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Sacha wrote:

Er, yes. ;-) I'll feel better when the aspirin start to work.


Ahaaa! Aspirin, made from Salicylic acid, which is made from Salicin, which
is an extract from the bark of...... (drum roll.... ) Salix alba! (White
Willow)

Not to mention that the spirin part is a reference to Spiraea.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley


 
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