I was on Messenger briefly... this is cut-and-pasted from several conversations over a few minutes' time. At least I'm not the only one suffering:

Lady Jax says:
I do NOT have strep throat, this is good. What I DO have is a vicious little gnome living in my throat and attacking me with razor blades. When he gets bored he pours goo into my lungs, and occasionally wanders up into my ears with a hammer and gong.

Aeenzawthi says:
Ahh. The Allergy Gnome. Yes, I'm currently having a problemw ith the little bastard myself. Only mine seems to take a vicious delight in making my nose try and drown me.

Lady Jax says:
*chuckles* Be careful, he multiplies...

Blackfox says:
Too late, I loaned him to you 3 weeks ago, but he left me with a chest and sinus infection bordering on pneumonia.

Lady Jax says:
*laughing* Ahh... so I have you to blame for him! And apparently I passed him on to a friend in Texas much the same way... I've got antibiotics so hopefully the chest infection will clear up soon.

Blackfox says:
Same here, I got it from Pandora who cheerfully let sin borrow it too. Pandy got it as a moving gift from khaine.

Christina says:
ohhh..i have his brother in my throat.

Lady Jax says:
*petpets you very sympathetically* Does he go into your ears on vacation and make them all tender and achy?

Christina says:
yep...and bangs around in my temples when he gets restless.

Blackfox says:
I have a small counter-attack elf who I live with who unfortunately beats the hell out of me if I take penicillin.

Blackfox says:
And his cousin who has a knife at my throat waiting for me to eat mushrooms. He's a real nasty too.

Lady Jax says:
*nodnodnod* I've got a couple little gremlins down stomach-wise who have a similar urge to pound the shit out of me if I even go near dairy products or fresh paint.

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