Fella Tio?

[Bruin Fisher]

At this time of year in Britain, coughs and colds are commonplace and many Britons find a good way to ward off the germs is to suck a Fisherman's Friend. Do you have a similar custom in the USA?

[Chris James]

Fisherman's Friend is a what? My best guess is a mackerel flavored lozenge...am I right?

[Bruin Fisher]

http://www.fishermansfriend.com/en-gb/

[Graeme]

That reminds me of an old joke about the lollies known as 'lifesavers':

Two gay guys were chatting when one of them sighed. "Life is so depressing at the moment."

The other guy smiled. "Just do what I do when I need a pick up. Suck on a lifesaver."

"That's all right for you; you live by the beach..."

[Cole Parker]

I read Bruin's article and didn't see dead mackerel listed as one of their flavors. Perhaps they did a market survey and found it didn't appeal.

We do sell many lozenges here. Menthol vapored ones sell well. The popular flavors seem to be honey/lemon, cherry, and mentho-lyptus. I do see a need there for dead mackerel. Guess they never thought of it. Insufficient imagination.

C