Beefy's Corner.......For all off Topic threads

Ouch. They mainly get me on the arms and legs. However, one time I did get stung by a jellyfish in a very sensitive area.

 

Double ouch! I've also been stung by a jellyfish but only on the hand so I can partially understand the pain!

 

I feel I'm missing out having not been stung by anything. I did once get attacked by dogs on a beach in Kenya though and as a result had 6 injections, 3 in the ass. And injections are sort of like stings...so yeah.

 

I ate a wasp which had got into my jam sandwich when I was 3. My parents had taken me to watch a village cricket match, and apparently I made so much noise they had to stop the match. I've hated wasps (and loved cricket) ever since.

 

I once fell into a big bush of stinging nettles in Wales, getting stung all over. It bloody hurt and dock leaves, they did nothing!

 

I've been stung a few times, not sure on specifics because it was mostly when younger, so less careful/scared. Only by bees and wasps (and stinging nettles obv) so nothing jellyfish bad! Worst one I remember is stepping on a bee by a swimming pool

 

I bloody hate jellyfish. Although all they do is float around they creep me out. Their sting bloody hurts as well!

 

Jellyfish vary quite a lot. The one that stung my man parts was off a beach in Wales, so it was probably one of the less nasty ones.

 

Yeah, but, they have the added bonus of being really super gross.

 

I saw one get run over by a truck. It had washed up on the beach and was about the size of a dustbin lid. It was awesome.

 

Yes, at least I didn't get stung by a poisonous jellyfish that are bloody lethal.

 

Why has the football commentary on five live been delayed for coverage of the pope appointment :s.

 

Can't believe that nowadays this is still seen as such a big deal, but there we go. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires becomes Pope Francis I. He sounds like a cool guy, I guess.

 

I got a sheep tick in my ball bag when I was 12 and at a scout camp (and no, I wasn`t interfering with a sheep) - my father bless him removed it when I got home a few days later - its legs were still moving. Gross.
And our holy goaly for Pope please.

 

They have enough poison to kill a person, however they cannot open their mouths wide enough to bite!

 

So if you swallowed one, would you die?

 

It is funny how fearful people have become of creatures big and small when they can clearly do less damage than ourselves. Perhaps we are out of touch with nature these days?

 

No, don't think so.

 

The single greatest cause of death in humans is the mosquito. Those guys can burn in hell.

 

Apparently wasps feed aphids to their young, thus keeping the numbers down. Then the young secrete a sweet liquid that sustains the adults. Once the young lave the nest, the adults become a nuisance as they pursue our food, especially fruit and sweet things. Still don't like the stripey beasts.