Comments on: It tastes awful. And it works.

By: Felicity

Felicity — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:16:01 +0000

Yup I remember that stuff from back home. My grandmother always used to have it in the house.

By: Scooby

Scooby — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:32:13 +0000

Oh yea Buckleys RULES. Seriously. It DOES work. What makes it taste so bad is that it tastes like a combination between pine needles and menthol. Yep. Its nasty hard to take stuff but it WORKS.

I love Buckleys.

By: Keer

Keer — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:21:10 +0000

I’ve never heard of it, but I am R.O.T.F.L.O.L.!!!!!!!!! I can just imagine!!!!! My kids get the body shivers when they take liquid Tylenol ROFLOL!!!

What is IN it that tastes so bad?

My dh is an Alka-Seltzer Cold Plus man. Well, he used to be, till they changed the formulation.

I honestly don’t get many head colds. Any cold I get lands in my voicebox, and I sound like I’ve been smoking 12 packs a day since birth or something.

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:28:22 +0000

Andrea, I told my dh about this stuff and your description. He said that his co-worker will actually ingest Vick’s Vapor Rub when he has a cold! Maybe there is something to that, then, if Buckley’s is similar. Just the thought of eating Vapor Rub, though, is gross

By: Kim C.

Kim C. — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:48:11 +0000

oh kay. I have never heard of this stuff, and as you may recall Anrea, I have a fascination with all weird smelling and/or tasting medicine that is an old remedy. Ask my kids about cod liver oil and watch as they vanish in to thin air!
Anyway, I can attest, there is no Buckleys in Chicago.

I’ll make you a deal. You send me some Buckleys and I’ll have my dad in NJ dig up my favorite hard to find remedy, Porter’s liniment salve (smells like some unearthly thing due to cloves, camphor, myrrh sassafras, etc.) but works like a charm, and send it your way!

the salve, http://www.jamarklabs.com/20206-2.html

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:30:44 +0000

Ha! Toady got spam blasted! Yeah Gem, if you can swallow it, it totally works. Brings tears to your eyes too.

I am almost better. God help me.

And their commercial IS the best! Too bad the contest just ended (yeah they had a contest for the best reaction) because when I take it my whole body shudders.

By: sherry

sherry — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:27:53 +0000

It’s vile. I always said that it tastes the way I imagine rocket fuel would taste. And I more or less have the same theory as you, that it works simply because your body is so afraid you’ll take more if you don’t get better immediately.

I love the commercial where it shows the face of horror people get as they take it.

By: toadyjoe

toadyjoe — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:58:13 +0000

hmm. Let’s try for “3rd time’s a charm”.

to sum up what I’ve already said twice:

Jacknasty. Effective.

Try aforementioned drugstore for U.S. purchases.

By: toadyjoe

toadyjoe — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:57:06 +0000

alright that makes TWO times I’ve lost a comment. WHY???

Is it the (unlinked) reference to drugstore.com?

By: toadyjoe

toadyjoe — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:56:27 +0000

Gah. OK starting over. Yes, it tastes horrid. And YES, it WORKS. Worth every penny. I believe we in the US can get it at drugstore.com – but if not, just google it cuz I know I bought it online somewhere.

I always say it works because it’s so jacknasty that you don’t EVEN wanna repeat the dose – so you get better!!!