Oh no a bee.

[thegiraffe]

I have to say that I find the title the funniest part of the whole post.

It's just dripping with sarcasm, which is very difficult to do with four typewritten words. Congrats

[Sparky]

Hi, I'm Sparky and I used to drive a bus.

I never had terrorists attack my bus. I did have bees and wasps fly in the windows. I think the passengers would have preferred terrorists. No one wants to be stung, and I don't blame people for being a bit nervous, for ducking or trying to shoo the bee away with a paper or something, but a bee would fly in the window and cruise around in a lazy manner looking for the exit, and people would act like they were being attacked. I'm talking about adults who would jump up and leap about -- on a moving bus (Hey! I'm trying to drive here!) -- and shriek like children. And someone would inevitably say "I don't know if I'm allergic, I've never been stung, but I don't want to find out." You have to be exposed to something before you can develop an allergy to it.

I do understand that some people are very allergic to bee/wasp stings, and the stings can be life threatening to them, but really, most people aren't allergic. Most people are just stupid.

I was stung on the finger once while driving. I jumped in my seat and yelped and said a bad word. In fact, I may have said more than one. Then I kept driving. I still didn't carry on like these idiots.

[Catwoman2965]

I have to say that I find the title the funniest part of the whole post.

It's just dripping with sarcasm, which is very difficult to do with four typewritten words. Congrats

OH i agree...i started laughing hysterically just at the title! i KNEW it would be a good one!

[Tigress]

Ye Gods, reading this thread makes my shoulder throb all over again. One night, I was talking on the phone to my boyfriend when I felt a sharp, shooting pain in my shoulder. I moved my arm experimentally, felt nothing, and wrote it off as a phantom pain that I sometimes get, especially after a hard tae kwon do class. A few minutes later, I felt it again! Then I felt something... crawling on my back.

I should have gotten a medal for flexibility as I grabbed whatever it was in the fabric of my shirt between my fingers. Then, not knowing what else to do, got my shirt off while still holding on to the bug. I ran to the bathroom and soaked my shirt in water attempting to drown the little fscker. Carefully, I used my toothbrush to move the shirt around and find out what bit/stung me.

Finally, I found it: a frickin' huge wasp the length of my thumb and twice as wide. And it was still alive! I had been hiking in the woods earlier, so I figured it must have hopped on for a ride and gotten trapped in my shirt. I finally grabbed something sharp and stabbed the thing. Then flicked it into its watery tomb and flushed.

Some of my cats learned the hard way not to chase bees. It was funny when they learned, but still kind of sad to watch them limp on a leg that had swollen to three times its size. They were back to normal after a couple of weeks and steered clear of the azalea bushes from then on.

[Reyneth]

I'm not talking wasps. I'm talking honey bees. If I were talking wasps, I'd be going "OH, CRAP! NOT FRIGGING WASPS!"

Wasps hurt. And they can sting you as many times as they want to. And they want to sting you many, many times.

I HATE wasps. I've been stung a few times (for a while when I was in HS, they would invade my bedroom every so often - I went through many cans of wasp-killin-spray in that point in my life). They HURT. And it seems the more times I've been stung, the more the next one hurts.

I'm getting the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

I usually panic if the bee/wasp/ yellow jacket is heading right for my face, but I have no problem leaning over to oogle at them feeding on a flower.

Mosquitoe bites on the other hand. Oh boy.

If I spot one in the room, and I can't kill it, I'll trun into obsessive-compulsive paranoid woman (tm). I'll constantly rub my face, hair, hands and any exposed part until I spot the critter again.

I seem to be mildly allergic to mosquitoe bites as the site of the bite will literally INFLATE then turn a deep purple. Scary.

[Sandman]

Was the name of the bee Eric?

[Andara Bledin]

I like honey bees. I used to freak other kids out when I was in school by petting them. I've never been stung, but my brother once smashed one with his hand when he was about 3 or 4. He learned the hard way not to be "goofin' with the bees." {giant cookies to anyone that gets that reference without looking it up} I was stung by a bee, once. It didn't hurt much. I've had worse splinters.

Bumble bees are also pretty harmless, but they can sting more than once and tend to be a bit territorial if you're near their nest. I got stung by one on the face when the gardeners at my high school were doing something with the bushes on campus.

Wasps, hornets and yellowjackets are all just plain evil. Evil, I tell ya. Thankfully, I've never been stung by any of them.

Shameless (my ex) is an apisophobe. He can't handle being near anything with a stinger and he'd go into full hwfo (hand waving freaking outery ) any time he spotted a bee or wasp. He wasn't allergic, just afraid.

From my observations, yes. Pink squishies are often terrified of things penetrating their soft outer layer. This is why I'm proud to be a draconic half-giant-half-halfling

*wave* Hiya from a fellow scaly.

^-.-^

[Princess-Snake]

Wasps, hornets and yellowjackets are all just plain evil. Evil, I tell ya. Thankfully, I've never been stung by any of them.

Shameless (my ex) is an apisophobe. He can't handle being near anything with a stinger and he'd go into full hwfo (hand waving freaking outery ) any time he spotted a bee or wasp. He wasn't allergic, just afraid.

I'm exactly like your ex. I always go any time I see an insect with something pointy sticking out of their rear. And I hate wasps with a passion. When I was a kid, my mom would leave the windows open during warm days. A lot of people do it, and I rather like it, but I hated it when she opened my window. Because a wasp would always buzz into my room. If I saw a wasp anywhere in my room, I refused to go in there again until my dad killed it with the toilet paper and toilet of doom. My parents say it'll leave me alone if I just don't bother it. But I'm not taking any chances. I don't care if they call me a baby, I am not going in a room with a wasp in it until it's been flushed!

[Kilamon]

I was out on my motorcycle on Saturday. A bee or yellow jacket wasp hit my helmet in a very odd way. Apparently, it clipped the edge of the visor on my full-face helmet and managed to survive a 70 mph impact and get inside the visor. No panic, though, just lift the visor and he was gone.

I also once had a bee evade the gauntlet part of my glove and get inside my coat and buzz all the way to my elbow. A quick shake and it was in the glove. That was when I learned how to remove a glove at speed without losing it.

Also, my cousin was out last summer and a wasp not only hit him in the chest while riding, but managed to bite him four or five times before he got it off.

of course, these insect related incidents barely compare to the damage that a squirrel can do.

[Andara Bledin]

of course, these insect related incidents barely compare to the damage that a squirrel can do.

ROFL! That has got to be one of the funniest stories I have ever read!

I don't know if it's true or not, and I just don't care.

Funny, funny stuff.

^-.-^

[tollbaby]

For what it's worth, some people are allergic to beestings.

Just saying.

yeah, but those folks are usually the ones who panic least... they've learned by experience that ambling away calmly or ignoring the thing outright are the best ways to deal with it

[Kiwi]

Im quite allergic to bee stings, every time ive been stung ive had a stronger reaction. I usually have about an hour to get medical attention, I get an injection and pink tablets to help stop the swelling that I have to take for a few days afterwards. Because the area that get stung swells and swells and swells. Im terrified of the day one bites me around my throat!

I HATE bees and because of the allery im terrified of them.... excuse me, i didnt realise my terror was an inconvience... ill just go die quietly in the corner

[tollbaby]

What I don't understand is how people can manage to keep getting stung.... I've been PARTIALLY stung (like, it started, but I felt it and whipped the damn thing away from me - wasp btw) ONCE. Never had another one try it. My brother got stung once when helping my dad dispose of a wasp's nest. My son got stung by a wasp he accidentally put his hand down on. I've never MET anyone who's been stung by a bee, and very few who have been stung by wasps. Do y'all go around poking nests or hives?

[SuperDan]

I HATE bees and because of the allery im terrified of them.... excuse me, i didnt realise my terror was an inconvience... ill just go die quietly in the corner

Not an inconvenience, it's just that your terror is what makes the bees want to sting you. Leave them alone and walk calmly but confidently away, 99% of a time the insect won't give you a second notice. Freak out, scream, flail, and otherwise act afraid, you WILL be stung.