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Boiled 7 Up

  • 27-06-2008 11:18PM
    #1
    Thefirestarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 288 ✭✭


    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


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • #3
    DanGerMus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭DanGerMus


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


  • #4
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,196 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #5
    Seonad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭Seonad


    Flat 7-up!

    9 out of 10 doctors recommend it!*


    *may not actually be recommended by quoted figure


  • #6
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Flat 7up cures all. :)


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  • #7
    celticwe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭celticwe


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


  • #8
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭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).


  • #9
    Parsley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    Sherifu wrote: »
    Flat 7up cures all. :)

    FACT. :pac:


  • #10
    cautioner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 862 ✭✭✭cautioner


    Yeah, why is that?!

    Flat 7up cured my appendicitis.


  • #11
    Ginny
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 13,425 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #12
    Peared
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭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.


  • #13
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,066 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


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


  • #14
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭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! :D 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.


  • #15
    BroomBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭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.


  • #16
    phantom_lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,895 ✭✭✭✭phantom_lord


    Sherifu wrote: »
    Flat 7up cures all. :)

    .


  • #17
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,103 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    Several times.

    It was just as disgusting each time.


  • #18
    bug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,204 ✭✭✭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..


  • #19
    Boots09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭Boots09


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


  • #20
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭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.


  • #21
    Dub13
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,250 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


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


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  • #22
    Peared
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Peared


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


  • #23
    Bizzi Lizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭Bizzi Lizzy


    It's all to do with the lemons !!


  • #24
    thefinalstage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,503 ✭✭✭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.


  • #25
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #26
    TPD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    Dub13 wrote: »
    You lot were all deprived in your childhood when I was sick I got medicine.

    funny stuff boys


  • #27
    b3t4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭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.


  • #28
    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭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.


  • #29
    Trinity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭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 .


  • #30
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭Blisterman


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


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  • #31
    trout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭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.


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