NOTE FROM FRAN:

Researchers report in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences that they’ve found a chemical
in tea that boosts the body’s defense against disease
and primes the immune system to attack bacteria, viruses
and fungi and could, perhaps, be turned into a
disease-fighting drug someday.
Always on the lookout for healthy new products, we wondered
what these disease-fighting teas might be called,
and what they would do for us:

The Top 10 Disease-Fighting Teas

10> EmpTEA: Completely vacates the bowels.

9> FutiliTEA: Don’t even bother. It’s not worth the trouble t

fill the teapot. Just go back to bed.

8> Latent HostiliTEA: For maximum results, simmer for 40 years and leave to dry out on the stovetop, alone. Use caution, mixture may become quite bitter.

7> SteriliTEA: Keeps your system really, *really* clean.

6> New York CiTEA: Whateva you got, fuggedaboudit.

5> Political AppoinTEA: Depending on dose, ensures job security for two, four or six years.

4> CapaciTEA: Treats gunshot wounds inflicted by your homeys.

3> DepraviTEA: For those times when you just need to be evil.

2> SereniTEA: Keeps you calm enough to beat your big sister in straight sets.

and the Number 1 Disease-Fighting Tea…

1> ObsceniTEA: Helps cure *&$^%* Tourette’s *&$^%* Syndrome.

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Credits:

Selected from 94 submissions from 14 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 1
Ruta Baga, France — 2, 3, 4 (Hat trick!)
Randy Lee, Burke, VA — 5, 10
Squeegie Buffleheim, Stars Hollow, CT — 6
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 7, RU, HM list names
M. Chandler Kelley, Tracy, CA — 8, 9
Tracy Lunquist, NW Suburbia, IL — 10
Echinacea Fartlek, Lentil, VA — Banner Tag
Fran Fruit, Winnetka, IL — List Moderator/Governing Body