Fisherman's Friend -cold?

[tali1]

Do Fisherman's Friend lozenges really protect you from the cold as they claim on the packet?

[bednobs]

perhaps it's because no-one will come near you!

[boxtops]

The only thing I can tell you about Fisherman's Friends is that they rot your hankies. I was given one by a friend at school many years ago, and it tasted so revolting that I spat it into my cotton hankie. When I got home, there was a big hole in my hankie where the FF had been!

[237SJ]

No. Maybe if one has a really sore throat because they have a cold, they will sooth it a bit.

[NazNomad]

Do they still contain creosote?

[Lardhelmet_2]

Creosote Naz? Mind you they taste like you could paint fences with them!

[boxtops]

Ah naz, it must have been the creosote - rots your hankie, beware!

[NazNomad]

Ah, that's Potter's Catarrh Pastilles ... my bad.

[pastafreak]

I love Fisherman's Friends....I could do with some now for my scratchy throat.

[society]

Llol @ Bednobs

[boxtops]

Which fisherman first used them, then?

[Answerprancer]

Nah, but they dry up runny noses.

[NazNomad]

DID YOU KNOW...

Fisherman's Friend is sold in over 100 countries worldwide

Although first formulated in England during 1865, the first overseas shipment was to Belgium in 1974

Over 4,000,000,000 Fisherman's Friend lozenges are eaten each year

If laid end on end all of the Fisherman's Friend lozenges eaten in one year would stretch around the world 4 times

[NazNomad]

Way back in 1865 the town of Fleetwood, in Lancashire on the North West coast of England, was a thriving community and was very much the centre of the United Kingdom's fishing industry.

Fishermen young and old from the region used to depart on long fishing voyages from Fleetwood into the hostile and un-welcoming conditions of the North Sea and the Arctic Circle.

These conditions were tough and you had to be strong to continue on these voyages and many of the fishermen would suffer from coughs, colds and bronchial problems from the prolonged freezing cold and hostile conditions.

One of the first residents of Fleetwood was a young pharmacist by the name of James Lofthouse. Amongst the many very effective treatments and remedies that James Lofthouse created was an extremely strong liquid containing menthol and eucalyptus, which helped relieve problems experienced by fishermen in the freezing conditions.

To make it easier to transport in the rough conditions James Lofthouse made this liquid into small lozenges. These were much favoured by the local fishermen, who soon began referring to the miracle lozenges as their "Friends" and would not leave shore without them. It was therefore these first consumers who gave us the name Fisherman's Friend.

[boxtops]

...and rot the equator.....LOL

[Lardhelmet_2]

Not to mention rhinoplasty...

[boxtops]

^ bother, my post was supposed to come right after naz's first one...

[welshlibranr]

I think that because they taste so bad, they take your mind away from the cold you Have!............They're horrid!....My OH swears by them!.............Spare room for him then!..................lol..............

[pastafreak]

Good grief...I went off to see if I had any.....and all you guys jumped in.
Found 'em.......yummmm-my throat feels better already.

;-)