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Why does children's cough medicine come with a spoon, but not adults?

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LynetteScavo · 17/11/2008 21:32

Or am I buying the wrong brand?

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PhantomOfTheChocolateCakeAvena · 17/11/2008 21:37

Ask the pharmacist for one. It is odd though.

SoupDragon · 17/11/2008 21:37

Do you not have a drawer full of the damn things??

snigger · 17/11/2008 21:38

Because we swig it from the bottle like the slatterns we are

Good question.

TheArmadillo · 17/11/2008 21:38

cos evvery adult I know just necks the stuff out of the bottle.

LynetteScavo · 17/11/2008 21:38

I do have a drawer full - but that's not the point!

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TheArmadillo · 17/11/2008 21:38

lol xpost

whoingodsnamewasi · 17/11/2008 21:40

Probably because its very important its measured correctly, and us adults, well, perhaps they dont give a damn if we overdose ourselves

whoingodsnamewasi · 17/11/2008 21:41

Night and day nurse comes with a measuring cup though

BrokenliSpears · 17/11/2008 21:49

I think my pharmasist has given me free syringes in the past, for dosing up my young'uns.

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