Avoid eating hard, crunchy, or sticky foods that could dislodge the blood clot
If, like me, you live in one of the countrys 22 majestic recreational states, you may have received a call from a friend eking out a joyless existence in one of our sad, dry states
But never smoke in closed garages or enclosed patios
They described searing headaches, sudden vomiting, and dizziness that lasted all through the night
This sudden, completely unexpected appearance on our home-scene, right "SPLAT!!!" in the middle of one of our pleasant but unexceptional bashes, sparked a night of almost barbaric plentitude, of impromptu Highland Flings and improvised Sword Dances (using our kitchen cutlery), of spontaneous Sing-Songs and Robert Burns poetry-recitations crowding one upon another, of toasts and Usquebaugh-quaffing unprecedented this side of Auld Reekie (Edinburgh to the uninitiated), of outlandish stunts like the communal conga-line "Colonel Bogeying" out the back door, down the stairs, around the corner, along the town's main drag, then through the street door, up the front stairs, and back into the apartment without losing a beat
