OK - if we're on ways to relieve constipation......

When I had my hysterectomy I got bound up real bad when I came out of the hospital. My doctor prescribed suppositories but my daughter couldn't get to pick them up for a few hours. I was getting extremely desperate - really needed that relief. I got to thinking about what might do the same job.

As it happened I had some cod liver oil capsules and reckoned that they might just grease the... Anyway, I tried that, being desperate, and it worked!

A few months later and Kendall was on the phone from Maine and mentioned that he had the same problem. I told him about my experience and suggested that it was worth a try.

At work the next morning I got an email from him, which said

'I tried the capsules, went to bed at 8pm, had a major bowel movement at 11pm. I suppose I should have got out of bed first.'

I was trying so hard not to laugh - how would you explain that to a group of people with no real sense of humour?