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Last chance to vote for your top sniffle-quashing tip and win £500 Center Parcs vouchers

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GeraldineMumsnet · 26/02/2009 17:25

A while ago we asked you for your top tips on surviving/avoiding colds. You may have read the tips here or in a MN email.

If you post the name of the Mumsnetter you reckon has come up with the best tip on this thread, then, thanks to Kleenex Anti-Viral Tissues, you'll be in with the chance of winning £500 of Center Parcs vouchers.

If you've already voted on this thread, don't worry, your name is in the hat.

Some Mumsnetters have more than one tip on the list, so if you're voting for one of them, please specify which tip you're voting for.

Hope you're all clear (and we're not talking nasal passages).

The absolutely final (honest) closing date is midnight Wed 4 March.

OP posts:
4andnotout · 03/03/2009 20:18

paperchase

LaundryFairy · 03/03/2009 20:33

Leoness

SteveL · 03/03/2009 20:39

Whomovedmychocolate

wombatsam · 03/03/2009 20:48

Hassled

PhilandC2 · 03/03/2009 21:41

I liked this tip - "Echinacea. I take it for a month to boost my immunity. You can also get the drops for children. I haven't had so much as a sniffle all winter" from Sidge.

cleocat3 · 03/03/2009 22:02

I think Rhubarb has it right - a bit of TLC for kids but Plantsitters tip for men with man flu or a cold was excellent.

redstararnie · 03/03/2009 22:11

Whomovedmychocolate tip1.

IroningBored · 03/03/2009 22:25

Don't go out. Staying in is the new going out. You have Tesco online and MN - what more do you need? People out there are infectious, avoid them!

Flossish

ghilly · 03/03/2009 22:30

Echinacea. I take it for a month to boost my immunity. You can also get the drops for children. I haven't had so much as a sniffle all winter. Sidge

lisaell · 03/03/2009 22:31

I like the saying "feed a cold and starve a fever" any excuse too eat. Why don't we do what men do and milk it, surely we need pampering too !

Marg2k8 · 03/03/2009 22:43

Parachutes

pandagirl03 · 03/03/2009 23:32

Leoness

jessicar922 · 03/03/2009 23:55

Thumbwitch tip 1

llynnnn · 04/03/2009 11:40

expatinscotland

MJreturns · 04/03/2009 12:47

Whomovedmychocolate tip 2

clutteredup · 04/03/2009 17:09

Devil

arikel · 04/03/2009 21:39

Parachutes

gill89 · 04/03/2009 21:56

3littlefrogs (tip 1).

Cadbury · 05/03/2009 14:15

Wash your hands frequently and teach your family to do the same. Keep surfaces - including piano keys and computer key boards - clean and dry. 3littlefrogs (tip 1).

the woman talks sense

SlipOfTheTongue · 05/03/2009 14:32

Thumbwitch tip 2

Novacane · 05/03/2009 15:46

TheDevilWearsPrimark

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 05/03/2009 21:28

TheBreastmilksOnMe

Kimi · 07/03/2009 17:05

TheDevilWearsPrimark

flourybaps · 08/03/2009 23:48

Flossish

magnolia74 · 11/03/2009 16:43

Has this been finished yet??

Wheres my vouchers

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