Expression: 'You must rinse out the dirty substance in...'

[Yankee]

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There you go, Tom.

And now all your doctor needs to say is this:

"You mustn't drink bed tea. Instead of using your Teasmade to make bed tea, you must use it only to prepare boiling hot water ("bed water") with which you must disinfect your mouth in the morning."

(Just teasing...)
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[Conchita]

That's a funny thread, dirty-morning-substance-in-mouth mystery and all (sorry MM) -- thanks, Tom, for the diversion from that other, rather tiresome and depressing, thread. I think we all needed it.

[Conchita]

[Conchita]

[Yankee]

[Tom]

[Tom]

Hi

So the term is from our continent.

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561535619/bed_tea.html

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

To be honest, I think I'd prefer "bed latte".
Mmmmm... a nice, hot, leisurely cup of coffee in bed in the morning. Sounds good.

Yes, "bed tea" is something I'd never, ever heard of until the day you started this thread. And then it took a bit of doing to figure out what you were talking about. I later did a bit of Googling and found quite a few references to bed tea -- all or nearly all of which came from sites or were connected with places or things in your neck of the woods.

I've got a question for you: When you ask "Can you take bed tea", do you mean "Can you tolerate or put up with bed tea?" or do you mean "Is it possible/permissible for you to drink bed tea?"
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[Tom]

[Yankee]

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In that case, I suppose it might depend on whether or not I'd forgotten to brush my teeth before going to bed the night before. However, since I prefer to be fully aware of what I'm drinking (i.e. wide awake), I suspect there is no bed tea in my future, Tom.
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[Yankee]

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By the way, Tom, would you like to have the typo in the title of your thread corrected? (i.e. rince --> rinse)
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[Mister Micawber]

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I'd like to have the whole title changed please-- it still makes me ill when I read it. I reiterate: 'Ugh!'
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[Tom]

[Yankee]

[lost_soul]

Hi, Tom
In fact I do believe you got the power to edit the titles of your threads - the key is to click on the edit button of your first post and after editing the "subject" textbox press save. It works for me and I'm not a moderator.
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