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− | This pie chart for the most part reflects the usual experience of being sick | + | This pie chart for the most part reflects the usual experience of being sick —tossing and turning in bed and cleaning up mucus and other bodily fluids from facial orifices— in addition to a few ponderings of a rather more scientific bent. |
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The punchline appears to be "pondering hooking an aquarium pump to my sinuses," which indicates that [[Randall]]'s sinuses were completely clogged with mucus, which made him wonder whether hooking up an aquarium pump would help clear them out, perhaps akin to a {{w|Nasal irrigation|Neti pot}}. Studies on nasal irrigation, however, have had mixed results, and the practice may not in fact be beneficial. | The punchline appears to be "pondering hooking an aquarium pump to my sinuses," which indicates that [[Randall]]'s sinuses were completely clogged with mucus, which made him wonder whether hooking up an aquarium pump would help clear them out, perhaps akin to a {{w|Nasal irrigation|Neti pot}}. Studies on nasal irrigation, however, have had mixed results, and the practice may not in fact be beneficial. |