Boiled 7 Up

watna · 28-06-2008 10:18AM

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 · 28-06-2008 12:23PM

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 · 28-06-2008 12:29PM

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

elmer · 28-06-2008 12:41PM

my daughter calls it daddies drink for sick girls

serenacat · 28-06-2008 12:48PM

i have too much once and puked

Epic Tissue · 28-06-2008 02:25PM

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

kwestfan08 · 28-06-2008 02:45PM

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

Thought it tasted rotten though

Tar.Aldarion · 28-06-2008 02:48PM

Coke kills the lesser evils in your stomach.

serenacat · 28-06-2008 03:03PM

what evils are these?

trout · 28-06-2008 03:21PM

botulism and the likes

The Don · 28-06-2008 04:17PM

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 · 28-06-2008 04:23PM

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

Roar · 28-06-2008 09:57PM

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 · 28-06-2008 10:00PM

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 · 28-06-2008 10:05PM

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 · 29-06-2008 12:43AM

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

xOxSinéadxOx · 29-06-2008 12:53AM

flat 7up = good

only way to drink 7up!

LadyE · 29-06-2008 01:19AM

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 · 29-06-2008 01:19AM

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 · 29-06-2008 02:29AM

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

fonpokno · 29-06-2008 12:22PM

It's true. Flat 7up fixes everything. I much prefer drinking it flat than i do fizzy... and yes Augmentin is manky.

Dord · 29-06-2008 02:07PM

Right, we had a discussion about this last night at the beers and boiled 7-up is wrong. It's 7-up with sugar to take out the fizz. And it does fix everything apparently!

kerash · 29-06-2008 03:37PM

Yep, I was dosed with boiled 7up as a kid, for tummy upsets - (warm, not flat). Even now whenever I'm sick, I can smell the boiled 7up - must be all those repressed childhood memories:p

Giblet · 29-06-2008 03:53PM

I felt sick last night and drank flat ice cold sprite. Worked!

Wurly · 29-06-2008 04:57PM

Only recently, there was something in the paper about the 7up thing being a complete crock.

I don't think I was ever lucky enough to have been given a 'labelled' drink like 7up. It was most likely boiled KVI white lemonade.:)

Holsten · 29-06-2008 05:11PM

Yep, used to always get warm 7 up from the parents, good stuff.

KatiexKOUTURE-- · 29-06-2008 08:27PM

Ah, boiled 7-up.... It and a duvet on the couch in your pyjamas all day... Good times.. And did anybody else get mi-wadi made with hot water?..

NotMe · 29-06-2008 09:06PM

Ah yeah the boiled 7up. And I think we got boiled Lucozade the odd time aswell.

Davidius · 29-06-2008 10:50PM

One time I fell of a building while being shot with machine guns and rocket launchers, all direct hits. I was then smashed into the ground by a helicopter which was carrying a nuclear bomb. The bomb detonated and destroyed the surrounding area. Just when it seemed to be all over it appeared I was in the path of a tiny localised gamma ray burst. Oh ****, you could say.

How did I survive to tell the story?

7Up.

MooseJam · 30-06-2008 12:47AM

boiled 7up was fed to me when ill too

Boiled 7 Up

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