Saw Jim Conway’s Big Wheel down in Camelot a few months ago. Jim, as some of us will know and Mick Conway were the anchor men for Captain Matchbox’s Whoopie Band in the 1970s.

Jim is often described as being the finest blues harp player in Australia – nowadays playing from a wheelchair because he has MS.

When he played at Camelot, he ordered a jug of ice water and half way through the set, poured it over his head – saying that one of the ways of reducing the impact of MS is to cool the brain. I wonder what other mental health problems might respond to a similar treatment.

Did you know that some patients receiving chemotherapy that causes all their hair to fall out sometimes use a cap that circulates cold water during their treatment. So, “keeping a cool head” might just have a ring of truth to it !

Meanwhile, enjoy Jim and his Band – here’s more on Youtube.

Regards,

Emmjay

In the spirit of communal co-operation and to overcome lunatic panic buyers, herewith the famous Pig-Tel Hand and Throat Sanitiser (formerly) secret recipe.

Ingredients

• • Ingredients
• 1 Litre of Pig’s Arms Famous Pink Drink – alternatively 2 Litres of Stolly Vodka.
• 2 Packets of Aeroplane Red Jelly Crystals – shaken, not stirred yet. – alternatively Port Wine Jelly Crystals.
• 1 Teaspoon of cranberry juice
• 1 Lemon
  • Method
• Take a small bucket.
• Place the lemon next to the bucket, but not too close.
• Dissolve the Jelly crystals in the cranberry juice – in the bucket, bozo.
• While you are waiting for the last crystal to dissolve, have a sip of Famous Pink Drink or drink one of the two bottles of Stolly.
• In the unlikely event that all the jelly crystals dissolve, add the remaining Pink Drink or the second bottle of Stolly.
• Stir vigorously with your hands.
• Lick the Pig-Tel sanitiser off your hands.
• Bingo – hand and throat sanitising all done.
• In the interest of good hygiene, if somebody else wants to use your Pig-Tel Hand and Throat sanitiser, tell them to fuck off and make their own. Nicely, of course. We’re not phillipstines here.

Picture borrowed with thanks from invertedlogicblog.