| Wasps |
Tue, 25th Aug 09 5:27pm |
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BigCol |
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Post Number: 3823 |
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Is it my imagination or are there more wasps around this year?
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 | | BigCol - 2009-10-17 13:05:44 | | | NotGandalf pointed me in the direction of a very funny site where someone had posted the following:-
"One of my children was stung by a wasp at the weekend.
That sentence, on its own, paints quite a vivid picture, doesn’t it? Sort of. You see, the thing is this: a sting exists in nature as a defense mechanism, allowing small delicate insects to defend themselves against much larger predators.
So, how does this explain the wasp? Because, let’s face it, the wasp could never be accused of being the victim could it? In this particular instance, the stripy yellow fuck actually held on with its legs and with its arse going like a fiddler’s elbow, stinging over and over again.
Why is this? Because wasps, my friends, are mutant scumfuck BASTARDS. They are nature’s way of saying “Ah’m pure mental, me”; they are a natural chib. They serve no other purpose but to zip around like evolutionary neds “malkying” anything or anyone that crosses their paths.
Like all other types of ned, the wasp should be sought out and destroyed on sight. We must not shirk from this unpleasant duty, but strive to make the world a better (if slightly wasp-splattered) place for our children."
Whoever he is, we need this guy on our site. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-09-15 16:17:50 | | | Do you know GV I didn't know there was a second meaning to the word nosh until about five years ago. I wonder how many times I've said something similar without knowing it. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-09-15 13:39:56 | | | I've been reeding on fotten fruit all day long and it hasn't fahected me. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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 | | Getanact.com - 2009-09-15 13:25:53 | | | This time of year they will be even worse, because now they start feeding on rotten fruit, which actually gets them pissed, As for the honey in a jar, apparently all it does is attract many more wasps that wouldnt have bothered you in the first place...... | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-30 23:50:45 | | | @ PP - Be careful. It is apparently true that they can still sting you after they're dead. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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 | | PeachPussy - 2009-08-30 22:00:43 | | | Since my last post have now changed my mind. Have had four in my kitchen in the last two days. I took off one of their heads against the window and the little blighter still kept moving around! | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-29 01:27:55 | | | Can't imagine trying to hang a wasp. You'd open the trap-door and they'd just stay there. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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 | | lizbrewe - 2009-08-27 21:46:48 | | | Thankfully found 5 dead in my conservatory so guess the sods got suffocated in there but remeber folks they still sting after passing away...... I found out ha ha | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-27 17:29:11 | | | Can't do it MS. Too far south of the border. For stinging BigCol it's the death penalty I'm afraid. Lets face it drowning in honey and water can't be so bad can it. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-27 15:28:41 | | | Well done SW! Right I'm gonna take Jenny's advice. Honey and water it is. Shouldn't take long to catch 20 of the little sods. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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 | | radiosw - 2009-08-27 15:23:48 | | | Ok I can now confirm I have taken the time to do a count around the bay and there are in fact a gang of 20 wasps only in the area intent on going around terriying people. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-27 14:17:53 | | | I told you!! It's a National Attack!! They're all wearing uniform!! | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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 | | NotGandalf - 2009-08-27 13:47:53 | | | Shite! I think it's a gang. Two more flew in sporting the same gear. Dammit they'll be wearing burkas next. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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| | NotGandalf - 2009-08-26 23:52:43 | | | I knew him as soon as I saw him - thanks to your very finely tuned observational skills. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-26 23:46:12 | | | Apparently the weather this year has been particularly suitable for wasps. Also the weather in 2007 and 2008 was particularly unsuitable for wasps so there were fewer. So it may be that the reason some of us are noticing them more is a combination of there being not many around for three years and there being slightly more than normal this year. Doesn't matter how many there are, I've still got my eye out for the little bastard that stung me. I'll know him. He had black and yellow stripes and wings and six legs. So if any of you see him, you let me know won't you. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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| | PeachPussy - 2009-08-26 22:27:36 | | | No I haven't noticed this, although there were quite a few at Thorpe Park. As none of us in our family have been stung, maybe it's a blood type thing - we are all O neg. None of us have ever had a mosquito bite either! | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-26 15:36:53 | | | I was wondering if there was a reason myself LadyV. A good few years ago there was a plague of greenfly, followed the following year by a plague of ladybirds (possibly vice versa - not too sure), the reason being that there's a link between greenfly and ladybirds (I think ladybirds milk greenfly or something like that). Did we have a glut of something last year that caused loads of wasps this year or what........? | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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 | | LadyV - 2009-08-26 15:22:06 | | | I have definately noticed more, and although I have not been stung myself, know of many others who have this year. What's the reason for this? | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-26 08:48:06 | | | Re your National defence comment MS, has it occured that the wasps we're seeing this summer are actually trained by someone else for National attack!? | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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 | | MasterSignwriter - 2009-08-26 08:12:54 | | | Some research needs to be done into the terror that wasps strike into usually level headed people, i was working on a building site when a wasp turned up, the builders declared it was a 'feckin Hoorrnnneeettt' and the site was cleared in seconds. Maybe we could train some up for national defence. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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| | BigCol - 2009-08-25 23:25:53 | | | I got stung for the first time in, must be, fifty five years about three weeks ago. Fifty five years ago I cried my eyes out but I was a brave boy this time. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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| | NotGandalf - 2009-08-25 23:05:37 | | | My gardener has been stung twice in the last two weeks - bloody nuisance, had to release the butler to drive him to A&E. | | Nod+ (1) | Report | Follow |
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 | | batteredhaddock - 2009-08-25 22:15:04 | | | Hundreds of the little barstewards here in Churston but they are all small ones not like the ones from years back which were the size of licorice torpedo!! | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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 | | Hi_ImJenny - 2009-08-25 20:27:41 | | | Nope! I've been stung four times this summer, FOUR TIMES! That's more in my entire life! But here's a tip, get a jar and fill it with honey mixed with water. The wasps get enticed into the jar but then get stuck and eventually die. A bit harsh but a good way of keeping them at bay! :) | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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| | MasterSignwriter - 2009-08-25 17:34:09 | | | Bastards of the insect world! Ive noticed that too and theyre getting more bolshy, cant just bat them away with a newspaper anymore. I think theres a hidden agenda. | | Nod+ (0) | Report | Follow |
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