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What is the deal with Halls cough drops in Egypt? I always used to take them when I was sick but here they are either eaten as candy or breath mints!
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quote:Originally posted by minry80: What is the deal with Halls cough drops in Egypt? I always used to take them when I was sick but here they are either eaten as candy or breath mints!
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One day my husband hands me a pack of Halls. He smiled as if to say 'my gift'. I said 'I'm not sick'. He looked so confused. He took one out, popped it into his mouth and smiled. I said, 'does your throat hurt?' he said, 'what? no, why??' I said 'do you know what those are for?'...at this point he started to look a little embarrased. I said 'these are for if you have a sore throat or a nagging cough'. LOL I started to laugh so much and after that he always gets them for me if I have a sore throat and won't eat them as candy or mints anymore! ROFL, I kept asking 'why don't you read the package before you put something in your mouth??'
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Halls also have extra vitamins in them and that's already a good argument for me.
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quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: One day my husband hands me a pack of Halls. He smiled as if to say 'my gift'. I said 'I'm not sick'. He looked so confused. He took one out, popped it into his mouth and smiled. I said, 'does your throat hurt?' he said, 'what? no, why??' I said 'do you know what those are for?'...at this point he started to look a little embarrased. I said 'these are for if you have a sore throat or a nagging cough'. LOL I started to laugh so much and after that he always gets them for me if I have a sore throat and won't eat them as candy or mints anymore! ROFL, I kept asking 'why don't you read the package before you put something in your mouth??'
That is sooo funny! First, they don't taste good! Second, people *like* walking around with medicinal smelling breath? Posts: 8794 | From: 01-20-09 The End of an Error | Registered: Dec 2004
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quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: One day my husband hands me a pack of Halls. He smiled as if to say 'my gift'. I said 'I'm not sick'. He looked so confused. He took one out, popped it into his mouth and smiled. I said, 'does your throat hurt?' he said, 'what? no, why??' I said 'do you know what those are for?'...at this point he started to look a little embarrased. I said 'these are for if you have a sore throat or a nagging cough'. LOL I started to laugh so much and after that he always gets them for me if I have a sore throat and won't eat them as candy or mints anymore! ROFL, I kept asking 'why don't you read the package before you put something in your mouth??'
That is sooo funny! First, they don't taste good! Second, people *like* walking around with medicinal smelling breath?
Why not? Do you prefer people that stinks from their mouths??
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I always wondered about the medicinal breath too! If they are using it to cover bad breath, there are better ways than a Halls Mentholiptus (by the way MENTHO says it all).
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quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: I always wondered about the medicinal breath too! If they are using it to cover bad breath, there are better ways than a Halls Mentholiptus (by the way MENTHO says it all).
A trip to the dentist for starters.
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quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: I always wondered about the medicinal breath too!
When i found out those mentholiptus halls i was eating them all the time like a child playing with new toys the day after Christmas . You're so surprised at first and then you can't stop playing, just like you are afraid of losing your toys.
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The only difference between most cough drops and hard candies is that the cough drops generally have some eucalptus or menthol or some other additive. Aside from that, they're really just sugar candies.
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quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: ROFL, I kept asking 'why don't you read the package before you put something in your mouth??'
Hmmm ... the implications of your statement. What happens if that "package" comes with no instructions?
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That is too funny, noticed it too. I don't think the taste is good at all with menthol and can't even suck on one when sick. I had a friend that carried a tin case of "Altoids" peppermint all the time with him" for fresh breath while out, the case is cute too. They are soo strong too. Me I prefer certs lifesaver types of spearmint but no, can't afind them here. I don't know how one likes the taste of the Halls..either.
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posted 18 March, 2006 09:08 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Halls also have extra vitamins in them and that's already a good argument for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 785 | From: Home | Registered: Oct 2005 | IP: Logged |
Hey je ne veux pas avoir l'air idiote, alors je te pose la question a toi et en Francais. C'est quoi des halls ? Posts: 1182 | Registered: Sep 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Bombon: posted 18 March, 2006 09:08 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Halls also have extra vitamins in them and that's already a good argument for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 785 | From: Home | Registered: Oct 2005 | IP: Logged |
Hey je ne veux pas avoir l'air idiote, alors je te pose la question a toi et en Francais. C'est quoi des halls ?
Des halls c'est comme des ricola
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My husband bought a pack of cigarettes one day and instead of change the lady gave him two Halls cough drops. He hands me one of them and I give him this look like are you nuts? I told him I didn't have a sore throat so, no thanks. He thought they were candy. I explained that back home they are marketed for sore throats. He told me he saw a commercial for them and they were candy so he popped both of them in his mouth. Ugh!
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quote:Originally posted by LiveItUp: That is too funny, noticed it too. I don't think the taste is good at all with menthol and can't even suck on one when sick. I had a friend that carried a tin case of "Altoids" peppermint all the time with him" for fresh breath while out, the case is cute too. They are soo strong too. Me I prefer certs lifesaver types of spearmint but no, can't afind them here. I don't know how one likes the taste of the Halls..either.
Altoids are great! Especially the ginger ones. Posts: 8794 | From: 01-20-09 The End of an Error | Registered: Dec 2004
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i but a packet of blackcurrent tunes whenever i fill up with petrol????
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ROFL OMG You cannot believe how I am laughing at this thread! LOL I see them give these Halls back with change at the stores too, as if it's something extra*. LOL When they give it to me, I think, 'why not give me a bottle of cough syrup instead'? Posts: 13440 | Registered: Feb 2006
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OMG OMG...... do you get tunes in egypt??!!!!!
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that means you dont get them. im not coming!!! they are mentholated boiled sweets in a couple of flavours.... there add is 'tunes, helps you breath more easily' they are soooooooo good. actually i dont eat many at all... its purely a habit thing... buying them when i fill up with petrol. i'll bring a box with me..... anyone want some????!!!!!
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Yeah Love some Charm, blackcurrant only please, eat them like sweets, they are so addictive Posts: 200 | From: uk | Registered: Dec 2005
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[in the syle of homer simpson] mmmmmmmmmm blackcurrant tunes
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They do all different flavours, Lemon, blackcurrant & strawberry and I think they also do honey, I love honey hmmmm.
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Blackcurrant's are a very small round dark purple fruit, you can make juice with the fruit which is also delicious and full of vitamin C
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OMG LOL that is so funny. I was just asking my husband why everyone in his law office eats those things like breath mints or fruit candy. I told him ...read the side of the pack...they are for sore throat. LOL He always comes home smelling like a Halls menthol. YUCK!
quote:Originally posted by minry80: What is the deal with Halls cough drops in Egypt? I always used to take them when I was sick but here they are either eaten as candy or breath mints!
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