Alright sausages,

I went and got myself the freshers' flu and now I have a sore throat, bad cough and a nose that runs like the river Mersey.

Do any of you have any interesting remedies for when you get all ill and snot everywhere?

Tasty huh!

The only cure for fresher's flu is more drinking, what are they teaching students these days....

If you're coughing a lot, apparently a good thing to do is rub some vick's vapo-rub on your feet and put socks on. I have no idea how it works, but it certainly does a treat.

See with me that would just result in a rancid minty smell.

So far I have had ibuprofen, shitty lemsip (wtf shitty), coke, a kebab, some potato cakes, several cups of tea and an elixir but I am still snotting like nothing on earth.

I could put a buttplug up each nostril if I owned any. Someone paypal me money for buttplgus

Sleep, tea and getting a grip.

I have a grip boy - climbing society innit.

I am on my 5th cup of tea. The bogies have begun to get thicker, like jelly setting. An episode of traffic cops eases my sore head.

I am going to read in my bed and revise phasors.

PHaaaaaasorrrrs.

Drink plenty of water or juice, eat some soup, use cough drops (do this do this do this), take hot showers, be gentle about blowing your nose so as not to irritate the inside of it.

chicken noodle soup, relax, etc. etc.

if you use any decongestant spray don;t use it too often because it can make it worse.

Try making a hot drink of ginger, honey, and lemon and drink it for your cough ​  Licorice has been used for awhile to soothe chest and throat pains.  You could try taking Ginger and Garlic since they both have antiviral properties (garlic the best).  Also, Peppermint may help because it supposedly helps reduce body temperature.

vodka shots>repeat

like what dok said, at a lot of grocery stores they have boxed tea that's a mix of chamomile, peppermint and some other stuff, drinking that with honey should help with the symptoms

or take alka seltzer

Nasal Irrigation combined with Tiger Balm

Warning: Tiger Balm can be smelly but thats only cause it smells like SUCCESS!

Drink plenty of water or juice, eat some soup, use cough drops (do this do this do this), take hot showers, be gentle about blowing your nose so as not to irritate the inside of it.

this is dangerous. earlier this year i discovered what i named "juice sickness." if you drink too much juice, apple or orange (it was orange with apple base, so the apples may be the cause), you will become 'juiced,' a sensation of being kicked in the balls and having stomach cramps. i think it only happens if you have more than a litre in a sitting.

i would be interested in other people that have suffered this horrible affliction

If you drink to much carrot juice (and I mean a lot) you will start to turn a tint of orange.

We were JUST talking about that on IRC doktormartini except sunny d not carrot juice

Rest, and possibly delusions.

this is dangerous. earlier this year i discovered what i named "juice sickness." if you drink too much juice, apple or orange (it was orange with apple base, so the apples may be the cause), you will become 'juiced,' a sensation of being kicked in the balls and having stomach cramps. i think it only happens if you have more than a litre in a sitting.

i would be interested in other people that have suffered this horrible affliction

water is best to drink, i've always heard either water or juice but i don't like juice so i've not heard anything about this

but by "plenty of juice" i don't mean a RIDICULOUS AMOUNT, i mean just stay hydrated with either water or juice (or both)

i usually have sinus congestion instead of a runny nose (i'd RATHER have the runny nose to get that shit out of there, sinus pressure's the worst

my parents have tried to force me to drink a milk and garlic solution every time i get sick

i refuse that shit. my poor 8 year old sister drinks it though.