's pretty tough.
—nineteenthly, Mar 23 2009
   

       What's a trimester?
—up_on_cloud_nine, Mar 23 2009
   

       Three month interval. Obstetrics divides pregnancy into three three month periods. The first trimester involves being totally knackered and your body getting "used" to being pregnant, the second trimester is the best bit, where things are generally more stable, and the third trimester is building up to birth and something of a strain on the body. Most women i know found the first trimester the most difficult. You get a lot of the symptoms you might expect from the last, like heartburn.
—nineteenthly, Mar 23 2009
   

       "Feel sick? You could feel sicker. And you will! Come hang with the other fomite-flingers at FLC, swap bugs and return home richer than when you left! Richer as regards your viral ecosystem that is!"
—bungston, Mar 23 2009
   

       I wonder how much Botulinum toxin goes for. A little goes a long way. Still a lot less toxic than some other stuff though, it seems. Wikipedia has a lower estimate of five nanogrammes per kilo body weight.
—nineteenthly, Mar 23 2009
   

       [nineteenthly] Oh, you mean like morning sickness and that? Yeaw, okay, it's open for all pregnant women   

       [bungston] - That's like saying 'don't go to hospital, you'll get ill'... if it's properly run, that sort of thing shouldn't be a problem
—up_on_cloud_nine, Mar 24 2009
   

       I actually think "don't go to hospital, you'll get ill" is fairly good advice due to the privatisation of the cleaning. I used to be a cleaner in a hospital just after that was privatised and i speak from personal experience. However, i expect the hygiene standards of cafes is higher than hospitals'.   

       Yes, i did mean morning sickness and the like. The first third of pregnancy needs at least as much pampering as the last.
—nineteenthly, Mar 24 2009
   

       //Most women i know found the first trimester the most difficult.//   

       they weren't really trying then.
—k_sra, Mar 24 2009
   
      
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