Wednesday is racquetball night and I usually take the wife’s car. My car has Mr. B’s car seat while both cars have bases for Miss L’s carrier. What is the relevance of this, we’ll get to that. On the way out to play Jasper called and we chatted about this that and the other (a regular Seinfeld episode, all about nothing).

I played racquetball exceedingly poorly that night. It must have been because the wife and I started our weight loss regimen. (Perhaps we should start a W8 Loss Wednesday thing like PG and Scott Townsend to keep us on track and accountable to others…) Note to self, don’t lift to exhaustion before going to play a sport. My serve was off and my returns were short, all of this makes for quick, lopsided games. Not much fun to boot.

I apologize profusely to my partner for not being much competition, tuck my tail between my legs and go home. On the way home, I turn the radio up and it is tuned to 107.9 The link. This is the same station that prompted the “Lower Your Seed” post. This time the Cooper Laurence show was on. I don’t usually listen to her since, a) I’m not in the car at that hour (usually) and b) I usually listen to Jazz or a CD to relax after exercise.

Well the wench got her hooks into me early. The topic of discussion was “Alternative Home Remedies”. What could possibly hook me in you ask? How about applying bacon to a laceration? Would that be something you would attempt? Me, not so much I like bacon way too much to do that. I’ll apply bacon to shrimp or scallops. It plays very well with brussel sprouts and collard greens. Or it can hold its own as a side to eggs. As a bandage, it seems a tad expensive, not to mention a different way to get trichinosis or some weird infection that should only affect livestock.

After that, they brought on someone who used Lysol concentrate as a disinfectant for wounds. Yep, hot water and some Lysol, just dip your wound into the mixture and hold it there for five minutes a couple times a day and you won’t need to go to the doctor for the wound. I thought getting a tetanus shot was just for shits and giggles. On a positive note, this dumbass should be leaving the gene pool before too long. I think Darwin might have been on to something.

Between the extended conversations with these mental giants and the commercial breaks that was all I heard on the way home. It was probably a good thing; I wouldn’t want to be tempted to try any of those remedies at home.