Pollen Survivor Gifts

Allergy Clinic: Summertime and the Living is Wheezy.

Bumble Bee

Please buzz off. That's my flower!

"Is it just me, or is the pollen particularly bad this year?"

Desert island has bottle bank and paper bank. Castaway sees message in bottle float towards island.

'Oh boy, the pollen count is going up.'

Hay fever hotline.

'Granted, it's classified as a weed around here, but you have to agree its pollen is delicious...'

Dead House Plant

"Here's Pollen!"

Bees voting at a Pollen Station.

'Hell for Bees.'

"Not pollenaise again?"

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, pollen to pollen, mold to mold..." "He was allergic to everything."

"Working late, my foot! You reek of pollen!"

'That's the worst hay fever I've ever seen.'

"How were the first few sips?"

I've had allergies all my life. How about you, Randy? Never, little buddy. HOJ. A speck of pollen once tried to enter my left nostril but was swiftly humbled by my natural defenses. I come from a long line of Randies who were gifted with nose hairs that have the tensile strength of iron and the stopping-power of barbed wire. Word quickly spread from pollen to pollen, and now they never even dare. If Obamacare covers nose-hair transplants, would you be willing ... ?

"Take it from me. Stopping to smell the roses feels like work after a while."

'Actually, I force myself to be busy, otherwise I become bored and depressed...'

"Al's either catching a cold or practicing for spring allergies."

Magnified Hay Fever Pollen.

"I can't go on, old man - it's my damned hay fever again..."

"Don't mess with me, man - I'll make you sneeze your head clean off."

'The test-results are back... I'm afraid it's quite serious: You're allergic to pollen...'

Allergy Bully

Antihistamine: The other side of the pro-histamine debate.

A bee buys nectar from a vending machine.

'Free oven glove with every curry, sir.'

Achoo! Wow, the pollen count really is high this year!

"Fresh pollen?"

Flood victims.

Frankly, I wish I'd stuck with the mice.