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The expression “hacking and coughing”. When you think about it, isn’t it really just a whole lot of coughing?




Randall D asks too many questions.

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Posted - March 2, 2021

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  • 19937
    At the risk of seeming less than genteel, there's a difference between a minor cough and something that produces a lunger.  
      March 2, 2021 6:23 AM MST
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  • 53526

     

      But it’s all still coughing, just more severe. They don’t make hack syrup. 

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      March 2, 2021 7:30 AM MST
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  • 19937
    OK - point to you.
      March 2, 2021 9:15 AM MST
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  • 13395
    You need to hack before you can cough up the goods.
      March 2, 2021 9:30 AM MST
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