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99p-jar-of-honey-cures-one-man-s-painful-eye-infection

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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,790 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    I'm-dubious-about-clicking-that-link,-is-it-safe-does-anyone-know-?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    Racking my brains to think of a bee pun


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭✭Cina


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    I'm-dubious-about-clicking-that-link,-is-it-safe-does-anyone-know-?

    dammit-you-beat-me-to-the-obvious-dashes-post-that-will-get-lots-of-thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    Racking my brains to think of a bee pun

    Oh, bee-hive!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,231 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Racking my brains to think of a bee pun

    What you need is to consult someone who's a hive of information regarding bee puns.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    That's nothing. I rubbed jam on my crotch once and it cured my scabies.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    I'm-dubious-about-clicking-that-link,-is-it-safe-does-anyone-know-?

    I've changed it from the Yahoo link to a Daily Mail one for so ...it wont sting ya
    Cina wrote: »
    dammit-you-beat-me-to-the-obvious-dashes-post-that-will-get-lots-of-thanks.
    Beehave .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    That's nothing. I rubbed jam on my crotch once and it cured my scabies.

    I'll take your word for it....

    Oh wait,wait....i beeleeve you! :D

    ........:o

    I'll get me coat


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    You're a honey seller aren't you OP. You want everyone rubbing honey into their eyes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,727 ✭✭✭Nozebleed


    eye dont bee'lieve it..:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Caveman1


    He must be buzzing to be finally cured


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    You're a honey seller aren't you OP.
    I'm a Honey consumer ...Honey
    You want everyone rubbing honey into their eyes
    What ...and possibly go blind ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭✭Cina


    I've got 99 honey's but a bee-tch ain't one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭maddragon


    Eye wish people would stop drone-ing on with these puns.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    99p for honey LOL

    would be interesting to do a pollen test on it to identify where it came from


    if there is no pollen then it's diluted - with sugar if you are lucky - Chinese honey. If you are unlucky then it's “a mix of sugar water, malt sweeteners, corn or rice syrup, jaggery [a type of unrefined sugar], barley malt sweetener or other additives with a bit of actual honey.” And pesticides and hevey metals


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭mauzo


    Bee flying off the shelves now....





    Har har :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    99p for honey LOL

    would be interesting to do a pollen test on it to identify where it came from


    if there is no pollen then it's diluted - with sugar if you are lucky - Chinese honey. If you are unlucky then it's “a mix of sugar water, malt sweeteners, corn or rice syrup, jaggery [a type of unrefined sugar], barley malt sweetener or other additives with a bit of actual honey.” And pesticides and hevey metals
    I don't think their is any doubt of the healthy benefits attributed to honey and I buy it from supermarkets or health store but as you say , it's what's added to the supermarket brands that might throw suspicion on any health claims and straight from the hive it's going to be in it's natural state .

    On a similar 'price of product ' note, a survey in UK last week stated that cheap 99p brands of paracetamol are just as beneficial as the more expensive brands .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Cú Giobach


    Honey as an anti-bacterial agent fell out of use with the advent of penicillin and other antibiotics, now with more and more bacteria becoming immune to antibiotics its use is increasing again.

    I've used it on myself and shared the knowledge with others who were amazed at its effects.
    Here is something a bit more reliable than The Daily Mail.
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100630111037.htm
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120131205919.htm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    99p for honey LOL

    would be interesting to do a pollen test on it to identify where it came from


    if there is no pollen then it's diluted - with sugar if you are lucky - Chinese honey. If you are unlucky then it's “a mix of sugar water, malt sweeteners, corn or rice syrup, jaggery [a type of unrefined sugar], barley malt sweetener or other additives with a bit of actual honey.” And pesticides and hevey metals

    Maybe the pesticides killed his eye infection


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Latchy wrote: »
    I don't think their is any doubt of the healthy benefits attributed to honey and I buy it from supermarkets or health store but as you say , it's what's added to the supermarket brands that might throw suspicion on any health claims and straight from the hive it's going to be in it's natural state .

    On a similar 'price of product ' note, a survey in UK last week stated that cheap 99p brands of paracetamol are just as beneficial as the more expensive brands .
    Real honey has health benefits
    Fake honey may do more harm than good and Golden Syrup is probably healthier than some of the worst stuff on the market in China (honey sales there are over 5 times annual honey production and a lot of the honey is exported)

    BTW
    The patent on paracetamol has expired which means anyone with a properly licensed pharmaceutical factory can make it. No matter what brand you buy it's still N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanamide

    The 99p paracetamol will work just as well as the 39p Boots Generic one ;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Honey as an anti-bacterial agent fell out of use with the advent of penicillin and other antibiotics, now with more and more bacteria becoming immune to antibiotics its use is increasing again.

    I've used it on myself and shared the knowledge with others who were amazed at its effects.

    Real honey has health benefits
    Fake honey may do more harm than good and Golden Syrup is probably healthier than some of the worst stuff on the market in China (honey sales there are over 5 times annual honey production and a lot of the honey is exported)
    If that guy believes his eye problem was solved bya 99p jar of honey then who going to argue with him . There has always been a jar of honey in our home going back to childhood days and I've been aware of all the health benefits for many years now .
    The patent on paracetamol has expired which means anyone with a properly licensed pharmaceutical factory can make it. No matter what brand you buy it's still N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanamide

    The 99p paracetamol will work just as well as the 39p Boots Generic one ;)
    Some people see 99p price tag and think ' it can't be much good if it's that cheap ''...so they buy another ,more expensive brand .That goes for other items such as food ,cosmetics and clothes to name a few but that was always part of advertisement trickery '' but now I'm told ,what's new is old '' ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    save the bee


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    Racking my brains to think of a bee pun

    Not too keen on honey but I do like their milk, though.

    You get it from Boo Bees. :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    That's nothing. I rubbed jam on my crotch once and it cured my scabies.

    I slipped on a banana skin once


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,455 ✭✭✭weemcd


    Whats type of bee makes milk?



    A boo-bee :o


    Honey is usually not sold with a sell-by date, can be used for years as long as water does not get into it.

    Honey can be used to treat burns.

    When produced in your local area honey should help people with hay fever & alergies.

    Honey can also boost your immunity.

    Right up there with Hemp with its usefulness, the aul honey.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭bamboozle


    weemcd wrote: »
    Whats type of bee makes milk?



    A boo-bee :o


    Honey is usually not sold with a sell-by date, can be used for years as long as water does not get into it.

    Honey can be used to treat burns.

    When produced in your local area honey should help people with hay fever & alergies.

    Honey can also boost your immunity.

    Right up there with Hemp with its usefulness, the aul honey.

    honey is the one food that does not go-off, apparently honey was found in tombs of pharaoh and thousands of years later it was still good.

    bees in my garden go made for lavender, honeysuckle and fruit trees


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    The man took an arrow to the eye :eek: that gotta hurt.

    I have been told that any honey is just as good as say Manuka Honey and it's just a waste of money to go buying these jars with 100+ ratings on them.

    Hmm could be good lyrics for a rap song above.....


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    I'm actually sitting here in work drinking tea with honey in it. Great for irritated throats.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,472 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    Oh, bee-hive!

    The internet's always a buzz with these kind of wonder remedies.


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Latchy wrote: »
    Some people see 99p price tag and think ' it can't be much good if it's that cheap ''...so they buy another ,more expensive brand .That goes for other items such as food ,cosmetics and clothes to name a few but that was always part of advertisement trickery '' but now I'm told ,what's new is old '' ;)
    Buying paracetamol in a 99p shop makes it very expensive when you can buy it for 39p in a real pharmacy with real pharmacists you can ask advice from.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Buying paracetamol in a 99p shop makes it very expensive when you can buy it for 39p in a real pharmacy with real pharmacists you can ask advice from.
    I was thinking more of the people who would pay £2.99 for a pack of paracetamol instead of 99p one but even at 39p I wouldn't buy that cheap ...lol and I don't have to ask a pharmacists what amount of paracetamol to take but the dosage is on the pack anyway .


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Latchy wrote: »
    I was thinking more of the people who would pay £2.99 for a pack of paracetamol instead of 99p one but even at 39p I wouldn't buy that cheap ...lol and I don't have to ask a pharmacists what amount of paracetamol to take but the dosage is on the pack anyway .
    39p is the price in Boots.

    It's not cheap. That's what it actually costs to make. And sell at a profit.

    And if you are going to buy ibuprofen you might as well get it in Boots since they invented it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    39p is the price in Boots.

    It's not cheap. That's what it actually costs to make. And sell at a profit.

    And if you are going to buy ibuprofen you might as well get it in Boots since they invented it.
    Joking aside ,there can't be any difference between a 39p and 99p x 12 pack of paracetamol which have the same 500mg strength but you'll often see a 12 pack of 500mg Panadol for a dearer price so it make sense when you read that price aside , they both do the same job.


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