Everyday Things

by Jen
Sep 20
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There have been numerous occasions when I needed Tums. Let’s face it, when the roller coaster car is upside down on the tracks as much as it is right side up, the rope tethering me to this reality is laced with antacid therapy. Besides, these Londoners can hold their drink – and this polite (don’t snigger!) southern girl can’t keep up!

Unfortunately, my bottle of Mixed Berry Tums has run out; I popped into a Boots store for another bottle. They look harmless.

tums

Upon closer inspection, however, one finds that standard Tums in the UK come in these assorted flavors: cherry, lemon, orange, and blackcurrant. Oh no, Donna would never survive; this will not do. And guess what the indication is… You are going to love this one: Fast, effective relief from indigestion, heartburn, and trapped wind.

Trapped wind? These English people are either too bold or too polite. Trapped wind?! Trapped wind sounds more like something a meteorologist should be advising on than something a chemist can relieve.  I say too much.  Don’t think less of me for being so dramatically uncultured.  And gas-y.

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4 Comments leave a comment

  1. HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

    HHHHHAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
    thanks! I needed the comic relief! Love you more than words……donna

    Comment by Donna — 21 September 2009 @ 4:56 am
  2. [...] London Time: WindGas – the kind your body makes.  (see also Trapped Wind.) [...]

    Pingback by Wind « Drew and Jen go to London — 21 September 2009 @ 9:08 am
  3. [...] have had some fun this week, but I think I am going to look for some of those Blackcurrant Tums Jen’s got in the medicine cabinet. A girl has got to get out [...]

    Pingback by Dessert First « Drew and Jen go to London — 23 October 2009 @ 8:10 am
  4. [...] is a product that promises Wind Relief, in a ‘chewy not chalky’ [...]

    Pingback by 42 « Drew and Jen go to London — 6 November 2009 @ 8:28 am

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