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At the moment, I have hayfever... it wouldn't be so bad, only I keep
getting approached in corridors by people who think I'm upset [red
eyes, runny nose etc.]. What would be nice is a little badge, probably
flourescent yellow or similar, that hayfever sufferers could wear, so
that people know
you're okay.
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Given the current climate of panic, I can see a further purpose for this in the form of reassuring people you're not coming down with flu. [+] |
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You look sad, are you okay? |
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The Yellow Badge of Snotage? |
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On really heavy pollen days, if you're not a hayfever sufferer, but you *are* upset, you might need a badge saying "It's not hayfever; Please hug me!" |
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Nice idea, [hippo]. I also thought the badges could contain
emergency doses of antihistamine - I always forget to take
them. |
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//reassuring people you're not coming down with flu// |
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Am I the only one childish and crass enough to want to
squeeze into a crowded tube train and say "Escuuuse me
amigos - ees eet hot een heere or ees eet just me-ee?" |
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Carpe Die'm: Sneeeze the day. |
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I wonder if the surface of the badge could
somehow itself be "allergic", i.e. be covered in
something which responds to the specific pollen
to which you are sensitive, rather like a blood
type test, so it would change colour or display
text. |
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[ManuelBuchanan] heh. I saw people wearing those little white (and ineffective) facemasks on the tube the other day - quite a surprise, really. Also, I got to India very early this morning and on arrival, everyone off our 777 had to be seen by a doctor who would sign a bit of paper to say they hadn't got swine flu - it's madness. |
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//Carpe Die'm: Sneeeze the day.// [m-f-t] brilliance. |
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Swine flu? Pigs might fly. |
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//to say they hadn't got swine flu - it's madness//
No, that's dementia. |
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A flower shaped badge?
In which case, why not wear a real flower, of the variety which sets off your particular allergy... that way you could group together with other like-sufferers, and discuss its relative merits - Hey presto, a social disease! |
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I dunno. I say just go with it. Take a few and hone
up your acting skills. Burst out in horrific shoulder
wrenching sobs and spray spittles over everyone. |
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Say something about your favorite pet being run
over by a train today...or something else equally
as tragic. |
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Ya just might get a little lunch or a flower or some
other token of sympathy. |
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Not on the Tube in London you wouldn't. Everyone would avert their eyes and not say anything - those are the rules on the tube: Never look at or speak to a stranger. You might get sympathy from a tourist, I suppose. |
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Here's looking achoo, kid. |
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And here I thought the Tube in London was
different from the subways here. No looky, no
talky, no touchy, oh yeah... I guess it can be a
good thing ;-) |
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I thought maybe you could get them when you buy a pack of
Antihistamine. This has the advantage of them being a) free,
and b) only worn by actual hayfever sufferers. |
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Sensible, but I don't think that would quite work out, marketing-wise...
"I take brand A antihistamine!... but I look like this anyway" |
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