Wasps! - I could have killed someone!!!!

Wasps! - I could have killed someone!!!!

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NDA

21,615 posts

226 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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Martin_Hx said:
Do wasps just sting for fun then? Surely its not just a defense mechanism, could you let one walk across you for instance?
Generally speaking - if you don't bother them, they won't bother you.

However, I am revising this opinion having been stung for no reason whatsoever at the weekend.

Scousefella

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2,243 posts

182 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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After the initial sting that caused my starting of the thread I had another Black and Yellow Mofo in the cab of the lorry today.

I heard the buzz/hum/bringer of doom behind me, had a mini panic attack and pulled over.

I have a can of industrial air freshener in the cab (sewage tanker - needs must hehe ) and Mr Waspy MOFO soon got a blast of that stuff, his wings were soaked and unable to beat, he dropped onto the dash and made a pitiful noise that should have been a fierce buzzing sound. I applied the coup de grace with a biro, a direct penetration of the head. It was then discarded out of the window with a very nonchalant "Ha Ha" and a satisfied scouse mother trucker got back on the move again.

1 down, about 3 billion to go. hehe

eldar

21,798 posts

197 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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Scousefella said:
After the initial sting that caused my starting of the thread I had another Black and Yellow Mofo in the cab of the lorry today.

I heard the buzz/hum/bringer of doom behind me, had a mini panic attack and pulled over.

I have a can of industrial air freshener in the cab (sewage tanker - needs must hehe ) and Mr Waspy MOFO soon got a blast of that stuff, his wings were soaked and unable to beat, he dropped onto the dash and made a pitiful noise that should have been a fierce buzzing sound. I applied the coup de grace with a biro, a direct penetration of the head. It was then discarded out of the window with a very nonchalant "Ha Ha" and a satisfied scouse mother trucker got back on the move again.

1 down, about 3 billion to go. hehe
Gratuitous infliction of pain on one of god's creatures.

Entirely justified on a wasp, the embodiment of evil.

SpudLink

5,860 posts

193 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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Martin_Hx said:
Do wasps just sting for fun then?
No. They sting because they're nasty spiteful little bds.

matchmaker

8,497 posts

201 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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eldar said:
Scousefella said:
After the initial sting that caused my starting of the thread I had another Black and Yellow Mofo in the cab of the lorry today.

I heard the buzz/hum/bringer of doom behind me, had a mini panic attack and pulled over.

I have a can of industrial air freshener in the cab (sewage tanker - needs must hehe ) and Mr Waspy MOFO soon got a blast of that stuff, his wings were soaked and unable to beat, he dropped onto the dash and made a pitiful noise that should have been a fierce buzzing sound. I applied the coup de grace with a biro, a direct penetration of the head. It was then discarded out of the window with a very nonchalant "Ha Ha" and a satisfied scouse mother trucker got back on the move again.

1 down, about 3 billion to go. hehe
Gratuitous infliction of pain on one of god's creatures.

Entirely justified on a wasp, the embodiment of evil.
Exactly. Horrible little bds.

I had a terrifying (for me) experience a few years ago. It was April and I was having a shower. I suddenly found that I was not alone - a large wasp had joined me. Not what you want to see when your Jock Thomas is flapping about. I was also shaving so had a face full of Gillette gel. Fortunately the wasp was a bit dopey - I think it might have been a queen waking from hibernation.

We keep Tesco shower spray on the shelf. It comes with a multitude of health warnings about not inhaling the spray.

I'm glad to report it worked on the wasp...which was then given the coup de grace with a shot of shower gel and flushed down the drain.

leigh1050

2,375 posts

166 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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I can't believe the amount of big girls on this forum.
Unless you suffer from an allergic reaction to a wasp sting it's only going to hurt for a short while.
And yes I have been stung by wasps, six times in one sitting when I was a youth. But I don't get in a state and run round screaming my head off every time I see onerolleyes

DoubleSix

11,718 posts

177 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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Ayahuasca said:
If they fit in a matchbox they are not big spiders.

Put one of these in a matchbox!

The one on my stick is a Brazilian Wandering Spider, the most venomous spider in the world.






You're mental.


More pics please hehe

Scousefella

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2,243 posts

182 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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leigh1050 said:
I can't believe the amount of big girls on this forum.
Unless you suffer from an allergic reaction to a wasp sting it's only going to hurt for a short while.
And yes I have been stung by wasps, six times in one sitting when I was a youth. But I don't get in a state and run round screaming my head off every time I see onerolleyes
You da man dude, blimey, I bet you can eat a Pineapple without taking the exterior skin off.

Porcupine kidney a delicacy? I bet you can just munch through the spines and tuck in. hehe

1050 - I think we all know that the sting is a PITA but in the grand scheme of things we are man enough to take one for the team - the bhing and bleating is all part of the fun.

Yes, some people are seriously at risk and for those a wasp sting can be a bad day at the office.

Thanks for posting your masculine and wasp accepting views, I can only assume that you hail from Sparta and will accept any challenge!!

Anyway, all wasps are chunts and that is a fact.


dudleybloke

19,851 posts

187 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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Could be worse.....




Chebble

1,906 posts

153 months

Thursday 6th August 2015
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leigh1050 said:
I can't believe the amount of big girls on this forum.
Unless you suffer from an allergic reaction to a wasp sting it's only going to hurt for a short while.
And yes I have been stung by wasps, six times in one sitting when I was a youth. But I don't get in a state and run round screaming my head off every time I see onerolleyes
How does it feel to be such a masculine powerhouse? We can only but dream to become half the man that you are.

I hope you get stung.

In the ballsack.

Repeatedly wink

dudleybloke said:
Could be worse.....

That's a Pepsis wasp, one that takes down Tarantulas for sport. No thanks. Not at all. Reputedly one of the most painful stings known to man.

SpudLink

5,860 posts

193 months

Friday 7th August 2015
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Chebble said:
That's a Pepsis wasp, one that takes down Tarantulas for sport. No thanks. Not at all. Reputedly one of the most painful stings known to man.
If anyone doubts how nasty wasps are, I found the following description when I Googled "Pepsis Wasp"...

article said:
It is the only insect that preys on tarantulas, and does so by stinging it into paralysis, which is caused by sheer pain, then dragging it back to the wasp's burrow, laying an egg in its chest, then leaving. The egg hatches, pupates, and eats the tarantula alive from the inside out.

5potTurbo

12,548 posts

169 months

Friday 7th August 2015
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I may have mentioned in this thread just how much I hate wasps.

I was stung at lunchtime.

They'e all s.