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Sod’s Law, Section 16.8, Paragraph 12:
Commencement of a severe cold or other non-life threatening but messy and energy-sapping illness with implications for the vocal chords shall coincide neatly with the only important public event at which the aforementioned party is engaged to speak within one calendar month either side of the aforesaid illness.
And so, the public lecture I’ve been looking forward to/dreading1 delivering for several months has coincided with a really horrible cold. I hope that I’m going to still be able to do it (so long as my voice holds out), but I’m likely to be doing my uncanny impression of a 13 year old boy whose voice is breaking. It should be… interesting.
1 In approximately equal and alternating measures. ↑
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commiserations. I had a big presentation (ooh, wot they paid me for!) at an "Expert Seminar" thing, and I hit the peak of my hoarseness with a cold that day.
You can, however, get sympathy points: I sounded so bad that people thought it was a heroic effort just to finish.
by Adam Lindsay @ 27/02/2007 8:05 pm • Permalink •
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So sorry to hear about the cold. Hope you feel better soon!
Debbie
by Inkygirl @ 27/02/2007 8:55 pm • Permalink •
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Just remember the rule of colds:
Treat a cold and it will be gone in a week Ignore a cold and it will be gone in seven days.
Just keep drinking, you'd be surprised how a runny nose can dehydrate a person - on second thoughts, no you won't, you're a biologist.
Once in a blue moon I get a cold, I sneeze twice, and my nose runs for ten minutes - drives my wife mad!
by Jonathan Briggs @ 27/02/2007 11:47 pm • Permalink •
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Why are your Username/Password fields displayed?
Are you expecting joint-blogging?
by Mr.D. @ 28/02/2007 12:24 pm • Permalink •
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Adam Lindsay: I'm not getting paid, unfortunately
Inkygirl: Thanks. It went off OK in the end, though after my talk I had a massive coughing fit during the next speaker's talk and had to flee the room. Very embarrassing. And my abdominal muscles are killing me today
Jonathan Briggs: Yes, I was drinking plenty of water, and some Day Nurse helped too.
Mr. D.: Nope, it's for me to log in at the moment. When I get things sorted out, other people will be able to log in to comment, and you'll then be able to edit your own comments. But it's mostly useless at the moment
by bsag @ 01/03/2007 7:14 pm • Permalink •
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