Learning about being a Brazilian

I guess I should put a disclaimer here: This post is written with the humor of the situation in mind. Some of these things may (or may not) have some truth to them.

I recently had a cold. Not the flu, just one of those runny nose and sinus headache things. There were a number of things I learned about having a cold, so, in the interest of public information, here goes:

• Don't get your hair cut--your cold will get worse
• Don't exercise--you'll get pneumonia
• Don't drink cold water--your cold will get worse, and you might get pneumonia
• Don't open the refrigerator--you will get pneumonia
• Shower often so that you don't get to hot and get pneumonia
• Your cold will last eight days

I could not resist cutting my hair. It was (a) to tempting to let go and (b) my hair was really bad. Two days later I was completely better.

...oh, and my cold lasted six days...

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