Sheryl, a lot of people find that Sudafed works like a stimulant. It's chemically related to adrenaline, so I guess that isn't a big surprise. I'm lucky that it gives me only a little of that, because it's the only decongestant that doesn't double as a sleep aid for me!

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Happy Birthdays, P-C and Herah!

P-C, how are the job and job hunt going?

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I napped half of yesterday, thanks to Benadryl, so I am thinking, that is NOT the way to go. Sudafed makes me wide awake, but it also convinces me I am breathing through sandpaper.

I know the snot monster well, yes.

I know very little of the Bruins, except that when I was a kid, hockey was that strange cult that people joined, and never returned from. In those days, it seems like it was a badge of honor to have lost teeth (and continued play after the losing thereof). I don't know if hockey players were/are all just speed freaks, or masochists, or boxing fans.

Still and all, the New England Patriots average 280 lb. per person on their defensive line, and their whole job is to make vertical people get horizontal. In a closed room, like a barfight, go with the Bruins; but in a wide-open space, the Patriots Flying Tackle may be your better option.

(Baseball players, despite their enthusiasm, have few to no skills that help with fighting. The Red Sox's most recent "brawls" have involved attempted pile-drivings, the pulling of uniforms (in the absence of hair long enough), and two guys attempting to claw each other's eyes out, like the S4 Xander slapfight.)

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Happy birthday, P.-C.!

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Happy Birthday P-C!

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Still and all, the New England Patriots average 280 lb. per person on their defensive line, and their whole job is to make vertical people get horizontal.

Yes, and they frequently go horizontal themselves, which is one of the top ten reasons not to stand behind one, whereas hockey players have great balance from all those years of moving v. quickly, and often backwards, while wearing thin metal blades, and moving on a slippery surface. Plus? They're born to fight.

(Baseball players, despite their enthusiasm, have few to no skills that help with fighting. The Red Sox's most recent "brawls" have involved attempted pile-drivings, the pulling of uniforms (in the absence of hair long enough), and two guys attempting to claw each other's eyes out, like the S4 Xander slapfight.)

Amen. And really? At least in Boston, they're far too pampered. And despite the fact that the NBA boasts some superb athletes, basketball players are all elbows and knees, and rather ungainly to be around, if/when/since most of us are a foot or a foot and a half shorter than many of them.

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I'm assuming Boston doesn't have a rugby team? Because if a vampire, homicidal maniac or Karl Rove was coming for me, I choose rugby player every time. They're just so BIG.

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Poking head again: Nutty! My skippppppmppping showed me that you posted about a certain birthday you recently had? Happy, um, whichever-day of your new age! I hope you had a great day, and that the rest of the year will be wonderful for you!

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I'm assuming Boston doesn't have a rugby team? Because if a vampire, homicidal maniac or Karl Rove was coming for me, I choose rugby player every time. They're just so BIG.

We're such a baseball town, that we don't even know if we have a Rugby team. We barely know we have the (champion) American Football team, Basketball team, and hockey team. There's a Soccer team, but nobody pays any attention to them, either. That said, I have met Rugby players in pubs (shocking, I know), and I would probably pick them second. There's a lot of the same mentality with hockey and Rugby players, I think.

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There's a lot of the same mentality with hockey and Rugby players, I think.

I've never actually seen a hockey game, but I've heard a lot about them. And I think you might be right. Throw a few punches, no hard feelings? Buy a beer in the pub after the game?

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