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Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 01 Jun 2006, 16:43

Being the exceedingly brave chap that i am, i thought i'd share with you a chest swelling moment i just had.

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I was sitting where i am now, browsing the forums getting ready to inform others using my infinate window when i happened to glace to my right. Too my horror i saw a huge wasp was just sitting quietly in the middle of the floor. Now call me a little girl if you so wish, but i've got a bit of a phobia about wasps, so naturally my heart skipped a beat at this point.

So anyway, i decided action must be taken to remedy the situation! Bravely i got up and chucked a soggy towel over it, at which point my heart makes a brief attempt to escape via my mouth, i then headed for the door, playing mindgames with this monster as we locked gazes. Eventually i reached the escape hatch and made it to my chemical warfare storage facility (the cupboard under the ------- sink), and choose my armament - none other than a can of "Raid" anti nemisis fast acting saviour nerve gas.

Being adequately armed, i returned to the arena to face my foe. Upon arrival i found the enemy was still incapacitated by my fiendish non-leathal movement surpressor, codename "Soggy Towel". As i began to slowly peel back this marvel of modern engeneering with nerve toxin in hand, my heart made another spirited attempt to vacate my body but i had none of it! The end was in sight, IT came into sight, and with heart racing i gave it a deadly dose of the toxin. I had won the battle! Minstrels would sing ballards of my mighty deeds for generations to come, young children would have a new rolemodel! As i stepped back (into the doorway) to give a respectful silence for my felled foe the door shifted slightly and brushed my foot. Now as i thought this was one of th Dark Ones minions out for revenge, my heart preceded to jump out my mouth in an effort too escape, thus causing me to stumble backwards and let out a manly high pitched whimper. All would have been fine if it wasn't for the fact immidately outside this door there was a rather solid set of steps leading down to a domain known as "Oh bloody buggery that hurts"!

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If you need any advice on how to be as brave as me, please don't hesitate to ask, you all have to learn somewhere

Deathblane · Post by **Deathblane** » 01 Jun 2006, 16:54

Good God man, it's only a wasp (or possibly a hornert

)

Actually I remember this one time a bumblebee got stuck in my conservatory. After my bungled attempts to let it out a window got it completely ensnared in old cob-webs I spent the next five minutes with a small paintbrush getting the webs off it's wings and legs.

I got it to fly out the window in the end

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 01 Jun 2006, 16:58

bumble bees i dont mind, they're actually quite fluffy and nice

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 01 Jun 2006, 17:08

i bloody hate wasps. it took about 6 months for my last sting to heal over completly...seems i inherited some wasp sting intolerance from my mother

DEATH TO WASPS

Soulless1 · Post by **Soulless1** » 01 Jun 2006, 18:14

raid? Pah

I use deoderant + lighter

- seriously, try it, it's so much faster

(used it on a bumblebee once, it flew off on fire, and then spiraled down to a crashlanding as its wings burnt off

)

One time on holiday in france though, I was reading outside and a wasp (it was definately not a hornet) that was a good 4cm(

!) long came 'buzzing' (was more of a 'thrum!' noise really

) down and landed on the table next to me.

I picked up the flyswatter, looked at the wasp...then the flyswatter again...and realising the wasp would probably win that fight, went and found a badminton racket. I smacked the thing as hard as I could against the table top and hit it dead on...but the wasp still lived so I had to leave it under the racket and put a heavy book on top - it kept buzzing for about an hour

Yay for insectoid anecdotes

Michilus_nimbus · Post by **Michilus_nimbus** » 01 Jun 2006, 18:30

Deathblane wrote:Good God man, it's only a wasp (or possibly a hornet )

I'd like to hear you say that if you were stung 11 times in your lower legs alone, and have to dive in a pound full of filth to get them off you.
My experiences haven't resulted into fear though. They've become pure hate.

Deathblane wrote: Actually I remember this one time a bumblebee got stuck in my conservatory. After my bungled attempts to let it out a window got it completely ensnared in old cob-webs I spent the next five minutes with a small paintbrush getting the webs off it's wings and legs.

I got it to fly out the window in the end

Yeah, bumblebees are cool. They aren't aggressive at all, and they've got a cute white bum (at least over here). I don't hate regular bees as well. It's just the goddamn wasps.

Soulless1 wrote: (used it on a bumblebee once, it flew off on fire, and then spiraled down to a crashlanding as its wings burnt off )

Damn you!!! (read previous quote)

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 01 Jun 2006, 18:53

Soulless1 wrote:

(used it on a bumblebee once, it flew off on fire, and then spiraled down to a crashlanding as its wings burnt off )

bumblebees don't have stings

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 01 Jun 2006, 19:04

bumblebees don't have stings

Bah, i've been living my life in utter ignorance!

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 01 Jun 2006, 19:33

Cabbage wrote:
bumblebees don't have stings
Bah, i've been living my life in utter ignorance!

nah, actually the queens and some workers do. the drones (the most comon ones in peak season) don't have one at all. i've never minded bees...after all they're barely able to fly. it's not like they're hunting you like wasps seem to

Comp1337 · Post by **Comp1337** » 01 Jun 2006, 19:45

Cabbage, i know your situation.. ive kinda got a phobia of wasps as well. they look so evil!

whenever one buzzes around me i'll wave after it, and run as well.

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 01 Jun 2006, 19:53

yay! then its not just me that screams like a girl and runs away when one buzzes past my ear

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 01 Jun 2006, 19:57

Never eat BBQ outside. I once had a wasp land on my friggin' lips to feed on some stray steak sauce. I was terrified out of my mind, but luckily I was not stung.

Weaver · Post by **Weaver** » 01 Jun 2006, 21:13

unpossible wrote:... it's not like they're hunting you like wasps seem to

Seem to? that IS what they are doing! The are quite partial to catepillars.

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 01 Jun 2006, 22:28

Bees are harmless. We have a hive in our back garden (And its a good one, About 40 pounds of honey :O) And the only poeple who got stung were some stupid kids who tried to eat the bees.

krogothe · Post by **krogothe** » 01 Jun 2006, 22:35

Flying insects.. theyre fun!
Deodorant + lighter is the best, a quick burst burns its wings and it leaves you alone!
However, ive used some non-standard weaponry very effectively:
-once a big fat shiny fly was sitting there on the window, perfectly still. I had some friends over and we were discussing if i really was a good shot with the african 6ft blowpipe we have at home. I thought, heck its worth a go! the end of the blowpipe was about 2 feet away from the fly. WHAT A SHOT! as the spike hit it, it bounced away dead before it hit the floor, and normally insects are damn die hard! The discussion was settled!
-Try a badminton racket on a bit wasp/hornet (the big ones), just swing it really hard and fast as it flies. Its messy but rewarding, just have a shower after you do it, its really gooey!

Comp1337 · Post by **Comp1337** » 01 Jun 2006, 22:40

Cabbage wrote:yay! then its not just me that screams like a girl and runs away when one buzzes past my ear

On a weekend, i was sitting outside having lunch in my sunny backyard. Sitting with a tray on my lap, i hear a wasp zooming around me. I stood up unreasonably fast, my poor lunch flying everywhere.

Typical scenario.

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » 01 Jun 2006, 22:55

Drone_Fragger wrote:Bees are harmless. We have a hive in our back garden (And its a good one, About 40 pounds of honey :O) And the only poeple who got stung were some stupid kids who tried to eat the bees.

lol bees are nice

ive never got stung by a bee
and there fun to watch

but wasps are pure evil
i was stacking firewood and i sat on one...

ouch!

the wasp did not servive my rath

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 01 Jun 2006, 23:12

I once loaded bees into a plastic tube, Sprayed deoderant over them and then dropped a lighted match down the barrel.

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 01 Jun 2006, 23:20

WASPS, I don't hate wasps, I hate being stung by wasps, but as I don't get a real reaction beyond the inicial pain, and sometimes a bit of numbness... I do however ENJOY killing them... none of this wimpy raid crap... I wait for them to land somewhere hard and then squish them with my thumb, they are suprisingly slow... it's also fun to throw rocks at them.

Flys drive me crazy, but I'm fast enough to squish them by hand too, the good thing about flys is that you rarely get more then about 20 in a given area... so killing just a few makes a big difference.

Mosquitos are the bane of my existence, despite the fact that I have developed an imunity to them over the years and don't get the bumps or the pain or the itchiness anymore... they still seem to love to buzz around my ears... I remember one time in yellowstone national park I was sitting on the steps outside of my workers cabin with my shoes off, just having fun killing them as they landed on my feet...

I Hate Black Flys, Deer Flys and Horse Flys, and there seems to be an unending supply of them.

Weaver · Post by **Weaver** » 01 Jun 2006, 23:29

Years ago I had an idea once that tiny plane with weaponry that you could fly remotely would be great fun for killing flies wasps ect. It seems I'll have wait a while longer for technology to catch up with my vision.

Spring RTS Engine

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