Wasp stings

gilby

Got my first one today.
Don't think I want another in a hurry.
Bastards.

littlegreenman

I've only ever had 2, sort of.

1st time one of the little fuckers flew up the sleeve of my T-shirt and stung me many times while I tried to get it out of my armpit.

2nd one was on me arse when I sat on one.

I concur with your statement, Bastards.

I believe they may serve some purpose but I'm not sure quite what it is.

chillidoggy

I think they're on the planet to piss us off. Along with a shedload of other nasty little critters that bit me last night.

gilby

littlegreenman;39175" said:

I believe they may serve some purpose but I'm not sure quite what it is.

Predominantly they are natures pest control (thought they were the pests?), they keep the numbers of caterpillars and other crop eating insects down. Some species are pollinators too.
Fancy that, I learnt something today, good old google.
They're still bastards though.

bluechargeboy

Different species but hey: The bass player in my band got stung by a bee just before an outdoor gig. He says it made him play more relaxed and now we are looking to replicate this effect using electricity somehow.

littlegreenman

gilby said:

littlegreenman;39175" said:

I believe they may serve some purpose but I'm not sure quite what it is.

Predominantly they are natures pest control (thought they were the pests?), they keep the numbers of caterpillars and other crop eating insects down. Some species are pollinators too.
Fancy that, I learnt something today, good old google.
They're still bastards though.

In that case, I'll let the stingey MF'ers live

monquixote

The stings are horrible, but the delicious mustard they produce makes it worth it. 

littlegreenman

Wasps make condiments now? That's a pretty big jump in manufacturing technology for winged insects!

monquixote

Don't tell me you've never had waspard?

chillidoggy

bluechargeboy said:

Different species but hey: The bass player in my band got stung by a bee just before an outdoor gig. He says it made him play more relaxed and now we are looking to replicate this effect using electricity somehow.

Does it work on drummers?

Myranda

When I was littler I got stung in the ear - edge of my ear hole and because of the swelling I had a form of tinnitus till the swelling went down ... put me off wasps that's for sure.

axisus

Had a few over the years, the size of the wasp makes a big difference, little tiddlers being not so bad. You can buy a pen thing that you rub over the sting and the pain goes. We keep one around for the sake of the kids.

viz

Waspard - timewaster letters, right?

monquixote

viz said:

Waspard - timewaster letters, right?

Wisdom for you Mr Viz.

Deadman

I've only been stung once; on the sole of my bare foot, obviously I stood on the little bastard. It really hurt, I thought I'd trodden on some glass at first.

I've read somewhere that if you get stung you should use a credit card to 'scrape' off the sting. I hope I don't need to test the idea out anytime in the near future though. Wasps are really at the top of the hate list for me. They're even more pointless than flies.

bertie

been stung by wasps oodles of times, most recently last year on the finger.

Once when I was 5 or 6  got stung in the back of the mouth (it was in my soup !!) and had to be rushed to local docs and have an injection.

Cant remember being sting by a bee, but probably have.

Myranda

Not a wasp, but remembered that I once fell into a nettle patch - managed to get a phantom-of-the-opera set of stings by falling on my side - not nearly as painful as wasp stings, but certainly uncomfortable

Aaaaand... I don't think that bee stings can make drummers more relaxed - most i've known have been so relaxed that only the flailing of their arms proved they're still alive

paulk

I got stung in the nutsack by a wasp once. I was freeballing around the living room on a hot day, sat on a chair and the vile little bastard was just waiting for my scrote to come within reach. I danced like a motherfucker.

Emp_Fab

Pah... that's nothing...  I once had a Kodiak bear stab me repeatedly in the helmet with a large thorn.

bertie

that wasnt a bear,  it was Vim in a suit

digitalscream

Never been stung, which I put down to the fact that, for the entirety of my life, I've been jumping and flapping like a total idiot whenever there's a stingy thing within range.

I felt a bit silly about it for the first few years, I won't lie. Then, one day at a Cubs camp, I was carrying the weekend's big chocolate cake from the car, and a low humming started...which got louder. Then I felt something quite heavy land on my arm, and everybody scattered.

'Twas a hornet.

It didn't sting me, but even having never seen one before I could tell it was a nasty evil thing.

Now, anything which looks vaguely like a hornet - no matter how diminutive - provokes a total, instinctive fear reaction which I simply can't switch off.

Still not been stung, though...