Vicks VaporRub

My first memory of Vicks VaporRub was when I was 5 and sick with a cold. Mysterious fumes or “vapors” rose from the creme so that when I breathed it in its mystical properties loosened up my mucus or something. The instructions say to rub Vicks on your chest but my mom went ahead and stuffed it up my nose. I guess she thought it was best to attack the source of the problem by pinning me down and stuffing spicy menthol creme up my nostrils. When I had a fever, she’d put a cold thermometer under my armpit, which at 5 years old not only gave you bad chills, but it also tickled. I never got sick again.

Lesson: Vicks shouldn’t be used on places where you would normally apply vaseline or KY jelly.

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