OT: Getting the nippers to sleep when they're ill...

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:25:00 +0000, Steve Flynn wrote:

> On 10/03/10 16:17, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 
>> I found that putting half an onion in a bowl of hot (boiling at the
>> beginning) water in their room makes them sleep through the night when
>> they're sick! Apparently it keeps the nose clear, so they sleep better.
>> Try it!
> 
> I do exactly the same thing but also give them 2 stiff brandies and a
> small cigar each. They are out like lights within minutes and we don't
> hear a thing until 10 the following morning until one of them is trying
> to get rid of a hangover.

Some advice for parents of sick children by Linus Torvalds:
http://kt.earth.li/kernel-traffic/kt19991220_47.html#2 :)

    -Frans