Boiled 7 Up

Thefirestarter

Is it just me or did anyone elses parents give them boiled 7 up when they were not well? Seems to work when the oul' stomach is giving trouble or after you puke

My parents gave me rum to settle my stomach growing up and boiled red lemonade for colds.
7up is good at restoring the balance of your electrolytes.

DanGerMus

Well mine would just stir or shake the fizz out of it. But yeah.

AlmightyCushion

Yep, used to love the stuff (must try it again some day). It always worked wonders for me when I had a sore tummy, it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be a cure for cancer. I'm actually surprised by the amount of people who've never had it or heard of it.

Seonad

Flat 7-up!

9 out of 10 doctors recommend it!*


*may not actually be recommended by quoted figure

Sherifu

Flat 7up cures all.

celticwe

yeah that brings me back .....(tilts head)

Talliesin

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be a cure for cancer.

It does, but the pharmaceutical companies don't want you to know.

(Now their black helicopters are going to hunt you down).

Parsley

Sherifu wrote: »

Flat 7up cures all.

FACT. :pac:

cautioner

Yeah, why is that?!

Flat 7up cured my appendicitis.

Ginny

flat 7 up is the same as boiled 7 up isn't it?
My parents gave me flat cream soda once when I was sick and I haven't been able to touch it since.

Peared

We had a special 7 up defizzer*

* a honey taker outer of jar thingy. What are they called anyway? The swivelly plastic things, the honey gets trapped in the layers and then you turn it sideways to dispense but it doesn't quite work like that and gets everywhere anyway and you may as well have just used a spoon.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

My mum used to put sugar in 7up to make it go flat when i was sick!

KnifeWRENCH

If I needed to be sick, but nothing was coming up, my Mam always gave me regular fizzy 7UP, and it made me sick a lot after.

Then, to help me feel better afterwards - more 7Up.

It helps you be throw up when you need to, and it helps you recover. Incredible stuff! Everytime one of us is unwell - be it colds/sore thorats/anything else - there's always 7Up around to get us through it!

Never had it boiled though.

BroomBurner

Had to have boiled 7Up while recoveing from weird flu-type thing, but added orange juice. Couldn't drink normal OJ for years after, wanted that lovely sweet taste.

phantom_lord

Sherifu wrote: »

Flat 7up cures all.

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chopperbyrne

Several times.

It was just as disgusting each time.

bug

I think it was a way to get sugar into you when you were recovering from an illness.


I still don't get why they give it for stomach bugs...
Maybe its just the way I'm thinking about it but Sugar & Bacteria = No No.
So I always wondered..

Boots09

We always had flat 7up in our house too for everytime any1 was sick miracle stuff!!

Blisterman

Why flat?
Surely fizzy drinks would settle your stomach better?

Whenever I'm hungover, I knock back a can of coke and my stomach feels much much better.

Dub13

You lot were all deprived in your childhood when I was sick I got medicine.

Peared

Yes, yes but what's a honey dispenser called?

Bizzi Lizzy

It's all to do with the lemons !!

thefinalstage

Dub13 wrote: »

You lot were all deprived in your childhood when I was sick I got medicine.

And thats why you will die when the new order comes.

dfx-

Not quite boiling, but warm, flat 7up did cure all.

Plus the other option for me was usually some absolutely vile medicine that I can still taste - Augmentin or something.:mad:

TPD

Dub13 wrote: »

You lot were all deprived in your childhood when I was sick I got medicine.

funny stuff boys

b3t4

7up is heavenly stuff alright. Flat 7up is my cure for hangovers. The sugar helps my poor body recover.

I will only drink 7up if it's flat. The best trick to getting the fizz out of 7up is to whisk it up with a fork. It de-fizzes the bejaysus out of it. Lovely, lovely flat 7up to enjoy after that.

A.

smellslikeshoes

Gotta wonder where it came from and why its so popular for sick people.
In my family we never really drank 7Up normally so if you came home and there was a bottle around you would know someones not well.

Trinity

Funny to see this now as i only gave my little un this last night he is unwell.

My family doc who recently retired swore on coke for the runs. Even for a 1 yr old.

I drink about 4 cans a day am fupping addicted but i cant stand 7up .

Blisterman

Does sprite work as well, or is it only 7up?

trout

Sprite is for the nouveau gauche ... 7Up for the traditionalists


Hardcore Dub-a-linn mammies like ma trout used to add salt to the 7Up, for extra miracle cure.

watna

Bf was dying of a hangover today so gave him flat L & P (a NZ drink - lemon and paeroa). It;s like lemonade but nicer and that worked great for him. I guess it must tbe the lemon flavour and sweetness.

gloobag

My granny used to turn the bottle upside down and stand the bottle on the fireplace next to a roaring fire for a couple of hours whenever I was sick.

This apparently turns the 7up into some magical elixir, and makes the bottle easier to open, according to her

Sanjuro

Ah yes. Flat 7-Up. I remember it fondly!

elmer

my daughter calls it daddies drink for sick girls

serenacat

i have too much once and puked

Epic Tissue

Yeah, I got flat 7up when I was sick too. Now, when I have 7up I always associate it with being sick!

kwestfan08

Yeah I always had boiled 7-up when I was sick.

Thought it tasted rotten though

Tar.Aldarion

Coke kills the lesser evils in your stomach.

serenacat

what evils are these?

trout

botulism and the likes

The Don

Thefirestarter wrote: »

Is it just me or did anyone elses parents give them boiled 7 up when they were not well? Seems to work when the oul' stomach is giving trouble or after you puke

Ya my mother used to give it to us when we were kids. Great stuff. Had almost forgotten about it.

Phuckmii

Get some some flat 7-up and toast down ya!

Roar

dfx- wrote: »

Not quite boiling, but warm, flat 7up did cure all.

Plus the other option for me was usually some absolutely vile medicine that I can still taste - Augmentin or something.:mad:

let me guess.. fellow tonsillitis sufferer??

flat seven up.. dear god i hate it. negative connotations all the way now. I cant drink it these days, sick or not..

Latchy

Yeah , the flat 7 up is good for freeing babys wind and handy for colic to .Flat coke is also handy for stomache upsets .

javaboy

Mods can you delete this thread please? Every Irish mother knows flat 7 up is a one size fits cure for all known ills and ailments.... but if the lads at C&C (too lazy to find out if this is where 7 up is made) find out about its effectiveness as a panacea, they'll hike the price up and you'll only be able to buy it in Boots for €5 a litre (still cheaper than Ryanair but with no bj).

Some things should be kept to word of mouth.

Naikon

Boiled 7-up? ZOMG xxx_O_xxx WTF!!!!
Just drink the split in its intended state.
Flat soft drink == not good!

xOxSinéadxOx

flat 7up = good

only way to drink 7up!

LadyE

Seonad wrote: »

Flat 7-up!

9 out of 10 doctors recommend it!*


*may not actually be recommended by quoted figure

Doctors do actually recommend it..was very surprised when my doc did. I thought it was a cure-all thought up by parents!

I always used to get a duvet on the sofa and hot orange (later found out it was lemsip or somehting similar)

January

It was never in my house unless someone was sick, but the sick person rarely got to drink it, because the non sick people drank it before it got flat!

sure sure

yep a wonder cure alright.. its up there with sudocream(cures all external ailments) and a small glass of milk ( heart-burn).