excuse for plugging blogs | an unfinished person (in this unfinished universe)

So last night I had the most wicked charley horse I’ve had in a long time, on top of my left thigh, and I posted about it on Facebook and Twitter.

Several of my friends gave me their advice, including:

Jennifer of the blog The Literate Housewife Review:

So sorry! I can remember getting those as a child. My dad got up and made me walk it off. It hurt like heck, but was really the right thing to do.

Vasilly of the blog 1330v:

Put a fresh bar of soap under the charley horse!

Rene of the blog Not the Rockefellers:

quinine water, or eat a banana ( your potassium levels may be low)

So what did I do? I didn’t get up and walk. Instead, I sat down and watched MI-5: Vol 6 (we’re still watching it, if you’ve seen beyond that, don’t tell me anything or I will be forced to hunt you down and kill you) on Netflix with The Wife.

I put nothing on my leg and didn’t drink quinine water, because The Wife said it tasted like faca. To be honest, I didn’t know what quinine water was until my wife told me it was tonic water, but I know I didn’t like the sound of “faca,” whatever that is.

I also didn’t eat a banana because, to be honest, bananas give me stomach aches.

Kevin, one of the owners of From My Shelf Books in Wellsboro, where I live, offered this suggestion:

try pinching your upper lip

then added a few moments later:

accupressure point

Another friend, Tricia, recommended water and a banana.

And yet another, Joe, said this:

Strike unaffected limb with heavy hammer, will take your mind off charley horse.

But the best answer of all of them, I think was this one from Ted:

One word. Tequila.

He then added a few more words, though:

Not only will you forget you had a charley horse, you’ll forget you had legs.

I only wish I could have some tequila, but I have to work tomorrow at the library, so if I get another charley horse tonight, I’ll just have to soldier on, I guess…but tomorrow night, bring on the tequila.

Speaking of not feeling your leg reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from this silly movie (at 1:15):