You know, after all this time, I finally get to ask my first question:

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Can you really get thrush from licking railings?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 09:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Dunno, but am I the only one who thinks "thrush" is the most incredibly sexy name ever for a disease?

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 09:22 (eighteen years ago) link

it's no "scurvy"

― it was jody that killed the beast (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 09:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Hmm. Are you sure you're not giving extra points for having a pirate say it?

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 09:35 (eighteen years ago) link

so, who knows for sure?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link

TS: Thrush vs. Scurvy vs. Beri Beri

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link

"What the fuck's a thrush?"

― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link

I wouldn't go licking any railings in wintertime, if you value your tongue.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link

I always manage to escape the ravages Thrush - as it is apparently very prone to Deception.

― Clftonb, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link

thrush = Candida albicans = fungus. it's primarily a disease of the immunocompromised. i like your question!

― twoheadedboy, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm itching to find out if this is true.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link

right now I have pink eye, which is similar to thrush ...in some ways. i have to put a hot compress on my eye.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link

also, i thought it was rare for adults to get thrush unless they are immuno-depressed. is your tongue all white and patchy ... ok further, Ricky do you think Geographic Tongue sounds like an exciting adventure? (also thx for mentioning me on the girl music critic thread). luv and brigette, Susan

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link

[Sidesteps "geographic tongue" question.] You're welcome, Susan!

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Mark, which Belle & Sebastian song is that line from? Is it Lazy Line Painter Jane? It's been a while since I listened to their early stuff.

― twoheadedboy, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 22:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Beri Beri is also a smoothie name, so it winz

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 00:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Beri Beri is also a smoothie name, so it winz

...and the name of a great Kleenex song.

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 02:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Mark, which Belle & Sebastian song is that line from? Is it Lazy Line Painter Jane?

Yes.

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 03:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Hearing this line for the first time was the very moment that made me a fan.

― bendy (bendy), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 05:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Oddly enough, I have a geographic tongue.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 05:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Is "geographic tongue" another Meltzerian category (cf. aquatic unknown tongue)?

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Thursday, 5 January 2006 06:34 (eighteen years ago) link

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