Got stung by a wasp

[spade2you]

I was biking today and felt something small hit my knee, some buzzing, then it felt like someone jabbed a hot needle in my knee cap just as I was about to pass some dude who was going kinda fast. I think the dude thought I was a n00b and had a leg cramp. I haven't been by a bee or anything in many years. I kinda forgot how much that stuff hurt!!! For about 5 minutes I couldn't bend my leg without it hurting.

Sure enough, once it stopped, I dropped it into high gear and eventually caught up to that dude and dropped him! Still kinda hurts.

[soong]

Damn man, reminds me of the time i stood barefoot onto a cactus.
sigh

[IconBasser]

Originally Posted by I Suck At Bass

Damn man, reminds me of the time i stood barefoot onto a cactus.
sigh

rofl.

[ryco]

I ran over a hornets nest in the ground while mowing a lawn a couple of years ago.
It was dusk and I couldn't figure out why my arms were getting prickly hot.
Look down and "Oh ****!" Bees! Not fun.

[Visirale]

God, I hate anything that stings. Bad experiences.

[DigMe]

Originally Posted by ryco

I ran over a hornets nest in the ground while mowing a lawn a couple of years ago.
It was dusk and I couldn't figure out why my arms were getting prickly hot.
Look down and "Oh ****!" Bees! Not fun.

So did the hornets hire the bees to protect their nest or what?

I find it alarming that the stinging insects are rallying together.

bc

[TheDarkReaver]

Originally Posted by I Suck At Bass

Damn man, reminds me of the time i stood barefoot onto a cactus.
sigh

i once, while drunk, simulated the 5 finger shuffle on a rather phallus shaped cactus. kinda hurt. i think someone's got it on video somewhere.

[NJL]

if it's too small to beat the crap out of or shoot, i'm terrified of it. LOL

[Cerb]

Originally Posted by DigMe

So did the hornets hire the bees to protect their nest or what?

I find it alarming that the stinging insects are rallying together.

bc

My first thought as well.

[jonathan_matos5]

Originally Posted by Visirale

God, I hate anything that stings. Bad experiences.

+10000

when i was about 5 i was stung on the eyelid i have been terrified of bees since then.

[jrthebassguy]

Yup, better watch out for them White Anglo Saxon Protestants.


Oh, you mean WASP, the band? I thought they broke up years ago!



Oh wait, you just meant regular wasps. Yeah, i hate those too.

[LongHairFreak]

Originally Posted by jrthebassguy

Yup, better watch out for them White Anglo Saxon Protestants.


Oh, you mean WASP, the band? I thought they broke up years ago!



Oh wait, you just meant regular wasps. Yeah, i hate those too.

Humor is good medicine for what ails you, so, I guess it had to be said.

[ROON]

Are wasp stings always like that? I have never been stung by a wasp, only a bee, and all it did was get a little itchy and tingly.
We have wasps down here in Australia, but they seem to mind their own business as long as you don't aggravate them.

My dad and I used to whack those huge 3 ft high termite mounds with sticks when I was a kid.
It's funny because their a pest, you're destroying THEIR home, and they are too wussy to bite you.

[LongHairFreak]

When I was a youngster, my dad raised honey bees; which are relatively tame in the "bee" classification. We had as many as 57 hives at one time. We also had nearly a dozen apple trees surrounding our house.

So, between honey bees swarming the trees during spring blossom, having wasps nesting under the sofets and finding them crawling the inside of windows ('cause the old farm house leaked like a sieve) during the heat of high summer and the yellow-jackets nesting/crawling the ground in autumn when apples lay rotting on the ground... Well, as important as they are, I wouldn't care if I ever had another run in with any of those mean little critters.

[playinpearls]

Originally Posted by LongHairFreak

When I was a youngster, my dad raised honey bees; which are relatively tame in the "bee" classification. We had as many as 57 hives at one time. We also had nearly a dozen apple trees surrounding our house.

So, between honey bees swarming the trees during spring blossom, having wasps nesting under the sofets and finding them crawling the inside of windows ('cause the old farm house leaked like a sieve) during the heat of high summer and the yellow-jackets nesting/crawling the ground in autumn when apples lay rotting on the ground... Well, as important as they are, I wouldn't care if I ever had another run in with any of those mean little critters.

that sounds like a nightmare. I get nervous when wasps make a nest in a window they can't get in....

although, i did find out about the perfect wasp killer a couple of years ago....Gas.

kills them INSTANTLY. I shot one with gas out of a squirt bottle once and he dropped right out of mid air...it was great...i felt like i was finally getting revenge...

[Barkless Dog]

Actually you might have been bit by a wasp. They usually bite and can be just as painful. They can give it from both ends!

[peterbright]

My daughter gets a nasty reaction when she gets bit by a wasp. Entire hand/arm swells up. Never has affected me much except a tiny amount of pain.

[Phalex]

I had a hornet crawl up my shorts when I was playing an outdoor gig a few years ago. Tagged me on the thigh pretty good. I've been stung by bees before with no real ill effect, but that hornet sting kept getting bigger and bigger for about five days. Hurt like hell! I think I'm a little allergic to them. They make me real nervous these days.

[Webtroll]

Originally Posted by playinpearls

although, i did find out about the perfect wasp killer a couple of years ago....Gas.

Isn't that the kind of thing that leads into a Darwin Award story? Something about spraying gas mist into the air in and around the house until the stove pilot light causes the house to explode? Just wondering...

[playinpearls]

no, it was at work, away from all things on fire...lol


but it was a metal shop...

they like to attack you when you are on your forklift...