Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for May 18, 2022

Whatever happened to Bactine??

Why doesn’t she just kiss it? I’ve heard that human saliva is a great healer.

Oh, wait, I forgot—Broomie ain’t human!!

I’m 50, and we’ve had disinfectants that doesn’t burn my whole life.

No, she’d probably try to zap the headache out of you!

The right kind of alcohol might cure a headache .

I’ve seen them sit on a cactus quite often without complaints, and yet Nerwin somehow cut his finger?

Not a hammer. Trepanation actually.

Mercurochrome didn’t sting, but Merthiolate did.

Many people try to cure headaches with alcohol, but that is only a temporary treatment that can easily lead to an even bigger headache.

She should have used peroxide….

Alcohol does not burn on a fresh cut; if it is still bleeding, then it will not hurt…sigh

If she hits your foot with the hammer, you’ll forget all about the headache.

You’ll learn to toughen up, Nerwin, or to avoid cut fingers and headaches….

BTW, I’ve “done” cut fingers, both merely annoying paper-cuts, and the more serious kind (on a glass bottle that broke as I was opening it.)