Active ingredients: Menthol: 8.3 mg (cough suppressant)
Temporarily relieves cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation occurring with a cold or inhaled irritants
Ask a doctor before use if you have:
Persistent or chronic cough such as occurs with smoking, asthma, or emphysema
Cough accompanies by excessive phlegm (mucus)
Stop use and ask a doctor if cough persists for more than 1 week, tends to recur, or is accompanied by fever, rash, or persistent headache. These could be signs of a serious condition
Keep out of reach of children
Directions: Adults and children 6 years or older: Dissolve 1 drop in the mouth. Repeat every 2 hours as needed.
None of these are a proper solution. Step one, heat 2/3 of a tall glass full of water for two minutes in the microwave. Step 2, remove glass of now hot water and stir in a heaping spoon of REAL honey… stir until dissolved. Step 3, squeeze half of a lemon into the glass. Step 4, fill the remainder of the glass with a decent highland scotch (try to get something that isn’t too peaty, although I do enjoy some peat, just not with this recipe). Step 5 stir. Step 6 enjoy.
Drink two before you feel the colds full effects and you’ll probably pull through like the true champion that you are.
@drbaldridge You had me up until the scotch part. (Not saying the scotch part is bad, just that I’ve never tried it.) I love the hot water with lemon and honey though, it is so good that I even drink it when I DON’T have any sore throat.
These things, in fact all of the “Ricola Dual Action” cough drops, are horrific atrocities. It’s hard to fathom how these foul creations came from the same people who gave us the sublime honey ricolas.
If they somehow bypassed the clearance bins and went straight to Meh, that should tell you everything you need to know about these things.
I’m sick a lot, but Ricola isn’t my jam. Halls’ Menthol (blue) sugar-free is the ticket. Calories/blood sugar not an issue, and most importantly, they don’t make that weird gross film that regular ones do.
What’s the expiration date on these things? The Ricola website says the cough drops have a two-year shelf life, but what if these are a year old already, or more?
Specs
What’s in the Box?
5x 19-count bags of Ricola cough drops (95x total drops)
OR
24x 19-count bags of Ricola cough drops (456 total drops)
Price Comparison
$39.55 - $189.84 at Amazon
Warranty
90 day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Wow
RRIIICCOOOOLLLAAAA
/giphy ricola
No, just do the right thing and give us the pop sockets
@deathbynoodlez way cooler, too.
@deathbynoodlez I think sucking on a pop socket would make your cough worse, not better
/giphy rewarding-inconsistent-insect
Just bought a few of these exact same packs at the 99 store… meh deal
A 50-count bag is $4 locally.
/giphy magical-common-hummingbird
I don’t know why…
Baby arm Irk. No.
Is this the equivalent to candy corn for sick people?
Wish it was the mixed berry flavor. That’s my favorite. Not sure if I would buy 456 mixed berries, but I’d consider adding 95 to my collection.
If you haven’t tried these before please do before buying. I just bought a bag and gave them away, the middle portion is DISGUSTING!
@Jlindsay23 this is the same thing my wife says about me
@Jlindsay23 Hmm, just tastes like really strong mint to me. You must not like mint!
These are $1.99 a bag at Wal-Mart
@Baybay11 Also that price at Whole Paycheck. I think less at Trader Joe’s.
@Baybay11 @heartny and they will be fresh(er) when you finally use them
If you need them now, cough…a little less than 10 bucks for 95 at the Supercenter.
The fact that they’re new is a plus!
You’ve lost it Meh, find your mind!
None of these are a proper solution. Step one, heat 2/3 of a tall glass full of water for two minutes in the microwave. Step 2, remove glass of now hot water and stir in a heaping spoon of REAL honey… stir until dissolved. Step 3, squeeze half of a lemon into the glass. Step 4, fill the remainder of the glass with a decent highland scotch (try to get something that isn’t too peaty, although I do enjoy some peat, just not with this recipe). Step 5 stir. Step 6 enjoy.
Drink two before you feel the colds full effects and you’ll probably pull through like the true champion that you are.
CHAMPION
@drbaldridge You had me up until the scotch part. (Not saying the scotch part is bad, just that I’ve never tried it.) I love the hot water with lemon and honey though, it is so good that I even drink it when I DON’T have any sore throat.
@drbaldridge My variant is that my wife makes it for me. Without me asking. I do so love that woman!
Save them for Halloween next year?
I find it disturbing that no factor of 95 is a factor of 456!
@hchavers The factor you’re looking for is 19, which coincidentally happens to be the number of drops per bag.
@hchavers the packages are 19 each, which does divide evenly into both 95 and 456. 19x5 =95. 19x24=456
@hchavers Try again:
95/19=5; 456/19=24; so 19 is a common factor.
Or, you could try the [Euclidean algorithm][1]:
456/95 = 4 rem 76
95/76 = 1 rem 19
76/19 = 4 rem 0
So, 19 is the (least) common factor.
Maybe you’ve seen this before; I’m sure a lot of mehtizens haven’t (or have forgotten it, a pity).
What I find disturbing is that 456 is not a multiple of 95 – typical marketing to make it harder to compare unit costs.
But $9.00 for 95 drops is 9.47 cents / drop, and
$28.00 for 456 drops is 6.17 cents / drop, ignoring tax and possible shipping charges.
Edit: I see my typing took too long. Shorter (but less informative) replies above.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_algorithm
@hchavers @phendrick Teacher will we ever use this math?
You won’t, but some of the smart kids will!
These aren’t lemonmint no thanks!
Amazon’s product information has “1 AA batteries required“ for these. Why the hell would it say that?
@arcsus Because they go in the fridge together.
Duh!
Hell, Amazon also wants children under six to ask a doctor.
I hope I never have a sore throat so “sever”. Don’t like to think throat and sever in the same sentence.
@katbyter That’s one way to stop it from hurting.
“Off with her head!”
These things, in fact all of the “Ricola Dual Action” cough drops, are horrific atrocities. It’s hard to fathom how these foul creations came from the same people who gave us the sublime honey ricolas.
If they somehow bypassed the clearance bins and went straight to Meh, that should tell you everything you need to know about these things.
If you need this many cough drops, Time to see the doctor
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@medz
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@therealjrn
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@medz
/giphy tongue lozenge
/giphy happy to live in SoCal
@haydesigner Rowdy Roddy!!! RIP, Roddy.
Oh my God, please stop going completely fucking insane with this bundling bullshit.
Thank
If you could beam a handful of these to me ASAP, that would be great.
I would never need 95 cough drops. I never even finish one bag.
@RiotDemon Same here. Feel better!
@billchase2 thanks! You too.
These make great suppositories…They take a while to melt, but when they do…what a rush!
I’m sick a lot, but Ricola isn’t my jam. Halls’ Menthol (blue) sugar-free is the ticket. Calories/blood sugar not an issue, and most importantly, they don’t make that weird gross film that regular ones do.
@libraswaifu These are my favorites- not medicated but they keep you from coughing at the movies.
Freshie the breath and coolie the throat all at once.
Hey Meh, what happened to your editor? Typos and lions and bears, oh my!
/giphy psychic-unbalanced-olive
@AmazingChicken This is horrifying.
What’s the expiration date on these things? The Ricola website says the cough drops have a two-year shelf life, but what if these are a year old already, or more?
@TurtleTamer Expiration is January 31st, 2020
OMG… crapola again! I need MAX lights. How about something useful?
The only cough drop worth consuming
@nolrak Oh, these are so ridiculously terrible tasting and effective. I know my cold is bad when I decide I’m getting these out.
@nolrak Now that’s what I call sever!
@dave you’re not kidding, those are the “I feel like death and nothing else is helping” selection … but man, they work like nothing else
I would never in 45.6 years have thought you would sell over $10K of these, which is about how long it would take me to use them!
Get back to me when you have a metric ass-ton of the cherry flavor.
/giphy metric-ass-ton
I can’t hear or see the word Ricola without picturing Randy and Earl in Kenny’s empty living room and yelling… Riiiicoollllaaaaaaa .
456? At least they don’t go bad…
What’s next…FORMULA 44D!!!
Why couldn’t it be the regular flavor.
Pop a hard one in your mouth and if you suck long enough, you’ll be rewarded with an gooey surprise!
Are y’all hiring a buyer? If not then you might should consider it.
/giphy enamored-vain-rock
The person next to me on the bus can’t stop coughing. If I wave my phone in her general direction, will it help her?