Got a Sniffle? Have a Snog

Not content with inventing the WalkMan, robots that can walk up and down stairs, speeding bullet trains and used panty dispensers, Japanese scientists have discovered that passionate kissing can help control the evil that is known as hay fever.

Assuming you can get past your snuffling partner with their sneezing and streaming red eyes (naturally, they still look beautiful no matter what state they are in) having a jolly good kissing session causes the body to relax. This then reduces the production of histamine – the chemical produced during an allergic reaction to pollen.

So, the next time you’re out and about and you see a damsel in a sea of dandelions in distress, remember to dash up to her and tell her you know of the perfect antidote to hey fever. Just don’t blame me when she kicks you in the family jewels and flees, nor to confuse those hay fever symptoms with the ‘flu.