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When is the last time you were stung by a bee?

. . . I was getting buzzed by some carpenter bees or bumble bees yesterday. I'd just kinda swat my hand at them and they'd move. Then one buzzed my head and I swatted at it. I hit this one and it went down to the ground at my feet, under the table. I looked at it and noticed it wasn't a bumble bee, it was a yellow jacket.

No sooner than I glanced at it, it got up and made a bee line at my forehead. Never seen a bee move so fast. No doubt it was pissed, cause it hit me nearly between the eyes and stung on impact. It was stuck to my forehead. I had to swipe at it 3 or 4 times to get it loose. It hurt pretty good and swelled up a little. Good thing I had an emergency can of Copenhagen. This morning my head has a dime size bruise that feels like I was hit with a ball-peen hammer.
My son and I were doing some work on the property. It involved some work on our bobcat skid steer. My son jumped in it and immediately started yelling and flailing around. I couldn't help but laugh. He said "It stung me on my ear and it hurts! Quit laughing!" Which made me laugh more. I jumped in there and I'll be danged if one didn't sting me on the ear too. Of course my son laughed. They were wasp.
 
I doubt there’s science to back this up, but I would swear yellow jacket venom has gotten more potent over the years. The last several times I’ve gotten into a nest of them, the stings seemed way worse and lasted much longer.

Maybe it’s just because I’m getting on in years.
Of all the devils, this is the devil.


Hornets and Yellowjackets sting more than once. In fact, repeatedly.
 
April 19, 2025: You are slowly but surely coming to an end of your days of being out of sorts. It would be good to spend time in quiet meditation as you seek to rise to a higher level of spiritual awareness. Arise from your place of despair to a level that is a cleaner and more wholesome existence, says the Lord. Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-
 
When is the last time you were stung by a bee?

. . . I was getting buzzed by some carpenter bees or bumble bees yesterday. I'd just kinda swat my hand at them and they'd move. Then one buzzed my head and I swatted at it. I hit this one and it went down to the ground at my feet, under the table. I looked at it and noticed it wasn't a bumble bee, it was a yellow jacket.

No sooner than I glanced at it, it got up and made a bee line at my forehead. Never seen a bee move so fast. No doubt it was pissed, cause it hit me nearly between the eyes and stung on impact. It was stuck to my forehead. I had to swipe at it 3 or 4 times to get it loose. It hurt pretty good and swelled up a little. Good thing I had an emergency can of Copenhagen. This morning my head has a dime size bruise that feels like I was hit with a ball-peen hammer.
I've been stung a lot through the years. First I can recall I was about 5 years old and my sister and I were playing at the neighbors when something stung me. Later at church I began uncontrollably projectile vomiting in the pews and was rushed to the ER in Oak Ridge. Turns out I'm allergic. Fun times.

From experience I can say that it's usually best to let them do their thing and not swat unless they are after you. And, spray the **** out of their nests...
 
When is the last time you were stung by a bee?

. . . I was getting buzzed by some carpenter bees or bumble bees yesterday. I'd just kinda swat my hand at them and they'd move. Then one buzzed my head and I swatted at it. I hit this one and it went down to the ground at my feet, under the table. I looked at it and noticed it wasn't a bumble bee, it was a yellow jacket.

No sooner than I glanced at it, it got up and made a bee line at my forehead. Never seen a bee move so fast. No doubt it was pissed, cause it hit me nearly between the eyes and stung on impact. It was stuck to my forehead. I had to swipe at it 3 or 4 times to get it loose. It hurt pretty good and swelled up a little. Good thing I had an emergency can of Copenhagen. This morning my head has a dime size bruise that feels like I was hit with a ball-peen hammer.
Sounds like one of @Sally's drones testing your loyalty....you failed btw.
 
Had a girlfriend tell me once. 'Hey, I want you to come to my diving meet.'

Wait, you dive? And, that's a sport?

Apparently she's started that week. And it was available at that school.

Sometimes certain sports are available, bc a parent was good at it themselves. So they coach it. Or they go to private school.
Had a friend in college who said he majored in muff diving. Whatever that is.
 
I've been stung a lot through the years. First I can recall I was about 5 years old and my sister and I were playing at the neighbors when something stung me. Later at church I began uncontrollably projectile vomiting in the pews and was rushed to the ER in Oak Ridge. Turns out I'm allergic. Fun times.

From experience I can say that it's usually best to let them do their thing and not swat unless they are after you. And, spray the **** out of their nests...
Glad I'm not allergic. I think this guy was after me. I must've swatted at him and thought he was a bumble bee and that pissed him off. After that he must've buzzed me a few times before I hit him. I thought it was weird a bumble bee was flying at me so much, but I wasn't paying attention to which bee it was.

I'm just glad he didn't call his friends in to come jump me before I realized what was happening.
 
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Had a friend in college who said he majored in muff diving. Whatever that is.
Knew a guy who had an old car back in high-school that said "Muff Diver" across the windshield. 😂

Did any of you ever cruise the Gatlinburg strip on Friday/Saturday night back in the 90s? I always remember a truck that said "Simple Man" across the windshield and he was always playing Simple Man on the radio, 😂
 
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Hopefully it was a radioactive bee from a planet light years away that stung me. I should be developing super-powers any moment now. I wonder what I get. I hope it's invisibility and mind control. . . though the power of flight would be pretty cool too. . . it'll probably be reverse mind control, where I agree with whatever anyone says to me and invisibility, but I only make things invisible that I'm trying to see. . .
 
When is the last time you were stung by a bee?

. . . I was getting buzzed by some carpenter bees or bumble bees yesterday. I'd just kinda swat my hand at them and they'd move. Then one buzzed my head and I swatted at it. I hit this one and it went down to the ground at my feet, under the table. I looked at it and noticed it wasn't a bumble bee, it was a yellow jacket.

No sooner than I glanced at it, it got up and made a bee line at my forehead. Never seen a bee move so fast. No doubt it was pissed, cause it hit me nearly between the eyes and stung on impact. It was stuck to my forehead. I had to swipe at it 3 or 4 times to get it loose. It hurt pretty good and swelled up a little. Good thing I had an emergency can of Copenhagen. This morning my head has a dime size bruise that feels like I was hit with a ball-peen hammer.
I hate yellow jackets. One got me last July. Found the vent for their nest and put two cans of spray in it. Found every hole in the ground in the vicinity and sprayed there too. Hate them.

Another nest got me about 5yrs ago clearing brush at our old house. And then about 10 yrs ago, a nest got me when I was mowing the yard. Those jerks followed me across the yard, and two made it all the way into my house chasing me down. Hate them.

Last time I was stung by anything else - wasps in high school. Bee when I was a little guy. Accidentally stepped on one while running around barefoot in the yard.
 
My son and I were doing some work on the property. It involved some work on our bobcat skid steer. My son jumped in it and immediately started yelling and flailing around. I couldn't help but laugh. He said "It stung me on my ear and it hurts! Quit laughing!" Which made me laugh more. I jumped in there and I'll be danged if one didn't sting me on the ear too. Of course my son laughed. They were wasp.
Haha. The wasps that got me in high school hit my ear too. I was doing work at the back of a house. Dropped a coiled up extension cord on the deck to plug it up at the outside receptacle. Bent down to grab the plug and out the wasps came from a nest under the deck railing. Three of them hit me right around my ear. Hurt like hell.
 
I hate yellow jackets. One got me last July. Found the vent for their nest and put two cans of spray in it. Found every hole in the ground in the vicinity and sprayed there too. Hate them.

Another nest got me about 5yrs ago clearing brush at our old house. And then about 10 yrs ago, a nest got me when I was mowing the yard. Those jerks followed me across the yard, and two made it all the way into my house chasing me down. Hate them.

Last time I was stung by anything else - wasps in high school. Bee when I was a little guy. Accidentally stepped on one while running around barefoot in the yard.
I did that a few years ago, stepped on a honey bee while I was walking across the yard barefooted. I can't remember the last time a yellow-jacket got me. My brother got ate up by them when we were kids, push mowed across a nest in the ground.
 
Haha. The wasps that got me in high school hit my ear too. I was doing work at the back of a house. Dropped a coiled up extension cord on the deck to plug it up at the outside receptacle. Bent down to grab the plug and out the wasps came from a nest under the deck railing. Three of them hit me right around my ear. Hurt like hell.
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Masterclass by Doyle after digging a hole.
He didn’t dig a hole.


Catcher dared him to hit two wildcats in a row. He said that he would, then walk the next batter for dramatic buildup for the wildcats. Allow a popup out for further excitement. Then strike out the batter to crush their hopes. 🤠
 
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I hate yellow jackets. One got me last July. Found the vent for their nest and put two cans of spray in it. Found every hole in the ground in the vicinity and sprayed there too. Hate them.

Another nest got me about 5yrs ago clearing brush at our old house. And then about 10 yrs ago, a nest got me when I was mowing the yard. Those jerks followed me across the yard, and two made it all the way into my house chasing me down. Hate them.

Last time I was stung by anything else - wasps in high school. Bee when I was a little guy. Accidentally stepped on one while running around barefoot in the yard.
The worst is when they get you 0% aware and you go from enjoying your day to cartoon character in 0 seconds.
 
I hate yellow jackets. One got me last July. Found the vent for their nest and put two cans of spray in it. Found every hole in the ground in the vicinity and sprayed there too. Hate them.

Another nest got me about 5yrs ago clearing brush at our old house. And then about 10 yrs ago, a nest got me when I was mowing the yard. Those jerks followed me across the yard, and two made it all the way into my house chasing me down. Hate them.

Last time I was stung by anything else - wasps in high school. Bee when I was a little guy. Accidentally stepped on one while running around barefoot in the yard.
I had a nest last year and got stung on 3 separate occasions. Devilish fellas. Used Sevin dust and it took care of it.
 
The worst is when they get you 0% aware and you go from enjoying your day to cartoon character in 0 seconds.
Yeah, if it’s been more than a week since my last mow, I always try to check for them before I start mowing. If you mow over a nest and don’t see it fairly quickly, it’s usually multiple stings.

(And yes, I think ears are a common sting target, for whatever reason.)
 
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